中国海外能源投资的地缘风险与法律对策

中国海外能源投资在欧美、非洲和拉丁美洲具有明显的地缘特点,面临的风险也带有一定的地缘特征,因而有必要采取相应的法律对策.中国能源企业在欧美主要通过跨国并购进行投资,主要面临政府许可风险,其对策主要在于如何以法律手段通过国家安全审查;在非洲的投资主要采取国家契约的方式,主要面临政治风险,需要强化投资保护协定和反恐对策;在拉丁美洲的投资则主要面临卡尔沃主义带来的法律变更风险和国有化与征收风险,需要加强国家契约条款的保护和灵活运用CISID仲裁机制加以保护.

Geographical Risks of Chinese Overseas Energy Investments and Its Legal Countermeasures

Chinese overseas energy investments in Europe, Africa and Latin America has obvious geographical characteristics that carry certain geographical features. It is necessary to take appropriate legal countermeasures. Chinese energy companies primarily invest in Europe through cross border mergers. And its main risk is the government permission. The countermeasures are how to pass the national security review by legal means. The main way of investment in Africa is to take the national contract. The risks its mainly facing is political risks. It is necessary to strengthen the investment protection agreements, violence and counter-terrorism countermeasures. The investment in Latin America primarily faces legal change risks and the risks of nationalization and expropriation brought from Calvo Doctrine. It is necessary to strengthen the protection of national contract provisions and use flexibly CISID arbitration mechanism to protect them.