The global energy industry today is undergoing a rapid transformation. The industry faces rising challenges because of several major changes and trends, including:- Technological changes
- Environmental trends
- Geopolitical changes
- Economic trends
- Demographic trends
- Regulatory changes
- Climate-related trends
These and other agents of change will continue to affect the industry for the foreseeable future.
Few, if any, energy companies can escape the pervasive impact of globalization. To prosper in this increasingly competitive market - place, energy companies must engage advisors who can bring a worldwide understanding of their business environments and a proven track record in energy transactions, litigation/arbitration, environmental matters and regulatory/legislative matters across all segments of the industry. Mayer Brown brings this level of specialized experience and expertise to its energy industry clients.
Managing Risks Today
Energy industry executives constantly make decisions on whether to undertake projects based on calculated risks. In the 21st century, the complexities associated with transforming energy related project proposals into realities have grown with the rise in the worldwide demand for energy. Energy companies confront risks in many forms:
- Financial risk
- Price risk
- Physical risk
- Regulatory and enforcement risk
- Intellectual property risk
- Global climate change and other environmental risks
- Geopolitical risk
- Transactional risk
Managing these risks is more important than ever. You deserve advisors who can identify your challenges and help you find ways to minimize these risks with solutions that benefit your business on a global scale. The costs of finding and generating energy and transporting and processing energy products are too high to justify anything less than the best professional advice.
Do you have the right global legal team in place to protect your interests?
The worldwide reach of today's energy industry requires that you have advice and expertise from a legal team that can bring a global, integrated perspective wherever your energy company is doing business. The Global Energy Practice Group at Mayer Brown is unique, made up of attorneys in our offices around the world, including the principal energy and energy finance centers of London, New York, Hong Kong and Houston. These market centers have a tradition of hosting, servicing or financing energy firms and we have a substantial presence in each of them.
Our Global Energy Practice Group is uniquely situated among legal service providers because of the breadth of jurisdictions we serve, and the depth and quality of services and know-how that we provide. Our clients can take advantage of all of the resources, services and industry-leading expertise that we bring to every sector of the energy industry, as well as to the companies that serve and finance them.
Many of our attorneys are recognized as industry experts and routinely write and speak about challenges facing energy businesses. We also are actively involved in international industry trade organizations and legal associations that shape and improve the legal environment for the energy industry around the world.
Each of the different sectors of the global energy industry requires a high degree of specialized know-how that a company must have in order to succeed in that sector. The energy practice attorneys at Mayer Brown bring their specialized experience and expertise to the following industry sectors:
- Upstream
- Midstream
- Downstream
- Energy Services
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
- Electric Power and Transmission
- Coal
- Nuclear
- Alternative Energy Sources and Renewable Fuels
- Energy Trading
