Strategic legal advice on complex projects and disputes

Hartbeck LLP is a boutique law firm based in New York advising on complex cross-border transactions and disputes.

We have substantial experience advising governments, public sector entities and companies on the structuring, negotiation and execution of major energy and infrastructure projects and transactions, and on the resolution of commercial and investment arbitration disputes.

Our Focus Areas

  • We have advised on the structuring, financing and implementation of a number of major projects, including on the design or adaptation of project development and finance structures to suit local and project-specific requirements.

  • We have advised on multiple upstream, midstream and downstream oil & gas projects; financing transactions; sale and purchase transactions; electricity generation and transmission projects; and transportation and other infrastructure projects.

  • We have counseled states and state-owned companies on a broad range of critical matters, including cross-borders projects and transactions; complex agreements and negotiations with international counterparties and foreign investors; legal and regulatory reforms; and dispute resolution matters.

  • We have advised clients on high-value commercial and investment arbitration disputes and expert determinations, and have structured and negotiated settlements to resolve those and other disputes.

Guillermo Ulke

Managing Partner

gulke@hartbeck.com

He has represented states and state entities in a large number of projects, commercial transactions and arbitration disputes. His background in law, business and finance enables him to provide effective strategic advice on complex transactions.

He has led negotiations of many project arrangements, joint ventures, financings, acquisitions and other transactions involving states and major international oil and gas companies, and has advised on landmark projects in the electricity sector. He has also successfully led multiple negotiations of settlement agreements resolving investment and commercial disputes.

Beyond energy and infrastructure, Mr. Ulke has advised clients across several other economic sectors, including banking, venture capital, telecommunications, technology, agriculture, mining and manufacturing, on a range of transactional, regulatory and dispute resolution matters.

Prior to establishing Hartbeck LLP, he was a partner at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP in New York. 

Mr. Ulke holds a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School, a Master in Economics and Business Administration from ESEADE, and a law degree from the University of Buenos Aires.  He is admitted to practice in New York and Buenos Aires.

Guillermo Ulke has extensive experience advising on international projects, transactions and disputes, particularly in the energy and infrastructure sectors.