Organisation: ExxonMobil
UNCITRAL group finalises draft code of conduct for arbitrators
UNCITRAL’s working group III has completed work on a draft code of conduct for arbitrators in investor-state disputes after reaching a compromise on double-hatting.
04 April 2023
Chad faces ICC claim over nationalised oil assets
UPDATED: A UK energy company that recently purchased ExxonMobil’s upstream oil assets in Chad has said it will seek ICC arbitration over the African state’s decision to nationalise them.
28 March 2023
Cameroon challenges Clay in pipeline case
Cameroon has sought to disqualify French arbitrator Thomas Clay from hearing an ICSID dispute with an oil consortium.
02 March 2023
Energy disputes and war in Ukraine
A virtual panel hosted by Squire Patton Boggs considered potential energy disputes arising from the war in Ukraine. Olha Martynevych and Kateryna Shokalo, Ukrainian lawyers in the firm’s New York office, report.
24 January 2023
Will Exxon bring a claim against Russia?
ExxonMobil says it is reserving its right to pursue arbitration against Russia over the “expropriation” of its interest in a multibillion-dollar oil and gas project.
02 November 2022
“Zero legitimacy”: investment court under fire at ICCA
A session on ISDS reform at the ICCA Congress heard criticism of plans for a multilateral investment court and shed light on recent discussions at UNCITRAL, including a “rebellion” by some developed states against a proposal to curb double hatting.
26 September 2022
Nigerian national oil company settles multibillion-dollar disputes
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has settled long-running disputes with several international oil companies that led to hefty awards against the state-owned entity.
23 August 2022
Exxon and Shell can enforce parts of Nigerian oilfield award
A US appeals court has found partly in favour of ExxonMobil and Shell in a long-running fight with Nigeria’s national oil company over a US$2.7 billion award rendered a decade ago – as a separate dispute erupts over the proposed US$1.3 billion sale of one of the west African state’s largest oil producers.
11 July 2022
Ex-Ivanyan lawyer heads to Omnia
James Dingley has joined the partnership at Omnia Strategy, the London disputes boutique founded by Cherie Blair QC, following his departure from Ivanyan and Partners in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
16 June 2022
Volterra Fietta promotes fourth partner
Public international law firm Volterra Fietta has promoted Gunjan Sharma to partner in London.
09 May 2022