Speakers

Joseph Tomkiewicz is an International Energy Advisor. In 2022, he was appointed as an international arbitration panelist for the Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC). He also currently is on the Board of Directors of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (“AIEN”). In addition, he also sits on the Executive Committee of the Future Energy Asia and Future Mobility Asia Conferences Events. Joseph was the co-chair of the AIEN International Energy Summit (“IES”) in 2021 and is a co-chair for the AIEN IES 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.

With over 30 years of managerial, transactional, and litigation experience in the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas companies, Joseph has lived and worked in Thailand, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Texas, New York, Washington, DC, Louisiana, and Florida, during which time he has served as an officer, director, and general counsel to several affiliated overseas oil and gas companies. He has significant experience working with various forms of petroleum agreements and has also negotiated and realized contracts for some of the largest-ever industrial constructions. Joseph has many years of experience interacting with senior level ministerial and regulatory government officials in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Joseph was also a partner and co-chair of the regional Energy Industry Team in Thailand’s oldest law firm, Tilleke & Gibbins. His recent publications include Energy Law in Southeast Asia (at https://www.tilleke.com/insights/energy-law-in-southeast-asia/).

Joseph is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia (1991) and in the State of Louisiana (2001). He is also admitted in the U.S. District Court (Eastern District of Virginia), U.S. Court of Appeals (Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Tenth Circuit), and the Supreme Court of the United States of America.