The energy industry often requires large investments and relationships that will endure for decades. At times disputes arise around these contracts either amongst contracting paries (e.g.joint venture parties) or even investor classes. REG has both the expertise and experience evaluating such claims developing economic models to quantiffy the merits of such claims. Past experience includes:

• Providing expert testimony on behalf of an investor class result in finding liability and damages to the investor class in excess of $800 million.
• Developing complex economic models to demonstrate that a lease between a joint venture operator and an affiliate had been conducted at arms-length and did not represent self-dealing, resulting in a favorable settlement for the client.
• Providing expert testimony and coordinating an international project team to support a breach of contract claim involving an international construction project resulting in a settlement favorable to the client.
• Evaluating a contract and opposing a claim of damages in a liquids terminal dispute, resulting in a finding of no damages for the client.
• Providing expert testimony opposing claims by a minority interest holder claiming that the majority interest holder and operator had breached its fiduciary duty, resulting in directed verdict on behalf of the client.