Charles Lockwood
Partner
Charles is an energy contracts and dispute resolution specialist with particular expertise in offshore energy, engineering and construction and oilfield services.
Partner
Charles is an energy contracts and dispute resolution specialist with particular expertise in offshore energy, engineering and construction and oilfield services.
Language - English
Key Jurisdiction(s) - England & Wales
Charles has been advising clients on contractual issues and contentious matters in connection with energy projects globally for over 25 years. He has a wealth of experience of contract drafting and negotiation, providing project support and dispute avoidance assistance and resolving disputes both before the courts and in international arbitration. He has arbitrated disputes under many of the internationally recognised rules, including ICC, LCIA, ICDR, UNCITRAL, DIAC and LMAA.
Charles works across upstream and midstream oil and gas, offshore wind and the wider clean energy sector. His clients include FPSO owners/operators, drilling contractors, engineering, construction and installation contractors, oil field services and technology providers and vessel owners and marine services providers.
Clients value Charles’ deep understanding of the energy industry, the clarity of his advice and his commercial approach.
Floating production
Advised a leading floating production specialist on the bareboat charter of and operations and maintenance services for an FSU located in European waters.
Counselled a moorings and fluid transfer engineering specialist on issues arising under a Turret and Mooring System EPC Contract for a major FLNG project in Mozambique.
Acted for an FPSO owner in a dispute with the field operator, conducted pursuant to the Arbitration Act 1996.
Drilling
Advised an international drilling contractor in connection with the allision between a platform supply vessel and a jack-up drilling rig in UK waters.
Successfully conducted ICDR arbitration proceedings arising out of a Share Purchase Agreement involving a company whose sole asset was a drilling rig.
Pursued LMAA arbitration proceedings concerning unpaid hire and HSE issues for a jack-up drilling rig employed offshore Cameroon.
Advised on a payment dispute under a contract for onshore drilling services in Bangladesh.
Offshore wind
Acted as project counsel for a leading offshore construction contractor on an EPCI contract for the design, procurement, construction, installation, and testing of the WTG foundations and inter-array cables for one of the largest wind farms offshore Scotland.
Counselled an EPCI contractor on a major UK wind farm in connection with claims both up and down the contractual chain arising out of vessel breakdown and availability.
Advised a provider of vessel services on the negotiation of an EPCI contract for inter-array cables for a major UK offshore wind farm.
Advised an offshore construction contractor on disputes concerning warranty claims under an EPCI contract for the construction and installation of jacket foundations for an offshore wind farm.
Oilfield services and technology
Represented a leading oilfield services contractor in its defence of Commercial Court proceedings concerning allegedly defective performance of electric submersible pumps used for artificial lifting.
Advised a major oilfield services contractor on a dispute under an onshore well services contract.
Infrastructure and engineering
Represented the MEP contractor in a DIAC arbitration with the main contractor concerning a major infrastructure project in the UAE.
Advised an engineering contractor on an EPCM contract for the construction of an oil refinery in Southeast Asia.
Conducted an LCIA arbitration on behalf of a pipeline contractor regarding, inter alia, time and cost overruns encountered on a major project in West Africa.
Marine services
Advised a company providing geotechnical solutions on the modification and long-term charter of a specialist vessel.
Acted as co-counsel on a dispute before the Malaysian courts arising out of a sequence of heavy lift transportation contracts.
