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James Lloyd Loftis

Address: 

Vinson & Elkins LLP
1001 Fannin Street, Ste. 2500
Houston, Texas 77002
One Ropemaker Street, 33rd Fl.
London EC2Y 9UE
United Kingdom

Phone Number: 
+1.713.758.1024/+44.20.7065.6027
Fax Number: 
+1.713.615.5143
Email: 
jloftis@velaw.com
Born: 
1961; Dallas, Texas, USA
Languages: 
French Russian Spanish
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
The University of Texas School of Law, J.D. 1990; The University of Texas, B.B.A. 1983
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Texas
U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Fifth and Federal Circuits
U.S. District Court for the Southern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas
Dubai International Financial Centre Courts (full rights)
Present Position: 
Chair of International Dispute Resolution practice, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Law
Chair of the Advisory Board for the Global Center for Energy, International Arbitration and Environmental Law – Univ. of Texas School of Law
Professional Experience: 

Chief Counsel for the Oil Sector (E1) and
Construction and Engineering (E3) Panels of the United Nations Compensation
Commission (the Gulf War claim tribunal) (1997 – 2000).

Professional Associations: 

Member: Energy Arbitrators' List ("EAL"); U.S.
Delegate: ICC Commission on Arbitration; Advisory Board Member (founding),
Global Center for Energy, International Arbitration and Environmental Law, the
University of Texas School of Law; Member: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators;
United States Committee on International Business (ICC); London Court of
International Arbitration; International Bar Association, American Society of
International Law; State Bar of Texas, International Law Section; Advisory
Board: Institute for Transnational Arbitration.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Energy Arbitrators List

Arbitration Experience: 

Over 50 international arbitrations and tribunal claims
matters as counsel or tribunal counsel, and over 10 as party-appointed arbitrator
or chairman. This includes ICC, LCIA, ICSID, ad hoc, UNCITRAL, AAA,
HKIAC.

Areas of Specialization: 
Oil & Gas
Mining and Natural Resources
Public International Law
Investment Treaty
Intellectual Property Disputes
Publications from JURIS: 
Navigating the Changing Geopolitical Landscape During an Energy Dispute: Balancing the Political and Arbitral Developments in Regard to Iran, Iraq, Russia, Libya, Syria, and ISDS Issues with Failed or Failing States - WAMR 2016 Vol. 10, No. 2
Oral Advocacy, Subconscious Influences, and Differing Cultural Expectations - World Arbitration and Mediation Review, Vol. 9 No. 4
Complexity and Commercial Disputes in Production Sharing Contracts - Chapter 14 - Leading Practitioners’ Guide to International Oil & Gas Arbitration
Expecting the Unexpected: How International Energy and Oilfield Services Companies Manage Front Page Geopolitical Events - WAMR 2015 Vol. 9, No. 2
Present Reality: How Well Does Enforceability Hold Up in Practice? - WAMR 2014 Vol. 8, No. 4
Advocacy of Private Disputes before International Claims Resolution Bodies - Chapter 2 - The Art of Advocacy in International Arbitration
Arbitrators and Issue Conflict: Treading a Tightrope of Legitimacy? - Panel Discussion - Chapter 4 - Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law - Volume 2
Publications: 
“Gaps in the Ice: Maritime Boundaries and Hydrocarbon Field
Development in the Arctic,” Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence Special Issue,”
(2012); “Recent Set-backs in Enforcement of Arbitration Awards: Whispers of
Revolution or Pockets of Resistance?,” The Institute for Transnational
Arbitration of the Center for American and International Law (2008); “The
‘Effective Ordinary Meaning’ of BITs and the Jurisdiction of Treaty-Based
Tribunals to Hear Contract Claims,” Journal of World Investment & Trade
(2007); “The Rise of Energy Charter Treaty Arbitration,” Global Arbitration
Review - European Arbitration Review 2007 (2006); “Latin America: arbitration
overview,” Global Arbitration Review: The Arbitration Review of the Americas
2007 (2006); “When $15.9 billion is about what you'd expect: the UNCC's
award to Kuwait Petroleum Corporation,” 44 Middle East Economic Survey No.
31, D-1 (2001).