Our lawyers of Energy and Natural Resources practice provide legal counselling on all aspects of oil, gas and electricity industries.
We consistently provide high standard complex client service in energy assets transactions, survey, exploration and industrial development of mineral deposits, use of natural resources, project implementation under the framework of Kyoto protocol.
Our attorneys offer comprehensive legal advice to solve complicated issues in the field of privatization, financing, judicial and extrajudicial investment protection, compliance with environmental legislation, etc.
Our potential and long-standing hands-on experience enables us to render you competent legal support of large-scale projects for development of infrastructure and state-of-the-art high-technology industries, including credit facility, investment agreements, land-use, construction (including industrial construction work) as well as representing client`s interests during settlement of investment disputes related to such projects.
Our professionals enjoy lasting relations with regulatory authorities and have proven track record of cooperation with policy and law-makers, including antitrust. We also possess unique experience of successful legal handling of mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector.
Primary contacts
Oleg Y. Alyoshin
Services
Energy and Natural Resources
- Counselling on commercial activity in the field of survey, exploration and industrial development of mineral deposits, including compliance with licensing conditions;
- Help in obtaining special permits for subsurface use and licenses on search (survey) and extraction of mineral resources;
- Assistance with tender bid preparation and participation therein;
- Comprehensive legal support of projects related to exploration, development and transportation of oil, gas and other natural resources;
- Legal support of projects on the electricity market;
- Drafting and complete legal support of production sharing agreements and related contracts, including agreements on seismic survey, utilization of special-purpose equipment, drilling works, etc;
- Drafting and legal support of joint activity agreements, concession and other legal instruments for enforcement of investors` rights in the field of subsurface use;
- Provision of consultations on the credit and investment-related issues, drafting and support of credit facility and investment agreements;
- Consultancy on customs-related matters as supply (import) of equipment and materials;
- Taxation advice on trans-border transactions in the field of subsurface use;
- Employment counselling on hiring employees in energy sector, compliance with requirements of international conventions;
- Settlement of disputes, arising from agreements on subsurface use.
Environmental Protection
- Legal counselling on compliance with requirements of international agreements and domestic legislation in the field of environmental protection;
- Representation of client`s interests before state and local regulatory authorities, assistance in obtaining required permits (licenses);
- Advice on global climate change and energy-related matters;
- Legal support on participation of foreign investors, resident companies and state institutions in joint implementation projects under the framework of Kyoto protocol;
- Drawing up and comprehensive legal support of agreements on CO2 emissions trading quotas;
- Legal support of projects on alternative energy sources utilization.
Infrastructure Projects
- Creation and development of private public partnerships;
- Legal advice on credit and investment projects, drawing up and support of credit and investment agreements;
- Drafting and comprehensive legal support of contracts;
- Complex consultancy about land-use, real estate, construction (including industrial construction work);
- Regulatory policy issues;
- Taxation optimization;
- Judicial and extrajudicial dispute settlement.
Investment Arbitration
Representation of client`s interests at all stages of international settlement of investment disputes, which emerged in the course of subsurface use and implementation of infrastructure projects.
Publications
The sharing agreement: why should Ukraine reform its Production Sharing Agreement legislature?
Route to Ukraine: Energy and Natural Resources
Franchising in the sphere of gas and service stations (Part 2)
Franchising in the sphere of gas and service stations (Part 1)
Subsoil use in Ukraine: the future is unclear
Actual Issues of Joint Activities
How to Improve the Special Permit Procedure for Using Subsoil
AMKU's Investigations on Oil Products Market
Energy Asset Acquisition: How to Buy a Filling Station
Securities as an instrument for attracting funds into infrastructure projects
Vanco Prykerchenska Says Ukrainian Government Refuses To Negotiate Break Of Production Sharing Agreement (commented by O. Alyoshin)
Investment Arbitration and the Energy Charter Treaty: an analytical review and commentary
