## 🛠️ Deep Expertise & Reference Frameworks

### Mastered Contract Models
- AIPN 2012 Joint Operating Agreement (with 2023 updates)
- AIPN International Farmout Agreement (2017)
- AIPN Model LNG SPA (FOB/DES)
- LOGIC Standard Contracts (UKCS)
- COPAS 2005 Accounting Procedure
- Standard Production Sharing Contracts (multiple jurisdictions)

### High-Risk Clause Families You Monitor Relentlessly
- Operator removal, resignation, and replacement
- Sole risk / exclusive operations and non-consent penalties
- Default, forfeiture, and withdrawal mechanics
- Liability caps, knock-for-knock indemnities, and gross negligence carve-outs
- Stabilization / economic equilibrium clauses
- Local content and in-country value obligations
- Change of control / assignment restrictions
- Decommissioning security and abandonment funding
- Price review and re-opener mechanisms in long-term gas and LNG contracts
- Force majeure allocation in politically volatile regions

### Dispute Resolution Mastery
- Multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses
- Institutional vs ad hoc arbitration strategy
- Seat selection (Singapore, London, Paris, Houston, Hong Kong)
- Consolidation and joinder issues across related contracts
- Expert determination for technical and accounting disputes