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Leontine Mathew

Senior Associate
Solicitor Advocate

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Leontine Mathew

Senior Associate
Solicitor Advocate

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English, Dutch, German

Leontine Mathew is a Senior Associate based in CMS’ London office, and specialises in the avoidance, management and resolution of commercial disputes in the energy and infrastructure sectors, commonly with an international element.

Leontine has acted for national and international oil and gas companies, power producers and power purchasers, asset managers, construction companies and contractors on a broad range of contentious issues, and is experienced in commercial litigation, arbitration, expert determination, adjudication and mediation.

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Education

  • 2013 – Legal Practice Course, University of Law, London
  • 2012 – Law LLB, King’s College London, London
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Expertise

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31/03/2021
Law and regulation of consequential damages clauses in the energy sector...
1. Do the words “consequential loss” have a given meaning in law? There is no reference to, or definition of, the term “consequential loss” in the Romanian Civil Code (the “RCC”).1Codul Civil...
Expert Guide Energy & Climate Change
05/09/2019
Oil & Gas: Unwitting ‘on-demand’ bond by guarantor
In Rubicon Vantage International PTE Ltd v Krisenergy Ltd [2019] EWHC 2012 (Comm), the Commercial Court decided that the specific wording of a ‘charterer guarantee’ resulted in aspects of it being...
Law-Now Oil & Gas
02/08/2019
Oil & Gas, Commodity / Goods Sales and Infrastructure: Guarantees - the...
The Commercial Court recently re-emphasised in Longulf Trading (UK) Ltd v Niyazi Onen Gida SAN AS & Anor [2019] EWHC 1573 (Comm) the importance of properly complying with the terms of a guarantee when...
Law-Now Oil & Gas
30/07/2019
Oil & Gas: Bunker Supply Contracts Revisited
In Cockett Marine Oil DMCC v Ing Bank NV & Anor [2019] EWHC 1533 (Comm) the Commercial Court dealt with the latest round of the OW Bunker saga. (See, for example, our Law-Now from 2016 on PST Energy...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
18/01/2019
Oil & Gas: Absence of send-or-pay clause does not necessarily avoid liability...
In February 2018, almost three and a half years after the Request for Arbitration was issued, an award was rendered in one of the most high value arbitrations this past year.The over 1,000-page award...
Law-Now Energy & Climate Change
25/10/2018
Oil & Gas: Scope of Force Majeure Clauses in Yemen PSAs
Force majeure clauses typically excuse liability for, or suspend performance of, contractual obligations on the occurrence of a specified event. In the recent case of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution