Our global team has extensive expertise advising clients in relation to corporate transactions, project development, financing and disputes across the gas and LNG industry. As one of the preeminent law firms in the world in this area, and with significant experience in the US, European and Asia Pacific markets, we advise on procurement and trading of LNG and regularly partner with our clients to address all manner of day-to-day issues arising out of the operations of their gas supply agreements, long term LNG sale and purchase agreements, master LNG sale and purchase agreements, and confirmation notices. In particular, we work jointly with our clients to manage potential disputes before they arise, develop negotiation strategies to achieve maximum results, and assist with each step of any contentious process, be it with regard to delivery, flexibility, hardship, termination, force majeure or pricing.
Why Choose Us
Our multidisciplinary core team of specialists, spread across our global network of offices, work together on a daily basis. Our long-standing collaboration and constant contact between transactional and disputes lawyers lead to great efficiency, flexibility, and the ability to respond to our clients’ issues in real time as they arise, no matter what time zone they happen in. Our natural gas/LNG disputes team regularly advise LNG buyers and traders in preparing for, and participating in, price review negotiations, developing strategies based on the interpretation of the contract, analyzing the price review provision as well as the wider contract, and working closely with the client’s commercial team, economic experts, and in-house legal team as a unified “project working group”.