REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Charles Lockwood
Offshore 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.
Drafted a Ready to Drill Service Agreement for the reactivation of a cold stacked drillship and
related Sale and Purchase Agreement for a major international company which owns a shipyard.
Conducted Commercial Court proceedings claiming under a Letter of Award and Parent Company
Guarantee relating to the use of a semi-submersible drilling rig.
Conducted ICDR arbitration proceedings arising out of a Share Purchase Agreement.
Pursuing LMAA arbitration proceedings concerning unpaid hire and HSE issues for a jack-up
drilling rig employed offshore Cameroon.
Assisted a US-listed drilling contractor on issues arising under a joint venture with a major
Middle Eastern oil company.
Floating Production
Acted for an FPSO owner in a dispute with the field operator, conducted pursuant to the
Arbitration Act 1996.
Advised a leading floating production specialist on the bareboat charter of and operations and
management services for an FSU located in European waters.
Assisted a leading floating production specialist in connection with potential consolidation
with competitors in the market.
Counselled a moorings and fluid transfer engineering specialist on issues arising under a Turret
and Mooring System EPC Contract for a major project in Mozambique.
Advised an oilfield services company on questions concerning contract formation under English
law and UAE law in connection with a tender for engineering services associated with an FPSO
winch package.
Offshore Wind
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 a subsea solutions provider on risk management under contracts for survey, UXO
identification and disposal, and offshore construction.
Acted as project counsel for a Dutch 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.
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.
Advised a leading oilfield services company in relation to disputes under an EPC contract for
the provision of meteorological masts as part of an offshore wind farm project.
Providing advice on contractual arrangements relating to the installation and testing of WTG
foundations for an offshore wind farm project in Taiwan.
Maritime and Offshore Construction
Advised a company providing geotechnical solutions on the modification and long-term charter of
a specialist vessel.
Advised a vessel charterer on disputes concerning the nomination of vessels under a long-term
contract of affreightment.
Advised on force majeure issues under various contracts of carriage.
Assisted a ship owner to navigate the impact of US sanctions arising from a charterer becoming a
Specially Designated National.
Advised a vessel charter company on claims under a charterparty flowing from vessel delays which
necessitated rescheduling of other vessels/cargo quantities to meet client commitments.
Acted as co-counsel on a dispute before the Malaysian courts arising out of a sequence of heavy
lift transportation contracts.
Drafted template agreements for the provision of vessel-based geotechnical services.
Drafted and negotiated a project management services agreement related to the construction of a
super yacht on behalf of a super yacht fleet owner.
Infrastructure and Onshore 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.
Provided extensive advice ‘on the ground’ to a pipeline contractor undertaking a project in
Nigeria.
Oilfield Services and Other Oil & Gas
Drafted and advised on the terms of a Master Services Agreement to be implemented between a
major multiservices contractor and specialist sub-contractor.
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.
Advised on a payment dispute under a contract for onshore drilling services in Bangladesh.
