Every contract lawyer worldwide knows it – Frankenstein disease. It’s a term I have coined but it describes perfectly one of the worst afflictions anyone can suffer. What is it?

Frankenstein is a monster that was put together from parts of dead corpses and brought to life in a night of furor. The eventual fate of the monster and its creator is known. What was dead should not be brought back to life.

But this is exactly what happens to documents all the time. In other economic areas, industry standards have emerged from endless litigation. In LNG this is different for two reasons:

Most documents that could serve as precedents were concluded at a different time with different parties in wildly different circumstances. You are not comparing apples to apples.

Also, the economic environment for LNG has changed beyond recognition over the last 10 years forcing parties to projects to go back to case one in many cases. The precedents that worked in the Nineties would be toxic today for one party.

I provide contract advice at the negotiation table or in review sessions. I will not engage in pure legal review but review your contract(s) for their economic value and make recommendations on how to deal with economic issues. I have deep engineering and legal knowledge but when things get too specific I will recommend seasoned professionals.

I have assisted numerous new projects with their documentation needs. They include:

  • Business Plans
  • Investment Plans
  • Cost Stack and Profitability analysis
  • Project Plans (MS Project or other)
  • Business Schematics and drawings
  • Drafting of agreements
  • Risk Assessments and Mitigation Reports
  • pre-Feasibility Studies
  • Market Studies
  • Setup of online Project Management administration

All my client relationships are very bespoke. This means that mostly those with “extremely specific needs” come to see me.

This also means that I attach a lot of importance to understanding the specific situation a potential client is in. The best way to evaluate is to start communicating.

Use the below form to kick things off. Let me make that easier for you.

There are never any obligations attached to simply communicating with me. As long as I don’t specifically ask for payment to a service prior to it, there is no payment expected. There can be no implicit contracting with me and you will always be in a position to decide upon going forward with a particular work item or not. All approvals to go forward must always be express and in writing and there are no implied blanket approvals.

Also, all communication with me is treated as confidential. I will never tell anyone that I even talk to you without your prior approval.

To say this with a few words – talking to me is free and nobody will ever know about it except you and me. 

The counterpart of this is of course that I reserve the right to refuse any work at any moment without giving you reasons. Fair- ain’t it?

Now that you know you are in control, what’s holding you back giving me a message to have a look at your problem?

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