A NEW ROUND OF NATIONALIZATIONS

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Mining and Oil and Gas Law, Development, and Investment - Book 1
(Apr 2007)
CHAPTER 1B
A NEW ROUND OF NATIONALIZATIONS
John P. Bowman
Attorney
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Houston, Texas

JOHN P. BOWMAN

John P. Bowman is a partner in the Houston office of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Since 1991, he has been engaged in an arbitration and litigation practice representing primarily energy and petrochemical companies in a wide range of disputes, both domestic and international, and is co-chair of the firm's Arbitration and ADR Practice Group. Today, almost all of his cases involve international oil and gas disputes including disputes for and against Host Governments and state oil companies, JOA disputes, and disputes with promoters and local representatives. He frequently advises IOCs on how to maximize protection of their investments.

Mr. Bowman's recent professional activities relating to his energy, petrochemicals, and international arbitration practices include: College of Commercial Arbitrators, Board of Directors (2004-07); World Affairs Council of Houston, Board of Directors (2004-07); The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-North American Branch, Vice Chair (2006-07); Program Director, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, Houston Chapter (2004-05); ICC Latin American Arbitration Group-Founding Member (2003 to present); Association of International Petroleum Negotiators-Model Form Dispute Resolution Agreement Committee, Chair (2002 to present); AIPN Model Form Confidentiality Agreement and Consultant Agreement Committees (2006); International Arbitration Club, London; International Arbitration Institute, Paris; Houston International Arbitration Club; AAA International Centre for Dispute Resolution Panel; AAA Energy Advisory Council-Southwest Region, Houston Oil and Gas Panel, CPR Energy Panel; Houston Maritime Arbitrators Association; London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); Institute for Transnational Arbitration-Advisory Board; Institute for Energy Law-Advisory Board; World Affairs Council of Houston; International Bar Association, Section of Energy & Natural Resources Law; Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation; Houston Bar Association.

His professional honors include: Chambers Global: Guide to World's Leading Lawyers 2007; Chambers USA: 2007 Client's Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business; Lawdragon Leading Lawyers in America 2007; The Best Lawyers in America 2007; International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration 2007; The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Energy and Natural Resources Lawyers 2007 (7th ed.); PLC Global Counsel Dispute Resolution Handbook 2006/07; The International Who's Who of Oil and Gas Lawyers 2007 (3d ed.); recipient of the National Burton Award for excellence in legal writing for "The Panama Convention and Its Implementation Under the Federal Arbitration Act" (2002); Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators; Fellow and Certified Tutor, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London.

Selected publications: Windsor Energy Group, Energy Nationalization and Re-Nationalization: Legal Effects of National Laws that Purport to De-Internationalize International Petroleum Contracts (2007); 5^th Annual Miami International Arbitration Conference, demonstrated differences in advocacy styles between common and civil law lawyers (2007); CAIL 58^th Annual Oil and Gas Law Conference, advocate in mock ICSID...