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IEL Energy Arbitrators List

The Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Committee has invited individuals with substantial experience in the arbitration of energy disputes to list themselves in this directory. This list, compiled from information provided by the arbitrators themselves, is provided purely for the convenience of IEL members and others and has not been vetted by CAIL or IEL.  Inclusion in the list does not in any way imply endorsement or recommendation by CAIL or IEL.  Users of the list must do their own due diligence on the persons listed before making any appointment.
 
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  • Laura C Abrahamson JAMS
    Los Angeles, California

    555 W. 5th St, 32nd Floor
    Los Angeles, California 90013
    USA
    Tel: 310.245.1972


    labrahamson@jamsadr.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Laura C. Abrahamson, Esq., joined JAMS in 2020 with robust ADR experience, following her illustrious legal career in private practice and in-house senior leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies. She brings a unique, well-rounded and pragmatic perspective to her ADR practice, as well as deep national and international experience in the oil and gas chemicals, engineering and construction industries. Ms. Abrahamson has experience as an arbitrator, advocate and client in more than 100 arbitrations and major litigation matters and more than 50 mediations within the U.S. and significant jurisdictions around the world, including matters involving energy, engineering and construction, complex commercial, environmental, labor and employment, insurance coverage, intellectual property, securities and sports and entertainment. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Ms. Abrahamson currently serves on the board of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, North America Branch; on the executive board of California Arbitration (CalArb); on the board of trustees of the Institute for Corporate Counsel; as an advisory board member for the Institute of Transnational Arbitration; as an arbitrator for the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport; on the List of Arbitrators for the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC); as a member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) panel; and as an arbitrator for the Public Works Contract Arbitration Program (PWCA)

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Ms. Abrahamson spent nearly 20 years in-house at Occidental Petroleum (OXY), where she led major litigation and domestic and international arbitration efforts. Her experience at OXY included numerous plaintiffs domestic and international arbitration claims arising out of energy, power and construction infrastructure projects, most notably, an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Ecuador was recognized by Global Arbitration Review as the Most Important Published Decision of 2012 and selected as the 2013 Global Dispute of the Year, Investment Arbitration by The American Lawyer. She has experience in disputes with joint-venture partners, state, federal and local governments, royalty owners and third parties arising out of oil and gas and chemicals operations, interpreting production sharing, joint venture, midstream, gas processing, transportation and purchase and sale agreements and lease and indemnity obligations; and disputes relating to construction of power projects and energy infrastructure. More recently she has acted as sole arbitrator in disputes arising out of solar energy projects

  • Mark C. Baker Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
    Houston, Texas

    1301 McKinney Street
    Suite 5100 Fulbright Tower
    Houston, Texas 77010
    USA
    Tel: 713.651.7708


    mark.baker@nortonrosefulbright.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Mark Baker is Global Head of International Arbitration and a member of the Firm's Global Supervisory Board. A member of the litigation and disputes team, Mark practices in the areas of complex commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, business litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). He has extensive experience in international and domestic arbitration, acting as both counsel and as arbitrator under all the major arbitral rules (including ICDR, AAA, ICC, LCIA, SCC, SIAC, ICSID, NAFTA, CPR, WIPO, CAS, CAM, CAFTA) as well as ad hoc disputes under UNCITRAL rules. Mark has represented numerous clients in matters regarding international and domestic construction contracts, power purchase and sale agreements, energy contracts, joint ventures, and project finance and development agreements. He is also a leading commentator on the avoidance and resolution of climate change and sustainability disputes. In addition, he has extensive experience litigating banking, financial and securities transactions. Mark's clients include global financial institutions, major corporations, governments and state-owned entities, from across all industry sectors including energy (oil and gas, power and renewables), infrastructure, mining and commodities, transport, banking and finance, and technology and innovation. Mark and his global team are regularly entrusted with some of the most sensitive, high-value and strategically important matters, and he works closely with his clients to achieve their commercial objectives in an efficient and cost-effective manner

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Arbitrator in SCC arbitration over renewable wind energy, Arbitrator in ICDR arbitration over joint venture to develop oil fields in Bulgaria, Arbitrator in ICC arbitration over long-term European supply contract involving natural gas sales and purchases, Arbitrator in ICC arbitration over environmental claims, Arbitrator in SCC arbitration over a joint-venture agreement to explore and develop oil fields, Arbitrator in ICDR arbitration over distribution agreement in Africa, Arbitrator in ICDR arbitration over contracts to manufacture industrial equipment in the Middle East, Arbitrator in UNCITRAL arbitration in matter involving a large international power-plant construction dispute, Arbitrator in AAA international arbitration concerning a joint venture to develop Azerbaijan oil fields, Arbitrator in UNCITRAL arbitration regarding a long-term petroleum derivatives contract with Venezuela, mediated maritime dispute, Represented Spanish company in US litigation and arbitration against syndicate of London insurers and South American energy company, represented energy joint venture partners in 3 different long-term gas purchase disputes, represented oil and gas products supply company in personal injury dispute arising from alleged malfunctioning valve in Texas refinery, represented US energy company in an ad hoc arbitration against a Bermudan re-insurer, represented a major international oil and gas company in relation to a dispute in offshore West Africa, represented a US oil services company in a dispute against a Eurasian oil company in an ICC arbitration, represented a North American energy company in a contractual dispute against a Latin American state-owned entity in a UNCITRAL arbitration and a parallel 28 USC 1782 action, represented an independent North American oil and gas exploration, development and production company on the bilateral investment treaty claims arising from the restructuring of its investment in a major offshore oil field, represented Canadian oil company in ICC arbitration dispute concerning West African offshore oil fields, represented Brazilian energy company in ICC arbitration dispute over construction of power plant, represented a multinational energy company in 3 UNCITRAL arbitrations against the El Salvador governmental energy agency regarding long-term electric power purchase agreements, and represented various Canadian companies in different AAA international arbitrations against various US companies over preferential rights affecting Canadian and American oil fields

  • Ellen Bannerman-Quist FCIArb Bannerman-Quist Legal Consult & Notary
    Accra, Greater Accra Region

    1st Floor Ecobank Westlands Branch Building
    Pillar 2 Road, Christian Village
    Accra, Greater Accra Region Ghana
    Ghana
    Tel: +233550040107


    elbanquist@gmail.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • I gained experience working on arbitrations, as a State Attorney with the International Law Division of the Ministry of Justice in Ghana, where I handled ICC and adhoc arbitrations amidst other forms of ADR. Subsequently, as in-house counsel with the Volta River Authority (VRA) where I worked for 19 years and in particular as the Director of Legal Services, which position I held for 5 years, I continued to work with a team of lawyers on arbitrations and other dispute resolution procedures including Dispute Adjudication Boards (DAB) now Dispute Avoidance and Adjudication Boards (DAAB). I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (U.K.) and listed on the database of a number of arbitral institutions and organisations as arbitrator and mediator, including the LCIA, AIAC, Delos and the African Arbitrators Association (AfAA) and the Database of African International Arbitrators (DAIA), to name but a few

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • I worked in the energy sector as an in-house lawyer with the Volta River Authority (the major electricity generating entity in Ghana), for close to 20 years handling a range of disputes/ negotiations of high capital value both relating to electricity generation and mid stream/ down stream oil and gas issues. As the Director of the Legal Services of Volta River Authority (VRA), I also sat on the Shareholders Legal Committee of the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo), for 5 years, advising both the WAPCo Board and VRA management on arising legal issues. The Shareholders Legal Committee of WAPCo was made up of lawyers from the shareholder companies namely Chevron, Shell, Nigeria National Petroleum Company and the Volta River Authority (which I represented)

  • Andrew Behrman Baker Botts
    Chappaqua, New York

    30 Rockefeller Plaza
    Chappaqua, New York 10514
    USA
    Tel: 212.408.2570


    andrew.behrman@bakerbotts.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • I have worked almost exclusively in international arbitration for over a decade. I have acted as lead counsel in arbitrations under the rules of most institutions and in various countries and under various laws

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • I have represented Energy clients in numerous international arbitrations for a decade including gas pricing reviews; sales agreements disputes, power plant constructions disputes etc

  • John P. Bowman Independent Arbitrator
    Houston, Texas

    416 E Cowan Dr.
    Houston, Texas 77007
    USA
    Tel: 713.898.2357


    john@bowmanenergyarb.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • For 40 years John engaged in an arbitration and litigation practice representing primarily international oil companies and service companies in a wide range of commercial and investment disputes. For 33 years, until his retirement from King & Spalding in 2020, John continuously engaged in the arbitration of energy and petrochemical disputes, domestic and international, in which he enforced arbitration agreements under state and federal arbitration acts and international conventions, advised clients concerning the selection of arbitrators and arbitration procedures, represented clients in arbitration proceedings, and defended arbitration awards against attempts to challenge them in the courts. John has sat as an arbitrator in a variety of energy cases, including in JOA disputes (failures to pay cash calls, claims of Operator gross negligence and willful misconduct, drilling costs), LNG SPA dispute, representation/agency agreement dispute, dispute over purchase and sale agreement for oil assets between two oil companies, assignment of oil leases dispute, gas pipeline v. gas processing company dispute over proper gas measurement methods, gas pipeline v. NOC dispute over long-term gas purchase obligations, and dispute between oil field service companies over scope of a confidentiality and non-compete agreement. Notably, he sat in Paris as a member of a tribunal in an ICC case concerning allegations of Operator misconductall three parties to the arbitration were NOCs. He has taught International Energy Arbitration at Georgetown University Law Center since 2016. He taught International Commercial Arbitration at the University of Oklahoma College of Law from 2012 to 2016. He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the College of Commercial Arbitrators

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • John serves as an expert on international petroleum contracts and as an arbitrator in international energy disputes. In 2019 Georgetown Journal of International Law published his article on Risk Mitigation in International Petroleum Contracts. In 2017 he received the Institute for Energy Laws Lifetime Achievement in Energy Litigation Award. He served as President of Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (20142015), the only disputes lawyer to hold this position. In 2021 John received AIPNs Distinguished Negotiator Award. During his career as an advocate, John represented energy companies in disputes concerning expropriation of facilities and contract rights, production sharing contracts, AMIs and confidentiality agreements, joint operating agreements, seismic licensing agreements, drilling contracts, natural gas and LNG sales contracts, gas marketing disputes, royalty obligations, property valuations, agreements with local representatives, as well as in contested proceedings before Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Texas Railroad Commission, Oil & Gas Division. He served as a member of Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Board of Trustees (2008-2011) and as a member of governing Council of Texas State Bar Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section (2013-2016). For five years, John also served as head of King & Spaldings Upstream Oil & Gas Practice

  • Thomas J. Brewer Independent Arbitrator
    Bainbridge Island, Washington

    188 Erickson Avenue NE
    Bainbridge Island, Washington 98110
    USA
    Tel: 206.780.5037


    tjbrewer@tjbrewer.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Arbitration experience includes both domestic and international commercial arbitrations, with over 350 cases as panel chair, neutral panelist or sole arbitrator since becoming a full-time neutral in 2000. Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators. FCIArb

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Substantial experience arbitrating energy cases both in the oil and gas and electric power industries. Member of the AAA's National Energy panel and of the CPR Institute's Energy, Oil & Gas panel of arbitrators

  • Philip L Bruner JAMS
    stillwater, Minnesota

    8432 80th street north
    stillwater, Minnesota 55082
    USA
    Tel: 612.308.6430


    philipbruner@hotmail.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Over 30 years total, with the last 14 years as an Arbitrator with JAMS and serving as Director of its Global Engineering and Construction Group of neutrals. For more details, see websites' CVs

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Arbitrations upon which I have been a tribunal chair and/or arbitrator on 8 and 9 figure disputes have arisen out of projects, such as a Natural Gas Processing Facility, Canada; Solar Energy Project, California; Nuclear Power Plant, Bulgaria; Power authority Projects, New York; Wind Energy Farm, North Dakota; Power Plant, Pakistan; Merchant Power Plant, Upstate New York; Power Plant, Massachusetts; Power Plant, Pennsylvania; Ethanol Plant, Ohio; and, Hydroelectric Plant, Dispute Review Board, Iowa. For more details, see websites' CVs

  • Zela G. Clairborne JAMS
    San Francisco, California

    Two Embarcadero Center
    Suite 1500
    San Francisco, California 94111
    USA
    Tel: 415.774.2617


    zeeclaiborne@gmail.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Zee Claiborne has been a full-time Arbitrator and Mediator since leaving her law firm partnership in 1998. She has considerable experience with energy cases, including renewable energy such as solar and wind. Details of her practice are listed at www.jamsadr.com/Claiborne

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Zee Claiborne has had extensive experience as an arbitrator handling energy cases. Her experience includes oil and gas as well as renewable energy matters such as solar and wind. She is currently handling a dispute arising out of a VPPA

  • John Cogan Cogan & Partners LLP
    Houston, Texas

    1111 Hermann Drive
    Suite 20 D
    Houston , Texas 77004
    USA
    Tel: 713.992.9111


    jcogan@coganpartners.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Representative Examples of Involvement in Arbitration: Dispute under AAA Rules over acquisition of major East Texas Oil Field (Chairman of 3-member panel; authored reasoned award); Dispute under AAA Rules over purchase of US$100 million in oilfield steel pipe exported from Canada to the US (party-appointed member of 3-person panel, co-authored reasoned award); Dispute under ICC Rules over validity of LNG tolling contract between a European customer and a Middle Eastern liquefaction company; Dispute under ICSID rules between a Latin American government and an international oil company over a production sharing contract. Representative Speeches and Articles on Arbitration: Speaker, "To Arbitrate or Not to ArbitrateThat is the Question," 28th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute, Houston, April 6, 2006; Organizer, Script Writer and Moderator for "Mock LNG Negotiations and Dispute Resolution," at the AIPN 1997 Fall Conference, Kuala Lumpur, September 16, 1997; Speaker, "Arbitrating Technology Disputes," Houston International Law Symposium, February 22-23, 1996; Author, Are Government Bodies Bound by Arbitration Agreements? 22 The Arbitration Journal (Dispute Resolution Journal) 151 (1967), an AAA Eastman Arbitration Library Prize-Winning Essay

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Representing participants on LNG liquefaction, transportation and regasification projects for over 50 years in Algeria, Angola, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad, the United States and Yemen; Representing participants in upstream petroleum agreements in Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Hungary, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, and the United States; Representing participants in oil & gas and petroleum product pipeline projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Colombia, the United States and Tanzania; Representing offshore drilling contractors and work boat operators in Denmark, Mexico, Norway, Trinidad and the United States

  • Kevin Colosimo Frost Brown Todd
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    501 Grant Street Suite 800
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
    USA
    Tel: 412.513.4320


    kcolosimo@fbtlaw.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • As a trial lawyer, I have served in first-chair role for approximately 10 multiple day arbitration proceedings involving real estate, construction, engineering, architecture and oil and gas claims. In addition, I've served as a party-appointed neutral in approximately 10 arbitrations involving oil and gas disputes. I have an LL.M. in Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine Caruso Law School, where I studied both domestic and international arbitration

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Since 2009, my law practice has focused exclusively on oil and gas, mostly in the Appalachian Basin and primarily representing producers and midstream interests. I have personally tried, settled and managed hundreds of oil and gas related disputes in PA, OH and WV. In addition, I have counseled buyers and sellers in over $5B of acquisitions in PA and OH and issued numerous opinions supporting transactions and financing arrangements. I am a past-president of the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, a long-time IEL advisory board member, author and frequent lecturer on oil, gas, minerals and energy topics

  • Platt Davis Law Offices of Platt Davis
    Houston, Texas

    627 Hedwig Road
    Houston, Texas 77024
    USA
    Tel: 713.825.3123


    plattdavis@comcast.net

    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • As advocate arbitrated several international disputes involving expropriation and construction. Since 2006, following retirement from Vinson & Elkins, appointed as arbitrator in over 90 arbitrations (70% as chair)

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • As advocate and arbitrator have extensive energy experience, particularly in virtually all aspects of the oil, natural gas and electricity industries, and involving both domestic and international disputes

  • Philip Eisenberg Locke Lord LLP
    houston, Texas

    600 Travis Street, Suite 2800
    houston, Texas 77002
    USA
    Tel: 713.226.1304


    peisenberg@lockelord.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Counsel to various energy companies re: arbitration matters on an active and ongoing basis. Recent experience includes: 1) representing BP in arbitration with Anadarko re: Macondo joint interest costs 2) represented W&T Offshore in arbitration with Chevron re: allocation of production 3) represented Texaco and Marathon against McDermott arising from loss of the Petronius south deck module offshore Louisiana 4) represented oil company against service company re: multimillion dollar claim for day rate 5) represented oil companies against request to arbitrate under marine installation contracts related to antitrust violations 6) represented drilling contractor in LCIA arbitration against oil concession owner arising from asserted breach of drilling contract 7) participated in arbitration re reinsurance rights on behalf of captive insurance company 8) moved to stay in favor of arbitration in connection with maritime casualty, published opinion by 5th Circuit 9) litigated removal jurisdiction to federal court under FAA arising from international agency agreement 10) litigated stay in favor of arbitration in connection with joint interest charges arising from Macondo Incident 11) litigated various FRCP 12b motions related to mandatory dispute resolution clauses arising out of Singaporean stock acquisition of offshore boat company, including obtaining rulings affirming lack of jurisdiction and forum non conveniens from 5th Circuit 12) engaged in arbitration process for Trinidadian subsidiary of major energy company in connection with multimillion dollar claims by offshore construction contractor including assertions that breach of contract caused the contractor to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections 13) lead arbitrator in attorney fee disputes 14) member board of Dispute Resolution Center for Texas bar

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Highest grades Mineral Rights and Advanced Mineral Rights Louisiana State University law center 1983 and 1984; retired Senior counsel for Texaco and Chevron after 16 years responsible for Worldwide Exploration and Production; Special Projects and Facilities; Cost Recovery Unit addressing insurance and contractual indemnity claims, underground storage fund claims, and related matters including reinsurance and captive insurance programs; Partner for 18 years in Energy Practice for Locke Lord LLP in Houston focusing primarily on representing both energy and service companies with regard to creditors rights and oil and gas litigation and transactions; substantial midstream experience including in the SemCrude bankruptcy and various other bankruptcies including related to financial assurances and structuring of transactions; head of Houston bankruptcy section for Locke Lord with substantial experience in oil and gas bankruptcies, including representing committees. Regular speaker and write at industry seminars including IEL, RMMLF, HBA Oil and Gas, Texas State Bar, COPAS and TJOGEL

  • John Richard Gallagher Law Offices of J. Richard Gallagher
    Dallas, Texas

    5630 GASTON AVE
    Dallas, Texas 75214
    USA
    Tel: 214.566.6476


    jrgallaghe@aol.com

    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • See #4. Drafted & negotiated hundreds of PSA's and related agreements including arbitration Provisions. Former Member EIL Arbitrators List & other societies

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • 40+ years as Attorney in international petroleum industry. Have performed many years works overseas advising oil companies and oil industry service contractors

  • Oscar M. Garibaldi Garibaldi Arbitrator
    Great Falls, Virginia

    809 Wincrest Place
    Great Falls, Virginia 22066
    USA
    Tel: 201.352.1819


    ogaribaldi@garibaldiarbitrator.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • As arbitrator: sitting as president or co-arbitrator in multiple cases under ICSID, ICC, ICDR, LCIA, SCC, and UNCITRAL rules. As counsel: multiples cases starting in 1980 and ending in 2013

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Most of my cases as arbitrator, both investment and commercial, are related to the energy industries. Typical cases concern investments in renewables and disputes on various types of energy contracts

  • Carl Ginsberg Ginsberg ADR Group
    Dallas, TX

    4502 W Lovers Lane
    Dallas, TX 75209
    US
    Tel: 214-369-9871


    Carl@GinsbergADRGroup.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Former State District Judge Carl Ginsberg (FCIArb) presided over the 193rd Judicial District (Civil) Court in Dallas County, Texas for 12 years (2006-2018). During his tenure, Judge Ginsberg tried over 200 jury trials & several hundred bench trials, and heard thousands of motions, in cases spanning virtually every facet of civil litigation (inter alia, energy disputes, complex commercial litigation, construction, technology, breach of contract, professional malpractice, fraud, partnership dissolution, violations of fiduciary duties, breach of non-compete covenants, theft of trade secrets, employment-related disputes, workplace injuries, mass torts). Before taking the bench, Judge Ginsberg was an avid litigator, having tried dozens of jury trials to verdict, and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. While serving full-time on the bench, Judge Ginsberg earned a Master of Laws (LLM) (with Honors) from the University of London in International Dispute Resolution, focusing on international commercial arbitration. Since leaving the bench, Judge Ginsberg works full time as a neutral, is a Fellow with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), and is an Accredited Mediator by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • In addition to his experience in the energy sector by having presided over such disputes as a Judge, Judge Ginsberg, early in his career as an associate at Clark, Thomas & Winters in Austin, represented energy companies before the Texas Railroad Commission and the Texas Public Utility Commission. During that time, the electricity industry was being deregulated, and Judge Ginsberg regularly provided an industry newsletter covering the weekly actions of the Public Utility Commission, as well as legislative updates from the Texas House State Affairs Committee affecting the industry

  • Cullen (Mike) Godfrey Attorney-at-Law
    College Station, Texas

    4911 Whistling Straits Loop
    College Station, Texas 77845
    USA
    Tel: 979.595.8090


    cmg.991@suddenlink. net

    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • I am certified by AAA and have arbitrated a number of disputes including a landowner dispute involving pooling involving fracking drainage

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • I am a board certified oil and gas attorney with four decades of oil and gas representation including ten years as the general counsel of a Fortune 500 energy company and currently as a director of a midstream company

  • Michael S. Goldberg Baker Botts LLP
    Houston, Texas

    910 Louisiana Street
    Houston, Texas 77002
    USA
    Tel: 713.229.1401


    michael.goldberg@bakerbotts.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Michael Goldberg is Founder and past Chair of Baker Botts International Arbitration practice. He has served on arbitrations in AAA, ICDR, CPR, ICC, LCIA, PCA, SCC and ZCC. He has been lead counsel in arbitrations throughout the world. He has been an adjunct professor in International Arbitration for the past 10 years at the University of Texas School of Law and was inducted into the original Legal 500 Hall of Fame for international arbitration. For further information, please see CV located at https://www.bakerbotts.com/people/g/goldberg-michael-s

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Mr. Goldberg has been substantially involved in energy disputes for the past 40 years as both arbitrator and counsel in almost every imaginable type of claim such as: Upstream, Midstream, Downstream, Renewables, Construction, Transportation. Co-generation. Specific contracts include Joint Operating Agreements, Leases, Concession Agreements, Production Sharing Agreements, Service Contracts, Purchase and Sale Agreements, Power Purchase Agreements, Tolling or Product Conversion Agreements, Investment Treaties/Free Trade Agreements and Franchise Agreements. He has experience in various subject areas such as Operational, Environmental, Reserve Estimation and Valuation, Price Review, Force Majeure and Take or Pay. The locations of disputed projects include Angola, Armenia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Venezuela and Yemen

  • Paula Hodges KC Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    London, United Kingdom

    Exchange House
    Primrose Street
    London, United Kingdom EC2A 2EG
    Tel: (+)442074662027


    paula.hodges@hsf.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • I am the head of the global arbitration practice at Herbert Smith Freehills with over 30 years' experience advising clients in international disputes, particularly in the energy, telecommunications and technology sectors. Based in London, I specialise in international arbitration and have helped clients in many jurisdictions, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, France, Russia and the CIS, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA in ad hoc arbitration and proceedings under the auspices of all the major arbitral institutions. I also sit as an arbitrator. I play an active role in the international arbitration community. In May 2019, I became President of the LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration). I had been Vice President of the Court for several years and also a LCIA Board member for a decade. I continue to practise full-time at HSF whilst undertaking my LCIA responsibilities. I was appointed Queens Counsel (now King's Counsel) in 2014 - one of the highest achievements in the legal profession in the UK. I was one of only five solicitors amongst the 100 QCs (now KCs) appointed that year and the only female solicitor. I am ranked in Band 2 for Global-wide and Europe-wide International Arbitration, as well as Africa-wide Dispute Resolution

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • I am a well known arbitration practitioner and specialise in disputes in the energy sector. I have an extensive client base in the oil and gas, natural resources and renewables industry. I am recognised as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Arbitration and a Global Leader for both Energy 2022 and for Arbitration 2022 in the Who's Who Legal directory, where the editorial states: "Paula Hodges KC is regarded as a legend of arbitration, thanks to her immense knowledge of international arbitration disputes the real deal in the energy market, well-known for her strong capacity in arbitration cases related to energy claims, as well as her efficiency, strategic thinking and dedication. I am ranked in Band 1 in Chambers for UK-wide Energy & Natural Resources: Disputes, International Arbitration and International Arbitration: Arbitrators

  • Melinda Jayson Melinda G. Jayson, P.C.
    Dallas, Texas

    P.O. Box 25243
    Dallas, Texas 75225
    USA
    Tel: 214.534.3961


    melinda@melindajayson.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Arbitrator on more than 600 cases, with awards issued in more than 300. Experienced in applying Rules of AAA/ICDR, ICC, CPR, and others. Frequent speaker on efficiency methods in arbitration. Mediator with particularized experience resolving disputes between sellers and purchasers of energy businesses including resolution of future risks, as well as issues relating to equipment and liability for injury. Former General Counsel for a holding company that owned and controlled, among other businesses, interests in energy-producing properties and a production entity

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Focus on resolution of disputes between sellers and purchasers of energy businesses including resolution of future risks, as well as issues relating to equipment and liability for injury. Former General Counsel for a holding company that owned and controlled, among other businesses, interests in energy-producing properties and a production entity. Experience as arbitrator and mediator

  • Michael D. Jones Jones Gill Porter & Crawford
    Houston, Texas

    6363 Woodway, Suite 1100
    Houston, Texas 77057
    USA
    Tel: 713.652.4068


    mjones@jonesgill.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • I was one of a 3 arbitrator panel in the Texas Pacific Land Trust v. Chevron arbitration concerning 500,000 acres, numerous leases and post-production deductions. The arbitration lasted one week, multiple briefs, reasoned award. I served with Charles Sartain and Jeff Schrader. I am currently serving as one of a 3 arbitrator panel in a mid-stream case involving the obligation to deliver volumes of gas. I am serving with Mark Rodriguez and John Ale. Ten years ago, I served as one of a 3 arbitrator panel on a Prospect Exploration Agreement in Dallas with Charlie Harris and Rob Beatty. I have been selected as a mediator in numerous oil and gas cases

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • I have been Board Certified in Oil, Gas & Mineral Law and in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1992. I taught the Oil, Gas & Mineral Law survey course at South Texas College of Law for 26 years. I have numerous articles, CLE presentations and appellate cases to my credit. I am a Past Chair of the SBOT Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section. I have over 50 jury and bench trials in Texas, Wyoming and Illinois. I worked for Exxon for 9 years including 4 years in Midland, Akin Gump for 3 years, TransAmerican Natural Gas for 2 years and the balance of my Texas practice either as a solo or partner in my current lawfirm. So, I have major oil company experience, independent oil company experience, top 50 law firm experience and small firm experience as an oil and gas boutique law firm

  • Jean E. Kalicki Arbitration Chambers
    New York, New York

    45 Rockefeller Plaza, 20th Floor
    New York, New York 10111
    USA
    Tel: 703.220.5566


    jean.kalicki@kalicki-arbitration.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Jean Kalicki is an independent arbitrator, associated with Arbitration Chambers, who specializes in investment disputes and complex international cases; until 2016, she was a Partner at Arnold & Porter LLP. Over 30 years, Ms. Kalicki has conducted arbitrations involving six continents, across many industries, addressing issues of public international law and the laws of dozens of countries. Ms. Kalicki is a member of the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA); she previously served as a Vice President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), on the Board of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), and on the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on Arbitration. She is the co-editor of two books on the future of investor-State dispute settlement and evolution and adaptation in international arbitration, and a former adjunct professor at Georgetown and American University Law Schools. In addition to many other top rankings, Ms. Kalicki is regularly ranked in Chambers Band 1 (Most In-Demand Arbitrators) for both Global Arbitration and Public International Law, and was its only Star Arbitrator (above Band 1) in the USA for 2019 and 2020. Best Lawyers in America has named her Lawyer of the Year in her jurisdiction and practice five times; Whos Who Legal annually lists her in their Thought Leaders: Global Elite; Global Arbitration Review named her the Best Prepared/Most Responsive Arbitrator in the world in 2017; and Law360s selected her as one of the Five Most Influential Female International Arbitrators in the world for 2016

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Ms. Kalicki has served as chair and co-arbitrator in a wide range of energy industry disputes involving the electricity, oil, gas, nuclear, solar and wind sectors. These include both treaty disputes (including many under the Energy Charter Treaty) and commercial disputes. A full list of her cases, including energy industry cases, is available on her website

  • William H. Knull, III William H. Knull, III PLLC
    Houston, Texas

    406 Fall River Road
    Houston, Texas 77024
    USA
    Tel: 832.877.2339


    wknull@whkarb.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Until my retirement at the end of 2014, I spent 37 years litigating and arbitrating complex disputes, often involving transnational disputes, first with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and from 1986 through 2014 with Mayer Brown in Houston. Since retiring, I have devoted my practice exclusively to service as an independent arbitrator. From my first overseas trip as a young lawyer and my introduction to international arbitration several years later, I acted as counsel and lead counsel in international litigation and arbitration involving oil and gas, telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions, investor-state disputes, power generation, etc., in a broad range of highly complex technical, factual, legal and procedural contexts. As a hands-on advocate and arbitrator I have a first-hand appreciation for the challenges faced by arbitral tribunals in fashioning proceedings to secure a fair, prompt and efficient resolution of the most complex disputes, consistent with the needs of the case, choices and preferences of the parties, governing rules and applicable law. I have set out my thoughts on arbitral practice and procedure in some detail on my website, www.whkarb.com

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Throughout my career I have been involved in litigation and arbitration in the energy industry, primarily upstream oil and gas disputes, including intra-industry agreements to resist host country demands in the Middle East in the early 1970s, take-or-pay litigation in the 1980s, licensing disputes, exploration and production operational disputes, post-closing indemnities in purchase and sale agreements, investor state contractual disputes, governance issues, reserve estimation and valuation. Issues have included contract interpretation and performance, market analysis, detailed drilling and engineering records and interpretation, economic assessments and the like. A more complete listing of representative matters is contained in my website

  • Prof. Charles T. Kotuby Jr., FCIArb University of Pittsburgh School of Law
    Alexandria, Virginia

    100 East Del Ray Ave
    Alexandria, Virginia 22301
    USA
    Tel: 202.378.3362


    ctk25@pitt.edu


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Charles Kotuby is a Professor of Practice and the Executive Director of the Center for International Legal Education at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Previously a Partner in the Global Disputes practice of Jones Day in Washington DC, he spent 20 years as an international law counsel representing multinational corporations and sovereign states in complex international disputes. He has acted in international arbitrations and litigations across a range of sectors and industries, has been counsel to clients with treaty-based claims in Central Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and has appeared as counsel in international matters before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, ICSID, UNCITRAL and ad hoc arbitral tribunals. According to Judge Stephen Schwebel, former president of the International Court of Justice, Professor Kotuby is one of the world's "leading international counsel and advocates" (foreword to Kotuby & Sobota, General Principles of Law and International Due Process [Oxford 2017]). Chambers USA has individually recognized him as a Band 1 international arbitration counsel, calling him a "wonderful lawyer" and a "standout person . . .known for his . . . extensive multijurisdictional expertise." (ChambersUSA 2021) Professor Kotuby has published extensively on issues of international arbitration and international law, authoring or co-authoring more than two dozen articles and book chapters over the last 20 years. His book on General Principles of Law and International Due Process has been called "astute" (Judge James Crawford), "brilliant" (Pierre-Marie Dupuy), and a "signal contribution" to the field of international law (Judge Schwebel). He is currently the U.S. editor for the website www.conflictoflaws.net. An active arbitrator, Professor Kotuby is a Fellow in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Co-Chair of its Pennsylvania and Ohio Chapter. He is admitted to panels of arbitrators with leading institutions around the world, including the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and the United States Council for International Business (ICC/USCIB). He is also active in international legal reform as a member of the United States Government Delegation to UNCITRAL Working Group III on Reforms to Investor-State Dispute Settlement and the U.S. State Department Advisory Committee on Private International Law. Prior to his time in private practice and academia, Professor Kotuby was a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and Private International Law in Hamburg, Germany, and a Law Clerk to the Honorable Joseph F. Weis on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Arbitration counsel to dozens of energy and other extractive companies in disputes cumulatively valued at over $30 billion

  • Richard C Levin Richard Levin Arbitration LLC
    Dallas, Texas

    4408 St Johns
    Dallas, Texas 75205
    USA
    Tel: 214.675.4502


    richard@richardlevinarbitration.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • I have acted as arbitrator in over 100 arbitrations under the different arbitration regimes. Also, I have served as counsel in over 50 arbitrations under different regimes. I have published and spoken on arbitration topics and have been listed as a roster member with most institutions world wide. I have a specialty in Competition and Intellectual Property matters. This is all listed on my website

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • I have served as lead counsel for Exxon Mobil in several cases as well as served as principal US counsel for the Vallourec Group in France fr over 30 years, which is one of of the largest suppliers of oil country tubular goods in the world. I have arbitrated, as counsel and as arbitrator, in several large disputes

  • David T. Lopez David T. Lopez & Assoc.
    Houston, Texas

    28 Farnham Park Drive
    Houston, Texas 77024-7501
    USA
    Tel: 713.523.3900


    dtlopez@lopezlawfirm.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Arbitration experience dates from 1998 appointment to JAMS panel, presently panelist for ICDR, AAA, and CPR. Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Single and wing arbitrator in the three energy related arbitrations. Litigated claims involving electricity and oil and gas issues

  • Ben Love Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
    New York, New York

    55 Hudson Yards
    New York, New York 10001
    USA
    Tel: 212.446.2308


    blove@bsfllp.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Arbitrator and Secretary of the Tribunal in several cases (ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICDR, and ad hoc); Counsel in over 50 cases under the ICC, SCC, ICSID, LCIA, UNCITRAL, Swiss, and CRCICA arbitration rules

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Counsel in over 30 energy disputes, including: upstream, midstream, and downstream hydrocarbons; nuclear, gas-fed, solar, and hydroelectric power plans; and petrochemical projects

  • Scott Marrs AKERMAN LLP
    Houston, Texas

    1300 post oak blvd, suite 2300
    Houston, Texas 77056
    USA
    Tel: 713.960.7308


    scott.marrs@akerman.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Served as arbitrator, arbitration counsel, and trial counsel in a wide variety of international and domestic complex commercial and energy related disputes, including these representative cases: (1) Chair/Sole Arbitrator in complex commercial contract matter involving engineering, design and project management issues in mining and energy industries; (2) Chair/Sole Arbitrator in multi-million dollar energy matter regarding commercial contract in natural gas recycling, extraction, green energy business and allegations of contract breach and fraud; (3) Arbitrator on energy panel in multi-million dollar action involving contract and financial issues relating to acquisition and divestiture of numerous producing oil and gas properties; (4) Arbitrated 9-figure international disputes involving complex contractual and governmental issues regarding acquisition and divestiture of oil and gas interests in South America; (5) Arbitrator on commercial panel in breach of commercial contract action with associated fraud counterclaims involving stock and insurance issues; (6) Arbitrated claims by independent oil and gas producers in multi-million dollar action against drilling companies in commercial transaction disputes; (7) Arbitrated multi-million dollar commercial and intellectual property disputes between international medical device company and inventor/surgeon; (8) retained as expert intellectual property consultant in arbitration of business disputes involving copyright and trademark claims between two international manufacturers; (9) Arbitrated multi-million dollar commercial matter between international financial institution and group of investors; (10) Arbitrated matter involving international business and manager of division in fraud and breach of contract matter; (11) Sole Arbitrator in oil products contract disputes; (12) Chair in arbitration of IP case involving medical devices, licenses, royalties, (13) Arbitrator in fraud, breach of fiduciary duty regarding stock transfers, (14) Arbitrator in multi-million dollar real estate, private equity matter re: operating agreements, design and construction of refinery; (15) Chair in multi-million dollar natural gas pipeline matter involving tariffs, contract interpretation, gas gathering, transportation issues

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • 25 years handling O&G matters (upstream, midstream, downstream). Also: Land, Natural Gas, and Legal Departments, Sohio Petroleum, British Petroleum, 1984-89 Petroleum Landman Intern, Union Texas Petroleum, 1983. Extensive experience arbitrating domestic and international energy issues

  • Everard A. Marseglia, Jr. Everard A. Marseglia, Jr.
    Houston, Texas

    2510 Del Monte Drive
    Houston, Texas 77019
    USA
    Tel: 832.236.6536


    everard@marseglialaw.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • I have been admitted to the American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel since September, 2005, and currently serve on the Commercial and Energy Panel. I am considered by the AAA as having the necessary level of experience for appointments to Large Complex Cases. As Arbitrator, both as Chaiman, Sole Neutral or as Panel Member (in both administered and ad hoc arbitrations): Disputes involving Lease Terminations; Purchase and Sale Agreements; Operator/Non-Operator Rights and Obligations; Exploration and Participating Agreements (contract and regulatory); Complex Insurance Issues (Retail Brokerage, Surplus Lines Coverage, Wholesale Brokers, London broker and London Insurer); Stock Conversion and Rights of Minority Shareholders; Purchase and Sale of Bio-Fuels; Terminal Services Agreement (Receipt, Storage and Shipment of Liquid Bulk Crude oil, Petroleum Products, Ethanol, and similar Commodities); Power Purchase Contracts; Well Damage Claims by Operator against Well Service Company. As Advocate in Arbitrations: Gulf of Mexico and International Joint Operating Agreement Disputes; Overriding Royalty Dispute involving Oil and Gas Interests in Australia; Tried evidentiary Hearing entirely in Virtual Format. Substantial and continuous training in best practices for Arbitrators

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Substantive advice on Texas law relevant to pending litigation in Australia; Acquisition, Structuring and Divestiture of Oil and Gas Interests; Leases; Construction Disputes; Indemnification Agreements; Seismic Disputes; Exploration, Transportation and Marketing Agreements; Pooling and Unitization; Conveyancing Instruments: Assignments; Farmouts; Joint Operating Agreements; International Concessions; Joint Interest Accounting and Audits; Royalty, Drainage and Marketing Claims by Lessors; Title, Land and Property issues; Exploration, Production and Marketing Issues; Preferential Purchase Rights; Areas of Mutual Interest; Operator Removal. General crude oil, natural gas and energy transactional and litigation practice on behalf of independent and major producers, both domestic and international (96% of practice devoted to energy matters) Experience includes acquisition, structuring and divestiture of oil and gas interests; leases; construction disputes; indemnification agreements; seismic disputes; exploration, transportation and marketing agreements; pooling and unitization; conveyancing instruments; assignments; farmouts; joint operating agreements; international concessions; joint interest accounting and audits; royalty, drainage and marketing claims by lessors against lessees; title, land and property issues; exploration, production and marketing; preferential purchase rights; and operator removal. Experience also includes regulatory programs of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) (Natural Gas Act of 1938, Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, and Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act of 1989). Other experience includes ad valorem tax litigation and regulatory programs of the Railroad Commission of Texas (Common Purchaser Act); Department of Energy (DOE) (Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, as amended); Departments of the Interior and Transportation (Mineral Leasing Act, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 1974 and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Clean Air Act and lead phase-down regulations); Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act of 1980 and Tax Reform Act of 1976); and Department of Commerce (Export Administration Act of 1969 (International Boycotts); U.S. Treasury and State Department (International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985); and Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, 28 U.S.C. 1603-1611. Participation in numerous Conferences regarding various aspects of Energy Law

  • Michael Massengale JAMS
    Houston, Texas

    609 Main St.
    Suite 3930
    Houston, Texas 77019
    USA
    Tel: 713.206.3246


    mmassengale@jamsadr.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Michael Massengale is a U.S.-domestic and international arbitrator with deep experience resolving complex commercial disputes, particularly in the energy industry. He has worked primarily as an arbitrator since leaving his former position as justice of the Houston, Texas-based First Court of Appeals at the end of 2018. He has been a member of the JAMS panel of neutrals since 2020. Justice Massengale has served as tribunal chair, party-appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator, and emergency arbitrator. In addition to JAMS-administered disputes, Justice Massengale has arbitrated disputes administered by the ICC, AAA, and ICDR, as well as ad-hoc proceedings. He also has served on appeals panels under the JAMS Optional Arbitration Appeal Procedure, including as panel chair. Among many affiliations in the field of arbitration, he is a Fellow of both the College of Commercial Arbitrators and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He serves on the Advisory Boards of both the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and the Institute for Energy Law

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Justice Massengale began his private legal practice at Baker Botts L.L.P. in Houston, where he became a trial partner. Well over half of his work in private practice involved representation of energy companies. His diverse range of energy clients spanned multiple sectors within the industry, including leading businesses in oil and gas exploration, production, and refining; electricity generation and distribution; natural gas operations; and energy equipment and services. In over a decade of service as a Texas appellate justice, he wrote many opinions in disputes arising from the energy industry. Since leaving the bench he has arbitrated multiple energy disputes, including: a dispute between a natural-gas producer and a pipeline operator over interpretation of a gathering agreement; a dispute among limited partners engaged in trading financial transmission rights (FTR) contracts; a contract dispute over interpretation of a drilling sand take-or-pay provision; and a dispute over responsibility for equipment lost during the directional drilling of an offshore well. Justice Massengale is also frequently engaged to participate in moot appellate arguments arising from energy disputes

  • Samuel E. Masur Gordon Arata
    Lafayette, Louisiana

    400 E. Kaliste Saloom Road
    Suite 4200
    Lafayette, Louisiana 70503
    USA
    Tel: 337.237.0132


    smasur@gamb.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • I'm a member of the AAA Commercial Panel of Arbitrators and the AAA National Energy Panel. I obtained a $1.2 million arbitration award (and defeated a $250,000 counterclaim) in a 3-day arbitration before a single arbitrator ; I successfully defended an exploration company in a six-day arbitration before three arbitrators brought by another oil company claiming it was entitled to past and future production valued between $15 million and $20 million; and I successfully defend a well cost adjustment case involving three producing wells in a case brought by a non-operator seeking approximately $1 million in well costs adjustments

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • My practice has been focused on oil, gas and energy matters since I began the practice of law in 1982. I've litigated disputes involving oil and gas leases, overriding royalty interests, JOAs, participation agreements, and IADC drilling contracts. I've participated in such actions in the state and federal courts of Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. I have successfully defended several oilfield environmental claims and toxic tort claims related to ambient air quality and I prosecuted a major oil and gas civil fraud case involving the theft of corporate assets and the breach of fiduciary duties by corporate officers. I also successfully defended a publicly traded company in seven class action suits that sought to enjoin a board recommended take-private merger. In addition, I've handled products liability litigation involving propane explosions. I was deposed twice and testified at trial twice in an arbitration proceeding before a three-member panel as an expert in the customs and practices of the energy extraction industry, and I've testified in a jury trial about the function and interpretation of a stock purchase agreement and a farmout agreement. I recently tried a 5-day parted production pipe claim for an exploration company against a pipe vendor and two pipe inspection companies in which I obtained $7.1 million through two settlements and a unanimous jury verdict

  • Edoardo Mazzoli Legance - Avvocati Associati
    Milan, Italy

    Palazzo Legance
    Via Broletto, 20
    Milan, Italy 20121


    emazzoli@legance.it


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • As a professional in the field of domestic and international arbitration, I have had the privilege of assisting domestic and foreign companies as counsel in cross-border disputes. Over the course of my career, I have gained extensive expertise in civil, commercial, and corporate law, with a particular focus on the energy sector. I have worked closely with clients, providing them with comprehensive guidance and representation throughout the arbitration process. From the initial stages of case assessment to the trial/advocacy stage, to the final resolution. One aspect of my expertise lies in the understanding and navigation of cross-border disputes. These complex cases often involve intricate legal frameworks and cultural nuances, requiring a keen eye for detail and an ability to adapt strategies accordingly. I have been actively involved in arbitration proceedings, representing clients in various forums, such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the AIA, in Rome and the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan. This diverse experience has allowed me to develop a good understanding of the unique intricacies of different arbitration institutions, enabling me to tailor strategies to the specific requirements of each case. Throughout my engagements, I have utilized my expertise in civil, commercial, and corporate law to meticulously analyze and assess the legal aspects of disputes, identifying potential strengths and weaknesses in arguments. By leveraging this knowledge, I have effectively crafted persuasive legal strategies and presented compelling cases before arbitral tribunals

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Assistance and representation of a multi-national company in the management of numerous litigations before Tribunals and higher courts concerning the assessment of methane pipeline easements and real property rights. Assistance and representation of a multi-national company in out-of-court counseling regarding procurement and subcontractor relations in the field of methane pipeline maintenance and gas conduction systems. Assistance and representation a multi-national company in judicial proceedings before the Court of Appeal of Rome. This proceeding related to the annulment of an arbitration award issued pursuant to the ANAC - Autorit Nazionale Anti Corruzione (National Anti-Corruption Authority) arbitration rules. The underlying issue related to the non-performance of a gas distribution contract in the context of a public contract. Assistance to a group of insurers in the mediation procedure related to a claim made by Edison S.p.A., a leading Italian company in the energy market, in connection with malfunctioning of district heating systems. Assistance to and representation of a leading international company in a litigation involving a fire that occurred in Italy, at a combined-cycle thermoelectric power plant, causing damages of more than 80 million. Assistance to and representation of a Russian oil & gas company - part of a multinational group - as a plaintiff in a series of legal proceedings before Italian courts. The proceedings relate to the recovery of credit and compensation for damages as a result of the non-performance of obligations arising from contracts for the sale, installation and maintenance of products and tools for drilling and soil excavation. Assistance to and representation of a multinational company in the energy sector, a manufacturer of industrial refrigeration products, as a defendant in proceedings relating to the alleged breach of contractual guarantees offered in the context of the sale and installation of technical products for industrial refrigeration. Assistance to and representation of a U.S. company active in the energy sector - part of a multinational group - as plaintiff, in a civil proceeding before an Italian court. The dispute concerned the recovery of credit and compensation for damages as a result of the breach of obligations under a contract for the supply and installation of water refrigeration products. Extrajudicial assistance and advice for a multinational company active in the energy sector, in the area of product liability for defective products (gas and water meters)

  • John Burritt McArthur Sole Practitioner
    Berkeley, California

    Zaentz Media Center, 2600 Tenth St., Suite 609
    Berkeley, California 94710
    USA


    umacs1@aol.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • John Burritt McArthur established his solo practice in 2008 in order to focus his practice on serving as an arbitrator, including in oil and gas and other energy disputes, the biggest single area of his trial practice since 1983. McArthur has served as an arbitrator since 1995 and has been sole arbitrator, wing arbitrator, or chair in over 125 arbitrations that went through award. His arbitration experience includes cases in virtually all sectors of the oil-and-gas business, upstream, mid-stream, and downstream. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in that industry, including major oil companies, independents, service companies, investment entities, and states (including Alaska and Louisiana) with major oil and gas reserves. McArthur has also been trial counsel in large oil-and-gas arbitrations. McArthur is on the arbitrator lists of many prominent arbitration organizations. These include the Commercial, Complex Commercial Case, Oil and Gas, and National Energy Panels of the AAA, and the California and Energy, Oil, and Gas, and Banking Panels of CPR. He is a FINRA arbitrator and a panelist with Palo-Alto-based FedArb, whose arbitrators are mostly former federal judges, including among many specialized panels its Oil-and-Gas and Energy panel and its Energy Practice panel. McArthur is a Fellow of the London-based CIARB, a Fellow of the CCA, a Member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, a member of the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center, and of the LCIA. He is a listed arbitrator for the HKIAC, DIAC, and the AIAC international arbitration centers. In the fall of 2022, McArthur published THE REASONED ARBITRATION AWARD IN THE UNITED STATES: ITS PROMISE, PROBLEMS, PREPARATION, AND PRESERVATION (Oct. 2022). He has published on arbitration and spoken extensively to practicing lawyers and in arbitrator training programs

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • McArthur has been involved as a lawyer in some of the United States largest commercial disputes in the last 30 years, with a particular focus on the oil-and-gas industry. In the late 1980s, McArthur was a partner at Houstons Susman Godfrey LLP and represented independent and major oil companies and other industry participants. He played a significant role in natural gas take-or-pay litigation, including a 1988 $536-million repudiation jury verdict against El Paso Natural Gas Company. McArthur has handled cases involving partnership investments, Joint Operating Agreements, royalty agreements, purchase and sale agreements, field-service agreements, and other common oil-and-gas contracts. In 2005, McArthur was one of the lawyers securing a $100-million judgment from a jury in Louisiana state court against a major oil company for its posted-price practices. In 2012, he was the successful lead trial counsel defending the State of Alaska in an administrative in which a producer sought to reallocate approximately $600 million in oil. McArthur has served as an expert in a number of oil-and-gas cases. Since 2008 he has focused his work on arbitration, including in many oil-and-gas cases. He has written extensively on oil and gas law

  • Edward J. Murphy Akerman LLP
    Houston, Texas

    1300 Post Oak Boulevard
    Suite 2300
    Houston, Texas 77056
    USA
    Tel: 713.871.6777


    edward.murphy@akerman.com

    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • My experience in international and domestic arbitration began in 1994 when I joined a major New York City law firm where I was involved with numerous commercial and maritime arbitrations. IIn 1977 joined an international oil company in Houston and became immersed in arbitrations regarding complex commercial transactions, exploration and production, trading, oil & gas storage, shipping, chartering, vessel refinery and pipeline construction, modifications in repairs as well as leasing and refining disputes. Since returning to private practice, I continued as an advocate in numerous arbitrations in the energy area. Over the past six years I have been focusing on sitting as an arbitrator in commercial and energy-related disputes

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • My experience in the energy industry began when I sailed as an officer on tankers during the Vietnam war, continued as a practicing attorney in New York City, and my exposure was exponentially increased when I moved to Texas in 1977 to take a position with the Coastal Corporation. I was a Sr. Vice President of Coscol Petroleum. I was involved in disputed matters of all types involving arbitrations both nationally & internationally pertaining to all aspects of the domestic and international energy industry, i.e., exploration and production, refining, transportation, trading, construction of refineries, pipelines and vessels and all manner of transportation

  • Michael A (Tony) Nunes Nunes & Co. PLLC
    Houston, Texas

    712 Main Street
    Suite 1100
    Houston, Texas 77002
    USA
    Tel: 713.530.9609


    tony.nunes@nunes-partners.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Over 30 years' experience chairing and serving as panel member on numerous energy related and commercial arbitrations; hearing domestic and international cases involving onshore and offshore drilling and oil service contracts, pipeline transportation disputes and product supply disputes, upstream concession and operating contracts, solar power contracts, maritime transportation and energy company financing and asset based loans, ranging from $100,000 to $500 million. Adjunct Professor, Houston Law Center International Litigation/Arbitration, 1988 1999

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Negotiations and preparation of necessary documents for upstream oil and gas operations in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico; gas sales and master service agreements, construction of offshore production platforms and facilities and an onshore gas processing facility; construction of an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico; acquisition and subsequent sale of a fleet of offshore drill rigs for foreign entities; pipeline throughput and interconnection agreements for oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico; construction, financing, and eventual sale of a Houston petrochemical plant; numerous oil and gas and other energy sector lending transactions for lenders, drilling contractors and operators; joint operating agreements in Turkmenistan, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago; a farm-in and farm-out agreement for three offshore blocks in the Bass Strait, Australia, and Trinidad and Tobago; working as outside general counsel for a Houston-based drilling company operating in the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil; a joint venture for the development of two blocks offshore Nigeria; negotiations and documentation for drilling of two wells in the Caspian Sea; and representing a New York private equity fund for financing and operating a fertilizer and UAN plant to be built in Trinidad and Tobago

  • Patrick S. Ottinger The Patterson Resolution Group
    Lafayette, Louisiana

    1313 West Pinhook Road
    Lafayette, Louisiana 70503
    USA
    Tel: 337.232.2606


    psottinger@pattersonresolution.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Has served on panels in Louisiana and Texas, including serving as neutral chair

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Areas of expertise include oil and gas (upstream and midstream), construction and municipal law

  • Kazi Riyazuddin KM Riyazuddin & Associates
    Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

    C-1302 BPCL Tower
    Sector 46A, Seawoods, Off Palm Beach Road
    Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400706
    India
    Tel: 9.19892E+11


    riyazuddinkm@gmail.com

    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • I have varied experience in arbitration, having served as a sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, and presiding arbitrator in numerous proceedings. These arbitrations have been conducted effectively through physical in-person meetings, online video conferencing, and advanced ODR systems. My ability to adapt to these formats ensures efficient and accessible dispute resolution for all parties involved. In every case, I thoroughly assess the arguments and evidence presented, ensuring a balanced and comprehensive evaluation before delivering my arbitral awards. These awards have been endorsed by my peers, including retired judges and senior advocates of high courts, who commend my impartiality, meticulous approach, and commitment to justice. My expertise is particularly valued in handling disputes from complex and high-stakes sectors such as financial markets, stock exchanges, the oil and gas industry, and shipping. These industries require a nuanced understanding of technical, legal, and procedural aspects, which I leverage to deliver sound and reasoned decisions. Known for my impartiality and dedication to ensuring a fair process, I am frequently entrusted with resolving disputes that demand a deep understanding of intricate issues. My ability to consistently provide just and well-reasoned outcomes has earned the trust and respect of parties and colleagues, reinforcing my reputation as a reliable and effective arbitrator

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • I served Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a leading oil giant in India, for over 36 years (from September 1982 to June 2019). I held prominent roles across diverse departments: Shipping, Corporate Taxation, Shared Services, Corporate Treasury, International Trade & Risk Management, and Refinery Projects. In the Shipping Department, I managed vessel chartering for coastal and international operations, expertly handling freight, demurrage, deadweight, deadfreight, ocean loss, and cargo contamination issues. In the International Trade & Risk Management Department, I negotiated ISDA Master Agreements with oil majors, investment banks, and traders, executing derivative transactions aligned with Dodd-Frank and EMIR regulations. I also played a pivotal role in resolving central excise, income tax, and customs disputes, representing BPCL before tribunals and courts and drafting comprehensive appeals. I was privileged to negotiate contracts with Tata Power Corporation for the installation and maintenance of a substation within our premises. This involved power-sharing agreements, receipt of electricity, and supplying captive-generated power to the grid. I also handled claims settlement based on rates from the energy exchange

  • Ank Santens White & Case LLP
    New York, New York

    1221 Avenue of the Americas
    New York, New York 10020-1095
    USA
    Tel: 121.281.9859


    asantens@whitecase.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Ank Santens serves as counsel or arbitrator in commercial, investment, and construction arbitrations around the world, under all major international arbitration rules as well as ad hoc and regional rules. With over two decades of experience, she is well known in the field and a trusted arbitrator and advisor to clients. Ank's dual civil and common law education, Belgian and US background, and language skills (English, French, Spanish, Dutch), as well as her analytical, commercial, and commonsense approach, make her well equipped to tackle and resolve the most complex disputes

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Energy represents the most important industry in Ank's varied portfolio. Ank has handled commercial, investment, and construction arbitrations relating to oil, gas and all manner of gas products, oil & gas services, and electricity from both traditional and renewable sources. These disputes have arisen across the value chain. Ank has represented investors, owners, contractors, advisors, and States in these disputes, giving her a broad base of experience and a deep understanding of a variety of perspectives and the issues involved

  • Charles Sartain Gray Reed
    Dallas, Texas

    1601 Elm Street
    Dallas, Texas 75225
    USA
    Tel: 469.320.6100


    csartain@grayreed.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • I have served as sole+L3:L30 arbitrator and as a member of a panel, either American Arbitration Association administered or ad hoc, since approximately 2000. Before then I appeared as an advocate in both AAA-administered and ad hoc arbitrations in disputes that were not limited to oil and gas issues

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • I began my legal career in the in-house legal department at Sun Oil Company in 1978 in oil and gas transactions. Since leaving Sun in 1982 I have devoted the majority of my law practice to litigation and arbitration of energy disputes on behalf of operators, working interest owners, investors, misdstream companies, and royalty owners

  • John F. Shepherd Holland & Hart LLP
    Denver, Colorado

    555 17th St.
    Suite 3200
    Denver, Colorado 80209
    USA
    Tel: 303.295.8309


    jshepherd@hollandhart.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Substantial experience with handling arbitrations under the AAA, ICC, UNCITRAL and ad hoc procedures. Have served as an arbitrator in several oil and gas cases, both as the sole arbitrator and as a member of a three-person panel

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Have been involved in the energy industries for more than 40 years: oil and gas, coal, and wind energy. Practice has been primarily in oil and gas litigation and arbitration, including disputes over joint operating agreements, purchase and sale agreements, farmin agreements, oil and gas leases, gas balancing agreements, and royalties

  • Jennifer Mary Smith JMS Arbitration LLC
    Houston, Texas

    2120 Troon Rd
    Houston, Texas 77019
    USA
    Tel: 832.331.0504


    Jennifer.Smith@JMSArbitration.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • For more than 30 years, I acted as an advocate for companies involved in complex, international, commercial disputes. I have been a full-time arbitrator since 2021 and pride myself on being well-versed in the business and cultural realities of cross-border disputes

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Dual qualified in England and Texas, I have a broad range of experience in a variety of industries. Much of my career was spent handling complex energy disputes around the world. Representative matters include disputes involving production sharing agreements, pipelines, gas gathering and processing, gas trading, petrochemical facilities, drilling rigs, reservoir management, joint operating agreements, LNG, FPSOs, joint ventures and much more

  • Jonathan Sutcliffe K&L Gates LLP
    Dubai, Dubai

    Currency House, Tower 1, Level 4
    DIFC
    Dubai, Dubai PO Box 506826
    United Arab Emirates
    Tel: +971 (0)4 427 2747


    jonathan.sutcliffe@klgates.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Jonathan has represented parties as counsel in numerous international arbitrations under various arbitration rules, including AAA (ICDR), ICC, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC, ADCCAC, ICSID and UNCITRAL. Jonathan has sat as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and chair of tribunal in ICC, DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ADCCAC and ad hoc arbitrations. Jonathan has undertaken the American Arbitration Association, ICDR, neutrals training. Jonathan is on the rosters, panels and lists of arbitrators of various arbitration institutions and centres, including AAA-ICDR, ADGM, CPR, DIAC, HKIAC, HMAA, LCIA, SCCA and SIAC

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Jonathan has experience in disputes in the Oil & Gas sector, oilfield services, power sector, LNG and pipelines. These have included PSCs, concessions, JOAs, unitisations, drilling contracts and oilfield services contracts, among others

  • Mary Anne Wolf, PE, FCIArb Keogh Cox & Wilson
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    701 Main St.
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
    USA
    Tel: 225.383.3796


    mwolf@keoghcox.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • As a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, engineer and attorney, Mary Anne Wolf combines 30 years of engineering and legal background to bring unique expertise to complex arbitration. She has over 20 years of experience as a civil trial attorney handling construction and commercial litigation in both civil and common law jurisdictions. She has served as sole, chair, panel or special arbitrator in over 30 cases handling claims valued up to $60 million involving a wide range of issues including construction defects and delay, public infrastructure construction, energy-related construction, pipelines and servitudes, business and contract disputes, and insurance and property damage claims. She serves on the American Arbitration Association's Construction, Energy, Commercial, Large Complex Cases, and Consumer panels. Recent cases include a $10 million servitude dispute between pipeline companies; $60 million design error claim in an interstate expansion project; $10 million hotel construction defect dispute; and $1.8 million breach of contract claim between contractors in construction of a U. S. government facility. Prior to her legal career, Ms. Wolf, a licensed professional electrical engineer, worked as a design/project engineer in the construction industry. Her special combination of engineering, technology, legal and ADR expertise enables a comprehensive understanding of complex technical disputes while ensuring efficient and fair resolution. Ms. Wolf has comprehensive experience in managing discovery; deciding arbitrability, due process and pre-hearing disputes and dispositive motions; multi-party cases; claims and counterclaims involving complex issues; bilingual witnesses and use of interpreters; evidentiary issues; technical expert evidence and complex damage models; cost allocation decisions; virtual/remote hearings; electronic document submissions; lengthy merits hearings; and detailed reasoned interim and final awards. Her arbitration philosophy entails a detail-oriented and thorough approach to case management and decision-making with a focus on neutrality, fairness to parties, and efficient dispute resolution even in the most complex cases

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Ms. Wolf has extensive experience in energy-related construction disputes including a claim against environmental consultant arising from construction at LNG facility alleging violation of wetlands regulations and permitting process; $85 million contract dispute at LNG facility; payment and surety claims arising from unforeseen conditions, Covid-19 and inflation factors on LNG project; dispute between Japanese owner and U.S.-based contractor involving delays and change orders in industrial plant expansion; joinder/consolidation issues in dispute arising from solar panel farm construction; directional drill and pipeline installation errors; and equipment/process failures. Her experience encompasses all aspects of construction and legal disputes from project development through design, construction, and commissioning, including environmental assessments, utility coordination, government regulations and agency reviews, permitting by state and federal agencies, design-build and EPC contracts, bidding and procurement, change order and submittal process, jobsite safety, contractor warranties, defense and indemnity, insurance and sureties. Her engineering experience includes civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical, piping, electrical, and instrumentation design, as well as building codes, surveying, servitudes, and technical drawings and equipment specifications. She follows developments in technology in the dynamic energy and construction industries. In 2024 she received a 30-hour certification in Energy Fundamentals from the Center for Energy Studies at Louisiana State University

  • Dr. Georg von Segesser von Segesser Law Offices
    Zurich, Zurich

    Mhlebachstrasse 173
    Zurich, Zurich 8008
    Switzerland
    Tel: +41 44 382 01 00


    gvs@vonsegesserlaw.com


    Experience as Arbitrator:
    • Chairman, party appointed arbitrator and sole arbitrator in over 250 arbitration cases with ICC International Court of Arbitration, Swiss Arbitration Centre, LCIA, DIS, VIAC, ICDR, ICSID, others including ad hoc, UNCITRAL etc. Counsel for parties in domestic and international arbitration cases Arbitration cases in the following areas: Construction, building and manufacturing contracts, corporate and general contracts, trade and sales contracts, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, financial transactions, ship building contracts, exploration of natural resources, price adjustments in gas and energy purchase agreements, design and management contracts for the entertainment industry, telecommunication and media, patents and trademarks, licence agreements, distributorships, agencies, service industry, sports 1998/99 Co-Director of the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland

    Experience In Energy Industries:
    • Arbitration cases involving tariff disputes, operation of upstream production, joint operating agreements for transport, international concession agreements, service agreements related to downstream production, and the construction of power stations