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Legal 500 2008
7 King’s Bench Walk has considerable expertise in oil and gas trading disputes, exploration and exploitation disputes and disputes arising from the shipment and carriage of oil and gas cargoes. Its members also regularly handle cases relating to the sale, construction, financing, operation and insurance of onshore and offshore structures. These include pipelines, cables, refineries, petrochemical plants, power stations, drill ships, sub-sea drilling centres and rigs.
7 King’s Bench Walk’s reputation in this field is recognised both by Legal 500 and by Chambers and Partners. It is further reflected by members’ involvement in several high profile cases including the Buncefield and Metro litigation, Commercial Union v NRG (a leading reinsurance authority arising out of the Exxon Valdez disaster), Axel Johnson Petroleum v M.G. Mineral Group (now a leading authority on the scope of legal set-off) and Amoco v Teesside Gas Transportation Ltd (a House of Lords decision concerning the CATS North Sea Pipeline).
Members regularly receive instructions to act on behalf of leading international companies such as Glencore, Shell and Esso, as well as on behalf of Governments and state owned oil companies.
Members appear both before the English Courts and Tribunals as well as in international arbitrations, including ICC arbitrations.
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