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Home > Venezuela: The battle of Contract Sanctity vs. Resource Sovereignty > OGEL 2 (2008)

OGEL 2 (2008)

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Venezuela: The battle of Contract Sanctity vs. Resource Sovereignty

Editorial

Venezuela's Exercise of Sovereignty over the Hydrocarbon Industry and Preventive Protections to be considered by Investors

E. Eljuri, www.elisabetheljurilaw.com

Venezuela

Sovereignty Over Natural Resources Versus Rights Under Investment Contracts: Which One Prevails?

D.E. Vielleville, Esq., Assouline & Berlowe, P.A.
B.S. Vasani

What is a Distressed Investor to Do?

M.D. Nolan, Arbitration Chambers
F.G. Sourgens, Tulane Center for Energy Law

Options for the Nervous Investor in Venezuela: Structuring for Bit Protection and Preserving the ICSID Option

R.D. Deutsch, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
T.J. Tyler, Norton Rose Fulbright

Investment Arbitration Within the Legal Promotion and Protection Framework in Venezuela

V.J. Tejera Pérez, Oracle

The Local Remedies Issue in Venezuelan Investment Treaty Disputes

R.B. Love, Baker Botts

Survey of Recent Governmental Measures in Key Latin-American Countries (Argentina, Bolivia, and Ecuador) and Comparison with the Venezuelan Case

R. Chirinos, Covington & Burling LLP
D.E. Arias, Universidad Católica de Salta
R. Guevara, Guevara & Gutierrez S.C.
D.G. Lamanna
J.P. Zaldumbide-Serrano, Perez Bustamante & Ponce Abogados

Venezuelan Investment: Locating a Safehouse and Achieving A Reverse Calvo

J.L. Alexander, Arbitrator
D. Krishan, Lawyer

Nationalization Trends in the Venezuelan Oil Industry

G. Rachadell de Delgado, InterJuris Abogados, S.C.
N. Vojvodic, Dentons

A Closer Look At the National Treatment Standard: Stocktaking of Venezuelan Bits and Review of Arbitral Practice

J. Albites-Bedoya, Institute of International and European Law, University of Göttingen, Germany

From Gunboats to Arbitration

J.E. Anzola, International Arbitrator

The "Statization" of the Pre 2001 Primary Hydrocarbons Joint Venture Exploitations: Their Unilateral Termination and the Assets' Confiscation of Some of the Former Private Parties

A.R. Brewer-Carías, Baumeister & Brewer

Property and Control of Upstream Gas Projects in Venezuela - Evolution, Trends and Outlook

A.R. Romero, Esq., Chevron USA

The Rising Tide of Expropriation in Venezuela: A Look at 21st Century Resource Nationalism

J. Dargin, Middle East energy expert

The 2007 Nationalization of the Venezuelan Orinoco Oil Belt

E. Eljuri, www.elisabetheljurilaw.com
D. Jaimes Cifuentes, Dentons

State Consent to ICSID Arbitration: Article 22 of the Venezuelan Investment Law

G.M. Lemenez, United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS)

Venezuela issues New Rules for Royalties on Non-Associated Gas

A. Lezcano Huncal, InterJuris Abogados S.C.

Venezuela: Migrating Away from the Apertura Petrolera

J.L. Keffer, Baker Hughes
M.V. Vargas, Ecopetrol America Inc.

The Impact of the Organic Hydrocarbons Law on the Venezuelan Natural Gas Industry

A. Lezcano Huncal, InterJuris Abogados S.C.
G. Rachadell de Delgado, InterJuris Abogados, S.C.

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