Energy Law

Expertise:

• Sales and acquisitions of energy companies
• Privatisation of energy companies
• Straddling gas reserves and maritime boundary issues
• Concession Agreements
• Price review arbitrations under gas supply agreements
• Investment protection claims under Bilateral Investment Treaties and Energy Charter Treaty
• EU regulation concerning the internal gas and electricity market, renewables and nuclear
• EU competition law and state aid

Representative advisory work:

• Concession Agreement: advised concerning a USD 1 billion LNG port project in India and, in particular, drafting and negotiating a BOT concession agreement with the state of Gujarat and preparing risk matrix
• Host Government Agreements: 
• advised on host government agreements concerning a large pipeline project in Central Asia
• member of the Legal Task Force of Energy Charter Secretariat to update the Model IGA and HGA (link)
• Electricity Supply Agreements: renegotiated electricity supply agreements after the new electricity trading arrangement was introduced in UK and advising on electricity trade agreements in Central and Eastern Europe
• Gas Supply Agreement: advising on negotiating gas supply agreements
• Solar Project: advised on the construction and financing of solar projects in Spain and Italy
• Waste to Energy: advising on waste to energy projects including in the UK and South Africa
• Privatisation: advised in respect of the privatisation of the largest Romanian energy company
• Merger & Acquisition: advised on numerous mergers and acquisitions, including on due diligence
• Investment Arbitration: 
• advised in respect of an investment claim against a Central Asian state under a Bilateral Investment Treaty and the Energy Charter Treaty concerning an oil concession
• advised on several investment claims pursuant to ECT and BIT which settled
• Price Review Negotiations and Arbitration: 
• advised one of the world biggest suppliers of LNG regarding price review negotiations and arbitration concerning a long-term GSA
• advised several buyers on price review arbitrations concerning long-term GSA
• Arbitration: 
• advised on numerous ICC, LCIA, VIAC and UNCITRAL arbitrations including with respect to shareholder disputes, construction of power plants and contractual dispute
• appointed as arbitrator in several arbitrations relating to disputes in energy sector
• Transit of oil and gas: Advised on right of the transit under ECT and international law
• EU Competition Law: advised energy companies concerning a potential EU competition law claim for abuse of dominant position in the gas market
• EU State Aid: advised UK energy company regarding EU state aid rules regarding renewables
• Energy Regulatory: 
• Advising on EU law concerning the internal market for gas and electricity including in the Ukraine and other Energy Community countries
• Advising on energy transition to zero carbon economy and climate change targets
• Advising the Commission and Energy Community Secretariat in respect of numerous studies of internal market and security of supply (link)
• Giving expert evidence on Nord Stream 2 and the inter-relationship between EU and international law (link)
• Advising on EU law concering nuclear safety and radioactive waste (link)
• Brexit: advising energy companies on the implications of Brexit on inter alia UK’s access to the internal energy market, state aid and nuclear energy

E&A Law has been ranked amongst the top UK law firms (tier 4) in Energy: oil and gas for the last 7 years by Legal 500.

Ana Stanič has been ranked amongst the top UK energy practitioners by Chambers & Partners for the past 7 years.