Stuarts Legal | ZOOM EPC Saturday

About the Format

An open EPC session for project teams and business leaders

Format

Open ZOOM intensive

Date

22 October 2024

Speaker

Elena Stuart

Fee

RUB 32,000 / up to 10 participants

“Many EPC employers found themselves in a position where the foreign licensor had left before transferring the full result of the basic design. A solution exists, but it requires very careful legal assembly.”

Programme

The issues around which the session was built

Foreign licensors and English law

What an employer should do after a foreign licensor exits the project.
Transfer of the basic design package to a new licensor or designer and the licensing boundaries that matter.
Injunctive relief exposure, operational shutdown risk and product arrest risk in export markets.

Replacement licensors and technology transfer

What to examine if the project is handed to a new technology partner from China or India.
Which clauses in post-2022 licence agreements became critical.
How to explain realistic IP and confidentiality exposure to shareholders and management.

Stranded equipment and BIS

Obtaining licences to export equipment to Russia from the Bureau of Industry and Security.
Practical use of the EAR, the Foreign Direct Product Rule and foreign availability concepts.
Stuarts Legal’s practical experience in dealing with BIS and European regulators on project supply issues.

Sanctions clauses and participant casework

How to draft sanctions clauses in EPC and supply contracts so that they work in a live project.
Where the boundaries sit between force majeure, hardship and sanctions clauses.
A final participant Q&A session with concrete legal takeaways from real situations.

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Where It Matters Most

Who will find this especially relevant

Owners and project offices completing assets after the exit of a Western licensor.

Procurement and contract teams dealing with stranded equipment and new technology chains.

Legal teams that need workable sanctions clauses rather than generic template wording.

Management teams that need to understand where legal risk ends and executive decision-making begins.

Key Contact

Elena Stuart

Managing Partner,
Head of the Industrial Construction Practice

Email

elena.stuart@stuartslegal.com

+ 27 796 54 00 12 (Johannesburg)

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