Organisation: Shell
“A citizen of the world”: Schneider gets GAR lifetime achievement award
Lalive co-founder Michael Schneider’s remarkable career and sense of internationalism were highlighted at the GAR Awards, as he received a lifetime achievement award introduced by Georgios Petrochilos KC and James Castello.
22 March 2024
Shell and Exxon launch claim over phase-out of Dutch gas field
Shell and ExxonMobil have filed a contractual arbitration against the Netherlands over arrangements for the closure of the largest natural gas field in Europe.
14 February 2024
Cast list for Uniper gas pricing disputes emerges
GAR has identified the practitioners who appeared in two gas price review arbitrations involving German state-owned energy group Uniper, including a previously unreported case against Dutch supplier GasTerra.
08 February 2024
LCIA appoints referee for Shell crude oil pricing dispute
The LCIA has appointed a referee to resolve a dispute between Shell and a UK supplier of crude oil after the pricing structure in their contracts was affected by European sanctions against Russia.
26 January 2024
Nord Stream 2 case resumes
A Gazprom subsidiary’s US$8 billion Energy Charter Treaty claim against the European Union has resumed, after the sanctioned Russian state-owned company agreed to pay security for costs.
16 January 2024
WilmerHale promotes in Europe
Marleen Krueger, who is representing the Kurdistan regional government in an LCIA claim against a Jersey oil and gas company, has been promoted to the partnership at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
05 January 2024
Shell gets injunction in billion-dollar dispute with Nigerian partner
A UK judge has restrained an independent Nigerian oil and gas company from pursuing a US$1 billion litigation against a Shell subsidiary in the courts of Abuja – finding the dispute belongs in ICC arbitration.
14 December 2023
Eni agrees to suspend ICSID claim against Nigeria
Eni says it has agreed to suspend an ICSID claim against Nigeria after the state announced it would withdraw civil claims worth US$1.1 billion in which it accused the Italian energy company of corruptly acquiring an oilfield licence.
21 November 2023
Spanish utility on the hook in LNG price review
Spanish electric utility Endesa says it has been ordered to pay US$570 million in a price review arbitration at the ICC under a long-term contract for supply of liquefied natural gas.
20 November 2023
Alston & Bird recruits from Pallas in London
Will Hooker has left Pallas Partners, the disputes boutique he helped to launch less than two years ago, to join the partnership at US firm Alston & Bird in London.
07 November 2023