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Versión en español John Bowman is a partner in King & Spalding’s Houston office. Mr. Bowman is engaged in an arbitration and litigation practice representing primarily international oil companies and service companies in a wide range of commercial and investment disputes. Energy Experience For 29 years, Mr. Bowman has represented energy companies in arbitration and litigation, including in AMI and confidentiality agreement disputes, production sharing contract disputes (renegotiation demands, windfall profits taxes, failure of state oil company to pay costs), joint operating agreement disputes (removal of operator, joint interest billings, preferential purchase rights, voting rights, disputes between investors and promoters), seismic licensing disputes, drilling contract disputes, gas contract disputes (price, take or pay, ratable takes, minimum takes, gas quality and measurement), gas marketing disputes (failure to deliver, imbalances), royalty owner disputes (drainage, failure to market, affiliate sales, calculation and payment of royalties, lease termination), and property valuation disputes (including look-backs), as well as in contested proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Texas Railroad Commission. As an important part of his energy practice, he works closely with experts in the energy industry, including petro-fiscal system consultants, geophysicists, geologists, petroleum engineers, well completion and production engineers, gas measurement specialists, gas contract administrators and gas marketers, joint interest auditors, experts in utility regulation, and experts in the history and development of U.S. and foreign energy sectors. Today, almost all of his cases involve international oil and gas disputes, including disputes for and against Host Governments and state oil companies, JOA and other JV disputes, disputes concerning LNG facilities and sales, and disputes with promoters and local representatives. He frequently advises IOCs on how to maximize protection of their investments. Mr. Bowman has presented papers on a variety of energy topics, including stabilization and political risks, gas contract litigation, royalty owner marketing claims, ratable take and take or pay litigation, private actions against petroleum engineers and geologists, transfer pricing issues, decommissioning of offshore facilities, and Host Government Contracts. His article on "Dispute Resolution Planning for the Oil and Gas Industry" appears in 16 ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal 332-407 (2001), and his article on "Dispute Resolution Planning and Pitfalls for Energy and Natural Resources Disputes" appears in 50 Rocky Mtn. Min. L. Fdn. 8-1 to 8-46 (2004). In 2008, he was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. Arbitration Experience For the past 22 years, Mr. Bowman has been continuously involved in the arbitration of energy and petrochemical disputes, domestic and international, in which he has been called upon to enforce arbitration agreements under state and federal arbitration acts and international conventions, to advise clients concerning the selection of arbitrators and arbitration procedures, to represent clients in arbitration proceedings, and to defend arbitration awards against attempts to challenge them in the courts. With the increasing use of arbitration and other forum selection clauses, Mr. Bowman regularly advises energy and petrochemical companies regarding dispute resolution options. He drafts and negotiates dispute resolution agreements, including agreements to cover future disputes arising out of major crossborder energy transactions. Recently, he has represented international oil companies in two conciliation proceedings with a state oil company as part of a multi-step dispute resolution process. He is a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the AAA International Centre for Dispute Resolution, and was selected by the American Arbitration Association as a member of its National Energy and Commercial Panels, as well as its Houston Oil and Gas Panel. He is a Fellow and Certified Tutor of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) and a Fellow and member of the Board of Directors of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. He is Houston correspondent of the International Arbitration Institute, Paris, and a member of the International Arbitration Club, London. Mr. Bowman has served as an arbitrator in several domestic and international proceedings dealing with energy matters. Professional Honors Chambers USA: 2009 Client’s Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business recognizes Mr. Bowman as a national leader in international arbitration and energy. Chambers Global: Guide to World's Leading Lawyers 2009 ranks Mr. Bowman as a Global Leader in international arbitration. Best Lawyers in America 2010 recognizes Mr. Bowman for his energy and international arbitration expertise. PLC Cross-Border Dispute Resolution Handbook 2009/10 highly recommends Mr. Bowman for his litigation and arbitration of energy and natural resources disputes. Legal 500 U.S. 2009 identifies Mr. Bowman as a leader in Energy and International Arbitration. Selected as a 2009 Texas Super Lawyer. The Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, 3rd edition of Benchmark Litigation, recognized Mr. Bowman as a litigation star in the state of Texas The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading US Lawyers - Best of the Best USA 2007 identifies Mr. Bowman as one of the top 25 arbitration experts in the U.S. Who's Who Legal Commercial Arbitration 2009 recognizes Mr. Bowman as a leader in the field of international arbitration. The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration 2007 recognizes Mr. Bowman for his arbitration expertise and experience. The Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Energy and Natural Resources Lawyers 2007 (7th ed.) recognizes Mr. Bowman as a pre-eminent practitioner in the field of international oil and gas. Who's Who Legal Oil & Gas 2009 recognizes Mr. Bowman as one of the world's preeminent oil and gas lawyers. Who’s Who Legal: Texas 2008 recognizes Mr. Bowman as among the State’s leading lawyers in oil and gas and in arbitration. Recipient of the national Burton Award for excellence in legal writing for "The Panama Convention and Its Implementation Under the Federal Arbitration Act," New York City, June 2002. This article was published by Columbia University in The American Review of International Arbitration and subsequently as a book by Kluwer Law International.. Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. Fellow and Certified Tutor, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London. Professional Activities and Memberships Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Board of Trustees, Trustee-at-Large (2008-2009) College of Commercial Arbitrators, Fellow and Board of Directors (2004-2009) World Affairs Council of Houston, Board of Directors (2004-2009) The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow (1999-2009) The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - North American Branch, Vice Chair (2006-2007) Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, Co-Chair, Spring Conference 2008 Institute for Energy Law Annual Conference, International Module Co-Chair 2008 Program Director, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, Houston Chapter (2004-2005) ICC Latin American Arbitration Group - Founding Member (2003 to present) Association of International Petroleum Negotiators - Model Form Dispute Resolution Agreement Committee, Co-Chair (2002-2004) (project authorized by AIPN Board of Directors, Paris, Oct. 2002) Institute for Transnational Arbitration 2003 Arbitration Workshop, Co-Chair, Dallas (June 2003) Association of International Petroleum Negotiators: Vice President of Education 2002-2003; Board of Directors 1999-2002 Special Institute on International Energy & Minerals Arbitration, presented by Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Chair, Houston (February 2002) Association of International Petroleum Negotiators Annual Spring Conference, Co-Chair, San Antonio (April 2002) Houston International Arbitration Club, Co-Chair (2002) Energy Working Group, International Arbitration Institute, Co-Chair, Paris New Era for Oil, Gas and Power Value Creation, Energy Institute, Planning Committee Member and Speaker, University of Houston, Houston, Texas (May 2001) Ad Hoc Energy Industry Committee - International Model Form Service Contracts (responsible for dispute resolution provisions), participant (Jan. 2000 to 2004) CPR Institute Energy Initiative, Co-Chair, Houston, Texas (November 2000) Institute for Transnational Arbitration's 11th Annual Workshop, Mock Arbitration Proceedings, The Making and Enforcement of the Arbitral Award, Participant, Dallas, Texas (June 2000) The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Entry Level Course, Instructor, Houston, Texas (March 2000), New Orleans, Louisiana, (November 2001) and San Antonio, Texas (March 2003) Symposium on Arbitration of International Energy Disputes, sponsored by the American Bar Association and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, Chair, Houston, Texas (January 1998) International Energy & Resources Committee - ABA Section of Environment, Energy, Resources, Past Chair *Current Memberships* Association of International Petroleum Negotiators Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Board of Trustees College of Commercial Arbitrators, Fellow The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow, London Institute for Transnational Arbitration - Advisory Board Institute for Energy Law - Advisory Board International Arbitration Club, London International Arbitration Institute, Paris Houston International Arbitration Club AAA International Centre for Dispute Resolution International Panel AAA Commercial and Energy Panels Houston Maritime Arbitrators Association London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) ICC Latin American Arbitration Group International Bar Association, Section of Energy & Natural Resources Law Houston Bar Association Publications *Recent Publications, Presentations, Articles and Papers* University of Houston, International Energy Transactions Guest Lecture on Drafting and Negotiating Dispute Resolution Provisions, Houston, November 2009 Ecopetrol, “In-House Counsel’s Role in International Oil & Gas Disputes,” Bogota, November 2009 ICDR North America, Latin America and Colombia Conference, “ICDR International Arbitration Practitioners’ Roundtable,” Bogota, November 2009 SIAC, ICDR, AIPN Dispute Resolution in the Oil & Gas Sector, “Lex Petrolea and Choice of Law” and “Environmental & Decommissioning Disputes in the Oil & Gas Industry,” Singapore, October 2009 AIPN International Conference, “The State and Investor’s Shared Interests in the New Energy World Order” and “State Investment Disputes: Issues and Strategies,” Bangkok, October 2009 RMMLF International Mining Oil & Gas Law, Development, and Investment, “Nationalization of Oil and Gas Enterprises: New Trends and Strategies,” Buenos Aires, April 2009 University of Houston, International Energy Transactions Guest Lecture on International Oil & Gas Arbitration, Houston, March 2009 Institute for Energy Law 60th Annual Conference, “Forced Contract Renegotiation,” Houston, February 2009 Two-day presentation on “Role of In-house Lawyer in International Arbitration” for major oil company, Bogota, November 2008 ICDR/AIPN Conference on Dispute Resolution in the Oil and Gas Business, "History of International Oil and Gas Disputes," Rio de Janeiro, October 2008 College of Commercial Arbitrators 8th Annual Meeting, "Emerging Ethics Issues in International Commercial Arbitration," San Francisco, October 2008 CEPMLP Specialized Arbitration and Advocacy Skills in International Oil & Gas Arbitration, "Practice and Procedure in International Arbitration" and "Stabilization, Hardship, and Force Majeure," Dundee, September 2008 AIPN, RMMLF, CAILAW Short Course on International Petroleum Contracts, "Drafting and Negotiation of Dispute Resolution Provisions," Houston, September 2008 AIPN Spring Conference, Co-Chair, “Big Projects, Big Rewards, Big Risks - Addressing the New Realities for Major Projects,” Austin, April 2008 PLI International Arbitration 2008, Industry Focus on Energy Arbitration: Forced Contract Renegotiation and International Arbitration, New York, March 2008 Institute for Energy Law, 59th Annual Conference, National Oil Companies as Foreign Investors, Houston, February 2008 Quito Conference on Commercial and Investment Arbitration in Latin America: New Challenges for Governments, Corporations and Practitioners, Opening and Closing Comments, Quito, November 2007 AIPN/ICC Conference on International Arbitration in the Oil and Gas Business, Stabilization Clauses in International Petroleum Contracts, Paris, October 2007 AIPN International Conference on Africa: Oil and Gas Changes and Opportunities, Lies and Lessons: Arbitration of African Upstream Projects, Marrakech, October 2007 Fourth Annual Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration, Washington College of Law, American University, How to Handle Oil and Gas Industry Cases, Washington, D.C., October 2007 AIPN/RMMLF/CAILAW Short Course on International Petroleum Contracts, Upstream and Midstream courses, Dispute Resolution Planning, Houston, September and October 2007 RMMLF Annual Conference, Nationalization and Renationalization: How to Protect Your Investment When Negotiating With an 800-Pound Gorilla – a State or State Oil Company, Vancouver, July 2007 AAA ICDR/CANACO, North America Dispute Resolution Series, presentation on the role of the Emergency Arbitrator under Article 37 of the ICDR Rules, Mexico City, June 2007 RMMLF/IBA, International Mining and Oil & Gas Law, Development, and Investment, A New Round of Nationalizations, Buenos Aires, April 2007 Windsor Energy Group, Energy Nationalization and Re-Nationalization: Legal Effects of National Laws that Purport to De-Internationalize International Petroleum Contracts, Windsor Castle, March 2007 5th Annual Miami International Arbitration Conference, demonstrated differences in advocacy styles between common and civil law lawyers, Miami, February 2007 CAIL 58th Annual Oil and Gas Law Conference, advocate in mock ICSID investment arbitration, Houston, February 2007 Dubai International Arbitration Center, presentations on Stabilization, Renegotiation, Adaptation, and Arbitration in Long-Term Petroleum Contracts and on Drafting Dispute Resolution Agreements for International Petroleum Contracts, Dubai, November 2006 AIPN EMA Chapter Meeting, presentation on Arbitration of International Oil & Gas Disputes, Dubai, November 2006 LCIA Mexico Y El Reino Unido En El Arbitraje Comercial Internacional, Mexico City, October 2006 RMMLF, Short Course on International Energy Law, Contracts, and Negotiations – Upstream Issues and Agreements, presentation on International Dispute Resolution Issues, Houston, October 2006 ICCA 18th Congress on International Arbitration 2006: Back to Basics?, presentation on Evidentiary Privileges, Montreal, June 2006 Nexen Inc. Annual Lawyers Retreat, Dispute Resolution, panelist, Ottawa, June 2006 National Oil Corporation (N.O.C. Libya) and The Libyan Academy of Graduate Studies, Managing Risks in International Oil and Gas Disputes, presentation on Dispute Resolution Planning for Long-Term Contracts, Tripoli, May 2006 Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, presentation on Drafting Dispute Resolution Provisions in Complex Contracts, Cairo, May 2006 Houston Maritime Arbitrators Association: Taught one-day Arbitrator training course, Houston, April 2006 International Law Section of the State Bar of California, ICDR and Canaco, Decision 2006: Debates on Key Issues in International Arbitration, panelist discussion of Debate VIII: “Challenging, recognizing and enforcing awards. The New York and Panama Conventions,” Newport Beach, March 2006 AIPN Latin American Regional Chapter, The JOA Comes to Latin America, presentation on Arbitration of International Oil and Gas Disputes, Bogota, February 2006 NAPE Expo 2006: presentation on Managing Upstream Investment Risk in Developing Countries, Houston, February 2006 AIPN/RMMLF/IEL International Energy Law, Contracts, and Negotiations, Upstream Issues & Agreements, course instructor, international arbitration, Houston, December 2005 AAA ICDR Latin American Arbitration Conference, The Importance of the Panama Convention, Washington, D.C., November 2005 College of Commercial Arbitrators Annual Meeting, presentation on International Energy Arbitration Trends & Developments, Seattle, October 2005 AIPN/RMMLF/IEL International Energy Law, Contracts, and Negotiations, Midstream Issues & Agreements, course instructor, international commercial & investment arbitration, Houston, December 2005 16th Annual Institute for Transnational Arbitration Annual Workshop, commentary on The Art of Arbitrating, Dallas, June 2005 XXX Conferencia de la CIAC: presentations on the Panama and New York Conventions, Bogota, May 2005 Houston Maritime Arbitrators Association: Taught one-day Arbitrator training course, Houston, February 2005 Asociacion Nacional de Abogados de Empresa, A.C.: presentation on Drafting Arbitration Agreements in International Transactions, Mexico City, January 2005 Institute for Transnational Arbitration and Centro de Mediacion y Arbitraje Arbitration Workshop: presentation on Enforcement of Arbitration Awards, Mexico City, January 2005 XXXI Asamblea General de Asociacion Iberoamericana de Camaras de Comercio and the XXIX Conference of the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission: The Panama Convention and the IACAC, Rio de Janeiro, November 2004 Texas General Counsel Forum: presentation on Dispute Resolution: Planning for Corporate Counsel in Domestic and International Transactions, Austin, October 2004 AIPN, RMMLF, IEL CAILAW Short Course on International Energy Law, Contracts, and Negotiations: International Dispute Resolution, Houston, October 2004 50th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute: presentation on Dispute Resolution Planning and Pitfalls for Energy and Natural Resources Disputes, Vail, Colorado, July 2004 AIPN Model Form Workshop: presentation on 2004 AIPN Model Form International Dispute Resolution Agreement, Artimino, Italy, July 2004 ABA Dispute Resolution Section Annual Meeting: presentation comparing New York and Panama arbitration conventions, New York City, April 2004 30th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Institute: presentation on new developments affecting energy arbitration in Texas, Houston, March 2004 AAA ICDR, IACAC Practitioner's Conference on International Commercial Arbitration in Latin America: presentation on Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (Panama Convention), New York City, March 2004 NAPE Expo 2004: presentation on international commercial arbitration, Houston, February 2004 State Bar of Texas Litigation Section, article in The Advocate on Texas Energy Arbitration Developments, January 2004 Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission: Conferencia Internacional Alternativas de Arbitraje Comercial, presentation on Panama Convention, Guayaquil, Ecuador, October 2003 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, International Petroleum Contracts Workshop: presentation on dispute resolution planning, September 2003 South Texas College of Law Energy Law Institute: presentation on international energy arbitration, Houston, August 2003 International Arbitration Club: presentation on Panama Convention, London, March 2003 Center for Arbitration in Mexico (CAM), invited to speak on International Energy Arbitration, Mexico City, Dec. 2002 Resolution Forum, Inc., Third Annual Institute for Responsible Dispute Resolution, presentation on Arbitrator and Party Communications, Houston, Oct. 2002 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, and The Institute for Energy Law (CAIL), Conference on International Energy Law, Contracts and Negotiations, presentation on Arbitration of International Energy Disputes, Houston, Sept. 2002 PDVSA (Venezuelan state-owned energy company), Annual Energy Conference, Actualizacion en Ambito Juridico, presentation on Dispute Resolution Planning for the Oil and Gas Industry, Caracas, July 2002 CPR Institute, Spring Conference, organized and moderated panel discussion of Arbitration in Latin America, Seattle, June 2002 HBA Oil and Gas Section, presentation on Arbitration of Energy Disputes, Houston, June 2002 Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Workshop on Technology Transfer Disputes and the Role of Technology in Arbitration, commentary presented on taking of evidence in international commercial arbitrations, Dallas, June 2002 Federal Bar Association, presentation on Removal Jurisdiction under the Federal Arbitration Act, Houston, May 2002 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Special Institute on International Energy and Minerals Arbitration, presentation on Dispute Resolution Planning for the Oil and Gas Industry, Houston, Feb. 2002 ICSID, Dispute Resolution Planning for the Oil and Gas Industry, 16 ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal 332-407, 2001 Columbia University, The Panama Convention and Its Implementation Under the Federal Arbitration Act, 11 Am. Rev. Int'l Arb. 1, 2000 Southwestern Legal Foundation (CAIL), Dispute Resolution Planning for the Oil and Gas Industry, Southwestern Legal Foundation Oil and Gas Institute, San Antonio, February 2001 CWC Group, When the HGC is Silent, Who Pays for the Decommissioning?, at Fiscal and Legal Aspects of Global Upstream Petroleum Agreements, Houston, November 2000 The Southwestern Legal Foundation, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, and Association of International Petroleum Negotiators Dispute Resolution with Host Governments: What the International Petroleum Negotiator Should Know, at International Oil & Gas Law, Contracts, and Negotiations Practical Negotiating Drafting, Dallas, September 2000 Institute for Transnational Arbitration, The Notice Requirement under the Panama Convention, 14 Inst. Transnat'l Arb. 1, 2000 AIPN, ICC Rules of Arbitration, Arbitration Rules Compared and Contrasted, AIPN 1999 Model Contracts Workshop, Vail, June 1999 Fulbright, Arbitration Agreements for Energy Joint Ventures, F&J Energy Newsletter, 1999 World Energy magazine, "Arbitration of International Energy Disputes: How to Manage 'Legal Risk,'" 1 World Energy 140, 1998 AIPN, International Arbitration: A Primer from the American Perspective, at AIPN Spring Conference, San Antonio, 1996 *Books:* “In-house Lawyer’s Role in International Arbitration,” in Litigation Management—A Practical Guide From Experts in Managing Litigation, ALM, 2009 The Panama Convention and Its Implementation under the Federal Arbitration Act, Kluwer Law International, 2002 "Compelling Arbitration in International Cases," in International Litigation, American Bar Association, 2003 Language Capabilities French - Reads oil and gas and arbitration French Spanish - Reads oil and gas and arbitration Spanish Education J.D. 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