Liz Kantor
Liz is an experienced international arbitration lawyer and solicitor advocate. She was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in September 2011 after completing her training contract at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP.
Liz has spent her entire career in the international arbitration team at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, in both the London and Singapore offices. She extensive experience of acting as counsel in large and complex international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations under all the major arbitration institutions. She recently became a professional support lawyer for the Herbert Smith Freehills LLP global arbitration team.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2011
Qualification
- Solicitor of England and Wales (2011)
Education
- University of Oxford (St Hugh's College) (2003-2007)
- BPP Law School (GDL and LPC) (2007-2009)
1 Contributions by Liz Kantor
PRACTICE NOTES
International oil and gas disputes: planning and drafting, dispute types (company–company, investor–state, state–state), ADR and arbitration (including treaty claims), enforcement, funding, and key institutions
Oil and gas disputes
A large share of international arbitration concerns energy matters, and that pattern is expected to persist. This Practice Note looks at dispute categories in oil and gas, how to plan for contentious events, the available dispute resolution routes, and the principal institutions involved...
Types of disputes
As noted in Practice Note: Arbitration in the energy sector—an introduction, the sector gives rise to a broad array of disputes. In oil and gas specifically, as set out in Practice Note: Oil and gas projects—contracts and disputes, cases are typically cross-border and often span multiple contracts and parties. Issues commonly include:
Claims under joint operating agreements
Cost recovery disputes
Expropriation
Environmental damage
Property damage
Service contract disputes (drilling rig and seismic services)
Faulty construction
Insurance/reinsurance cover disputes
Gas price reviews
Pre-emption rights
Shareholder claims
Energy projects can lead to both commercial arbitration and investment arbitration...
Energy
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