Practice Areas
Phillip Ashley is a partner who "specialises in contentious matters relating to the oil and gas and power sectors" and has advised on "matters relating to oil and gas investments in every continent except Antarctica" (Global Arbitration Review).
Phillip has extensive experience of international arbitration, commercial litigation, judicial review, expert determination, Competition and Market Authority appeals and regulatory investigations in the energy sector.
He is internationally recognised as being a specialist in high value energy disputes. According to Chambers and Partners he has “extensive experience of ICC and LCIA arbitrations, as well as court proceedings, concerning both oil and gas and conventional power assets” (Chambers Global). As a solicitor-advocate, Phillip regularly appears as counsel in significant energy related commercial arbitrations and expert determinations. He is has appeared as counsel in energy related disputes in the High Court in London.
Publications
Dispute Resolution Clauses, Oil and Gas Contracts: Principles and Practice (Second Edition, 2019)
Default clauses in joint operating agreements: recent guidance from the English courts (International Energy Law Review, 2016)
Enforceability of Take-or-Pay Provisions in English Law Contracts (Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, 2013)
Natural Gas Price Reviews: Past, Present and Future (Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, 2012)