The ongoing representation of a US oil and gas drilling company in US and Venezuelan litigations against the Republic of Venezuela and
the Venezuelan national oil company for takings in violation of international law and breaches of contract under the expropriation and commercial activities exceptions of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
Hot on the heels of Exxon Mobil's failure to hang on to the $ 12bn worldwide freezing injunction ordered by the English court against PDVSA,
the Venezuelan national oil company, an attempt at freezing the assets of the Republic of Bolivia and its telecommunications company, Entel, has recently been thrown out by the English court.