Ben Holland

Advising a gas buyer as claimant in an ICC arbitration valued at over US$1 billion concerning the cessation of supply by the seller and later termination by the buyer of a long-term gas supply contract for the supply of all of the pipeline natural gas to be supplied to a European country.

Advising an LNG buyer on an LNG price review in NW Europe under a long-term LNG supply agreement.

Advising an LNG buyer on an under-supply of LNG including analysis of terminal scheduling issues and shortfall penalties for seller’s failure to deliver.

Advising an LNG buyer on a failure by a seller to deliver under a mid-term LNG supply agreement, including acting on an LCIA arbitration (liability).

Advising an LNG-to-power consortium on its rights and obligations under various transaction agreements and strategy to adopt in negotiations with counterparties. Transaction agreements include sale and purchase of LNG, the supply of gas and conversion to power, power purchase agreement and various other site, lease government, electricity, and related direct agreements.

Advising an LNG buyer on LNG price and oversupply, including advising on rescheduling deliveries and avoiding penalties for shortfall during periods where LNG tanks were full due to low power production caused by the pandemic and other factors, and maximising the benefits of volumes to be taken at a later date.

Advising an Asian LNG buyer on price and volume rebalancing options under a portfolio of long-term LNG supply contracts.

Advising an Asian LNG buyer on the ability to reopen, through arbitration, the price under a long-term LNG supply contract.

Advising a CEE gas buyer in an arbitration under the ICC Rules in relation to termination without notice of a long-term gas supply contract that led to emergency governmental intervention.

Advising a CEE gas buyer in litigation in the Commercial Court concerning a contested shareholder transaction and a claim for loss suffered due to anti-competitive practices under a long-term gas supply contract.

Acting for the claimant in an arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules, seated in London, concerning payments for services for locating valuable oil exploration and production asset located in the Republic of Yemen, when the operator refused to make payment as required.

Acting in an arbitration under the ICC Rules, seated in Paris, for an international oil & gas investor with the largest interest in an oil & gas block against a state in a US$120 million claim arising from the termination of a production sharing agreement and the corresponding claims covering, among others: retrospective laws seeking to impose abandonment and decommissioning obligations, historical audit claims, well-integrity claims, environmental damage claims, and tax claims.

Advising an oilfield services company on litigation across multiple African and Middle Eastern jurisdictions concerning failures by the purchasers of oil production materials to fully pay for the transferred equipment.

Advising a Middle Eastern gas company in an arbitration under the ICC Rules in relation to investments in Uzbekistan.

Advising a commodities trading company on multiple trading disputes, cybercrime disputes, and sanctions advice.

Advising a leading state-owned oil company in a pricing dispute in Asia regarding a long-term crude oil supply contract with a sum in dispute in excess of US$16 billion.

Advising a European gas buyer in a “baseball” gas price arbitration in Southern Europe under the ICC Rules relating to a long-term LNG supply contract, leading to final award.

Advising a European gas buyer in a gas price arbitration in Southern Europe under the ICC Rules relating to a long-term pipeline gas contract with a sum in dispute in excess of US$1 billion.

Advising a European gas buyer in two consolidated gas price arbitrations in Southern Europe relating to two long-term LNG supply contracts with a sum in dispute in excess of US$1 billion, leading to a final award.

Advising a European gas buyer in three gas price arbitrations in Southern Europe under the UNCITRAL rules relating to three long-term LNG contracts with a sum in dispute of approximately US$4.5 billion, all of which led to final awards.

Advising a gas seller in an ad hoc price review arbitration in Northern Europe relating to a long-term pipeline gas contract with a sum in dispute of approximately US$2 billion.

Advising a CEE gas buyer in a gas price and supply dispute with its gas supplier, including renegotiation of gas supply contract.

Advising an investment company in six consolidated LCIA arbitrations in relation to oil investments in Kurdistan, Iraq, leading to final awards on both liability and quantum.

Advising an FPSO charterer in relation to cost and schedule overruns on a US$1.2 billion new-build project offshore Brazil.

Advising a major UK mining company in relation to a dispute with power station owners over the contract price under long-term supply agreements worth £100 million.

Advising on an arbitration under the rules of the Electricity Arbitration Association in relation to the introduction of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on long-term power purchase agreements.