Energy and Natural Resources
Energy and natural resources combine long-term contracts, capital-intensive infrastructure investment and sector-specific regulation, which produces disputes of high value and considerable technical complexity.
Industry context
Supply agreements, EPC contracts, concessions and leases are all subject to changes in price, regulation and performance conditions. The parties dispute rebalancing, indemnities, works costs and taxes specific to the sector.
SGEx acts in this environment as a technical firm, engaged when the industry produces disputes, inquiries, reviews, losses, buyout claims, fraud, rendering-of-accounts matters or valuations that call for an independent examination.
Questions that arise in this industry
- Economic and financial imbalance in long-term contracts.
- Costs and delays in generation and transmission works.
- Disputes under power-supply and purchase agreements.
- Sector-specific tax contingencies and tax credits.
- Expert assistance in sector-specific arbitrations.
How SGEx Approaches This
SGEx may examine: sGEx typically reviews contracts and amendments, the applicable regulatory rules and decisions, works schedules and costs, price series, financial statements and tax records.
Every engagement begins by framing the technical question, continues with the organization of these sources, and ends with conclusions presented in the format the proceeding requires, with assumptions and limitations disclosed.
Possible Work and Deliverables
The format is defined according to the case, the proceeding and the purpose of the work.
- Expert opinion
- Contractual indemnity calculation
- Expert report
- Review of calculations
- Expert questions and technical submissions
- Claim quantification report
Other SGEx Solutions
Services, specialties, contexts and industries connected to this topic under SGEx's relationship matrix.
Related Services
- Economic and Financial Expert AnalysisAnalysis of values, cash flows, economic assumptions and financial models in disputes and decisions that turn on quantification.
- Disputes, Litigation and ControversiesEconomic, financial and accounting expert support in judicial, arbitral, administrative and pre-litigation controversies.
- Accounting Expert ExaminationIndependent expert examination of accounting records, financial statements and calculations, prepared for judicial, arbitral and administrative proceedings.
- ArbitrationTechnical analysis, quantification and expert assistance in arbitral proceedings involving economic, financial and accounting issues.
- Forensic AccountingReconstruction and examination of accounting records and financial flows for evidentiary purposes, in contexts of suspected wrongdoing, conflict or inquiry.
- Tax Expert ServicesAccounting and tax examination of assessments, credits, tax bases and amounts in dispute in court and administrative proceedings.
Related Specialties
- Contracts and Commercial RelationsEconomic and financial imbalance, contractual disputes, and commercial agency, distribution and dealership agreements.
- Construction, Infrastructure and Public ContractsConstruction claims, project costs, cost overruns, delays, rebalancing and concession agreements.
- Tax MattersLoss of tax immunities and benefits, enforcement and challenge of tax assessments, contingencies and review of calculations.
- Administrative ProceedingsAccounting and financial expert evidence in administrative tax, sanctioning, regulatory and oversight proceedings, from the defence to the appeal stage.
Related Areas of Practice
- Civil and Contract DisputesNonperformance, termination, contract revision and civil liability claims in which the controversy turns on monetary values and calculations.
- Corporate and Shareholder DisputesDisputes among shareholders, partners and officers, corporate dissolutions, buyout claims and disagreements over financial results.
- Administrative and Regulatory MattersAdministrative proceedings and regulatory disputes with an economic and financial impact on companies and concession holders.
- Courts of Audit and Oversight BodiesProceedings before Courts of Audit, internal-control bodies and other oversight bodies that examine the use of public funds.
- Tax Litigation and Administrative ProceedingsTax controversies in judicial and administrative proceedings that turn on accounting evidence and the review of tax calculations.
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- Insurance and ReinsuranceClaims, loss adjustment, reinsurance treaties and disputes among insurers, policyholders and reinsurers.
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- Cryptocurrency and Digital AssetsCustody, movement and recordkeeping of crypto-assets in investigations, disputes and asset-tracing engagements.
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