Maximilian G. Rockall

LNG and Natural Gas

• Acting for a leading Japanese LNG buyer in a billion-US-dollar price review arbitration with Asia Pacific-based sellers.
• Acting for a leading Japanese LNG buyer with two price negotiations in two billion-US-dollar pricing negotiations with Asia Pacific-based sellers.
• Acting for a leading Japanese LNG buyer with its price negotiations in a billion-US-dollar pricing dispute with an Asia Pacific-based seller.
• Acting for a leading Japanese LNG buyer in change of circumstances negotiations with various Asia Pacific-based sellers.
• Acting for a leading Chinese LNG buyer with its price negotiations in a billion-US-dollar pricing dispute with an Asia Pacific-based seller.
• Advising a Chinese terminal operator in respect of a potential missed cargo dispute against Asia-Pacific based sellers, including in relation to annual programming obligations.
• Advising a European energy company on price review negotiation strategy, including in relation to the application of a previous price review award on future price reviews.
• Advising a Japanese LNG buyer regarding annual programming obligations, potential missed cargoes, and declarations of force majeure.
• Advising a Chinese LNG buyer on sanctions related issues under a long-term SPA.
• Advising an Asia-Pacific LNG project operator on its price review strategy under a long-term LNG SPA.
• Representing a Chinese LNG buyer in an ICC arbitration in relation to cargo deliveries under a long-term gas supply contract with an Asia Pacific-based seller.
• Acting for a major state-owned Chinese LNG buyer in an English law multimillion-US-dollar dispute in relation to the pricing of, and cargo deliveries under, a long-term gas supply contract with an Australasian seller.
• Acting for a major state-owned Chinese LNG buyer in an English law multimillion-US-dollar dispute in relation to cargo deliveries under a long-term gas supply contract with an Asia Pacific seller.
• Acting for a major European LNG buyer with its price negotiations in a billion-US-dollar pricing dispute with a Middle Eastern seller.
• Acting for a major European LNG buyer in an English law multimillion-US-dollar long-term SPA price dispute with a Middle Eastern seller.
• Acting for a major European gas buyer in an English law multimillion-US-dollar long-term SPA price dispute with a North African seller.
• Acting for a leading European LNG buyer in an English law multimillion-US-dollar “baseball” arbitration under a long-term gas supply agreement.
• Advising a South American oil company on the merits of injunctive relief in the English courts in support of a foreign arbitration.
• Acting for an energy company in the Middle East in a multimillion-US-dollar oil pipeline dispute.

Corporate and Commercial

• Assisting counsel in a leading English High Court decision on challenges to arbitrators under the IBA Rules on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration: Sierra Fishing v. Farran [2015] EWHC 140 (Comm), [2015] 1 All ER (Comm).
• Assisting with an arbitration in London under the LCIA Rules regarding an alleged breach of an investment services deed.
• Acting for a European telecommunications company in an action involving breaches of various shareholder warranties under a sale and purchase agreement. The dispute was the subject of an arbitration under the ICC Rules.
• Assisting on a multimillion-US-dollar shareholder dispute for a leading media and advertising agency over the breach and enforceability of restrictive covenants in a share purchase agreement.
• Acting for a leading banking institution obtaining a freezing injunction order.