
James Brown
Partner
Expertise
- Shipping
- Energy Power and Natural Resources
- Offshore Oil and Gas
- Litigation
Haynes and Boone, LLP
England
Offshore Contractor’s Guide through the English Law Issues Arising from the Latest Oil Price Collapse and COVID-19
Haynes and Boone, LLP, April 2020
Introduction: The new reality As a result of the sudden and dramatic fall in the oil price that had occurred between June 2014, when oil had been trading at prices of around US$115 per barrel of Brent crude, to January 2015 by which time it had fallen to around US$35 per barrel, I was prompted to prepare a “Guide for Contractors”. Parties in the offshore oil and gas sector, and in particular contractors in the industry, were facing turbulent and unpredictable times...
GAR’s “Guide to Energy Arbitrations”: Offshore Vessel Construction Disputes
Haynes and Boone, LLP, January 2019
Haynes and Boone CDG is proud to continue to feature a chapter in Global Arbitration Review’s (GAR)Guide to Energy Arbitrations, the Third Edition of which has just been published. TheGuide to Energy Arbitrationsis a widely regarded reference tool for energy companies, their advisers and arbitrators...
Comply or Face the Consequences! Contractual Compliance Required to Vary a Contract.
Haynes and Boone, LLP, May 2018
As Lord Sumption’s leading judgment of the Supreme Court inRock Advertising Limited v MWB Business Exchange Centres Limited[2018] UKSC 24 states, it is rare that modern litigation raises truly fundamental issues in the law of contract. This case, however, raisedtwosuch issues, although as a result of the Court’s decision on the first issue, it was not necessary to decide the “difficult” second issue...
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