CAUSATION OF DISPUTES IN A LOW OIL PRICE MARKET

This webinar is brought to you in collaboration with the EIC and Addleshaw Goddard who will present the previous causation of disputes on oil and gas projects in a low oil price market.

This data will be compared to what we are seeing in the current oil and gas market given the dual impact of the low oil price and COVID-19. The webinar will also cover suggested courses of action to avoid these causes of disputes and how to manage such disputes if they arise, both from a contractual and legal perspective.

The audience will also have the opportunity to present questions to the speakers.

EVENT AGENDA

11:00 Welcome and Introduction Ryan McPherson, EIC
11:05 Causation of Disputes in a Low Oil Price Market
11.35 Q&A
12:00 Thank you and close

SPEAKERS

JULIAN HASLAM-JONES
Director, HKA

Julian is a Director with HKA, based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He has 19 years’ experience in all aspects of contract, claims and cost management, alternative dispute resolution and arbitration, and project and programme management. Julian has an LLM in Construction Law and Arbitration, an LLB (Hons) in Law and is a Fellow of the Chartered institute of Arbitrators.

He has held commercial and contract positions with operators, contractors and consultants in Algeria, Kuwait, Netherlands, Italy, Iraq, India, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and United Arab Emirates where he has been a resident for over five years.

This experience has enabled Julian to become a specialist in contractual claims for time and cost, dispute resolution, and the successful conclusion of large value and/or complicated accounts on a wide variety of projects, employing various forms of contracts.

His experience portfolio includes many major EPC oil and gas projects in the Middle East, Asia and Europe.

ANDREW GREAVES
Partner, Addleshaw Goddard

Andrew Greaves is the founding partner of Addleshaw Goddard in the GCC and the current Head of Construction. He has been permanently based in the region for eleven years. Andrew specialises in advising government bodies, sponsors, funders, developers, employers, operators, constructors, sub-contractors and professional teams in relation to project procurement techniques (including facilities management) and dispute avoidance and resolution mechanisms.

Andrew is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is currently sits as an arbitrator and advises many clients in the resolution of construction and engineering disputes. Andrew is familiar with all international standard forms of construction contract including FIDIC, ICE, NEC, IChemE, JCT and many bespoke forms and has acted in some of the region’s most complex disputes and high value disputes. He has variously adopted negotiation, mediation, adjudication, expert determination, arbitration (ADCCAC, DIAC, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, RICS, DIFC/LCIA, etc.), and litigation as means of resolving disputes.

Andrew has drafted, advised on and negotiated major PPP agreements and commercial documents relating to the procurement, operation and maintenance of major infrastructure projects, including oil and gas facilities, pipeline networks, power plants, mixed use developments, schools, hospitals, airports and roads. Andrew’s experience also extends to joint venture agreements, most forms of standard form construction contracts and ancillary documentation (including consultant appointments, bonds, and guarantees).