My expertise is in the offshore energy business including FPSOs/FSOs/FSRUs/regas agreements. I specialise in contract review and negotiation including:

• Lease/charter and operation contracts (see Deals List),

• JV agreements/Shareholder agreements,

• Invitation to tender (ITT) documents,

• Front end engineering development (FEED) contracts,

• Settlement agreements / pre-litigation strategy,

• Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) contracts,

• Purchase orders/procurement,

• Confidentiality /Non-disclosure Agreements,

• Sale or acquisition transactions,

• Conversion and Shipyard contracts,

• Ship Sale and Purchase,

• Decommissioning and Recycling agreements,

• Bank guarantees/parent guarantees,

• Purchase options/ quiet enjoyment letters, and

• Regasification terminal agreements.

I am also able to assist with:

• project insurance placements (e.g., Hull and Machinery and Construction All Risk policies),

• ‘cold eyes’ reviews/ ‘sanity checks’ of FPSO & FSRU contracts,

• ‘bankability’ reviews of FPSO/FSRU contracts,

• M&A due diligence including contract risk reviews,

• training and legal operations (e.g., legal department organization/strategy, contract standardization, golden rules, developing precedents, contract review procedures).

• In-house legal team leave coverage.