James Lloyd Loftis

Represented the owner of a power generation facility in UNCITRAL arbitration with offtaker/guarantor over credit support obligations for power sales involving claims in excess of $1 billion

Represented a purchaser of interests in upstream investments in South America in LCIA arbitration with seller over claims for indemnity payments in excess of $250 million due for the government’s cancellation of licenses

Advised investors in Kurdistan Regional Governate in dispute with Regional Government over relinquishment of oil and gas properties

Represented owners of power barges in arbitration with the government of a Latin American state over violations of BIT 

Represented investors in the power generation and transmission sector of a South American state in ICSID proceedings against the government for breach of legal stability guarantees 

Acted for the operator of a power facility in Pakistan in arbitration against a state gas distribution facility over gas allocations and delivery priorities

Represented an oil and gas company in an ICSID arbitration brought under the bilateral investment treaty over the termination of an exploration and development concession

Advised a major Indian conglomerate on its litigation strategy in a substantial dispute with its de-merged sister company over alleged rights to confirmed allocations of the client’s natural gas production at preferential prices

Represented a foreign investor in India’s 2G licensing round in connection with contractual and investor-state claims made under the relevant license and bilateral investment protection treaty resulting from the state’s cancellation post-award of 22 mobile telephony licenses and failure to refund license fees or pay compensation

Advising upstream investors in connection with three maritime boundary disputes, including interface with competing sovereign over rights in field

Represented a North American investor in LCIA arbitration against Armenia over breach of investment agreement and BIT claims

Represented two upstream investors in Ecuador in connection with government attempts at forced conversion of PSAs on four blocks to service contracts, and in relation to expropriatory tax legislation, and advising under production sharing agreements and relevant bilateral investment treaties

Acted on behalf of two investors in Venezuela in connection with government demands for “migration” of investor-controlled upstream operations to public-controlled entities, and advise under hydrocarbon venture agreement, foreign investment law, and relevant treaties 

Represented an oil and gas company in an ICSID arbitration brought under the bilateral investment treaty over the termination of an exploration and development concession

Acted for the investor in an East European state in an UNCITRAL arbitration against that state under its bilateral investment treaty with the investor’s home state

Represented a U.S. subsidiary of an UAE investor in a dispute with a sovereign wealth fund in Libya in a Dubai-seated arbitration over claims of breach of an investment contract

Advise American investors in Mexico on potential NAFTA Chapter 11 claims arising from regulatory blocking of investor’s rights 

Advising an investor in Bangladesh in connection with governmental interference in power project through abusive investigations and acts of interference

Represented consortium in connection with disputes arising under EPC and related agreement for the construction of an LNG facility

Represented an EPC contractor in an ICC arbitration, seated in Singapore, arising out of a construction project for a coal mining conveyer system in Indonesia; the arbitration primarily concerned changed site conditions in the project area caused by an affiliate of the owner, which prevented project completion; the case settled favorably 

Advising a power and water consortium over substantial construction claims for liquidated damages and consequential losses under EPC in Saudi Arabia

Represented a European client in ICC arbitration over construction disputes over a Middle Eastern power and water project involving over $60 million of late-filed change-order claims and liquidated damages counterclaims

Representing a partner in a clean energy consortium in an arbitration arising under a contract for power equipment for a facility in the UAE

Obtained a final award in favor of our client of approximately $120 million (net) in an LCIA arbitration in connection with a dispute over production rights in a Nigerian oil and gas venture

Represented a Middle Eastern developer of energy technology in a dispute with a former agent over claims that the agent’s competing technology was developed with the client’s trade secrets and in violation of agreements

Acted for sponsors of major alternative fuels project in LCIA arbitration against a fuel synthesis technology provider

Acted for an Asian oil and gas company in arbitration with a service supplier over drilling and environmental costs

Represented the seller in an ICC arbitration involving a buyer’s claims on environmental representations and warranties for a hazardous waste facility in Latin America

Acted for an international telecoms cable operator in a dispute with a cable capacity lessee over expansion rights on cable

Acted for a U.S. medical products company in ICC arbitration with a German company over a long-term purchase arrangement