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Writing and professional publications on the institutional, legal and commercial realities of Iraq and Lebanon.
The Iraq chapter of CMS’s international energy guide examines how Iraqi law treats direct, indirect and consequential loss, with particular reference to federal service contracts and Kurdistan production-sharing contracts.
Read article: Consequential loss clauses in the energy sector: IraqAn analysis of whether COVID-19 and Iraq’s official response could trigger force-majeure relief under federal oil-and-gas contracts, subcontracts and the Iraqi Civil Code.
Read article: Impact of COVID-19 on Iraqi oil and gas contracts and the possibility of declaring force majeureA jurisdictional survey of Iraq’s oil sector covering industry structure, licensing, regulatory powers, investment, fiscal rules, transportation, environmental obligations and local-content requirements.
Read article: Oil Regulation 2018: IraqA first legal reading of Iraq’s 2018 National Oil Company Law and its proposed redistribution of operational authority, assets and revenues across the state oil sector.
Read article: The new Iraqi National Oil Company Law: a first lookA 2017 advisory report on Lebanon’s PPP framework, prepared by Fransa Invest Bank and Fransabank together with CMS, represented by Malek Takieddine, with input from Lebanon’s High Council for Privatization.
Read article: Public Private Partnership: Safeguarding Lebanon’s Interests at Fast Forward DevelopmentAn examination of how shared energy-security needs could encourage stability despite the unresolved maritime dispute between Lebanon and Israel.
Read article: Lebanon and Israel vs. Energy Security: How energy security needs may be a source of stability in a region of conflictA legal and policy analysis of Lebanon’s offshore licensing framework, disputed maritime territory and investment risk in its exclusive economic zone.
Read article: Investing in Lebanon’s Troubled WatersA legal explanation of the competing maritime claims between Lebanon and Israel and the principles relevant to delimiting their exclusive economic zones.
Read article: A legal perspective on the disputed zone between Lebanon and IsraelA practitioner’s view of the legal and institutional choices required for Lebanon to manage prospective offshore oil and gas resources responsibly.
Read article: Making the most of Lebanon’s resourcesA commissioned legal paper on the overlapping maritime claims of Lebanon and Israel and the case for a negotiated multilateral approach.
Read article: Defining maritime zones between Lebanon and Israel: The case for multilateral negotiationsA practical review of subscription, ownership, share-transfer and management rules for Iraqi mixed companies, a structure relevant to government-linked investment including the oil sector.
Read article: Iraqi mixed companies: corporate issues