Webinar: Gas as a Lens on Crisis: What the Iran Shock Means for Energy, Supply Chains and Contract

The situation in the Middle East remains highly dynamic. Even if the current military escalation does not intensify further, it remains uncertain how quickly energy flows, shipping, prices and security of supply will stabilise. For Europe and Germany, this is not only about oil or LNG, but more fundamentally about how geopolitical shocks affect energy markets, supply chains, procurement and contracts.

In this 60‑minute webinar (plus 15 minutes Q&A), Luther will use gas as a lens to make these mechanisms tangible – tracing how a crisis can propagate from the global market via Europe and Germany into storage, procurement, industrial value chains and, ultimately, potential disputes. With legal experts from Luther and an economic damages expert from Frontier, the webinar focuses on prices, optionality, regulation and the allocation and pass‑through of risk along the contractual chain – and what companies can already do in a phase of “fragile normalisation”.

At a glance – agenda and speakers

1. Setting the scene: What has happened since the latest escalation – and what remains uncertain?
    Speaker: Dr Richard Happ, Luther

2. The global frame: From geopolitical shock to energy markets
    Speaker: Gerd Stuhlmacher, Luther

3. Europe and Germany: Gas as an example of price, storage and supply risks
    Speaker: Holger Stappert, Luther

4. How companies respond: Procurement, storage, hedging and liquidity
    Speaker: Christoph Riechmann, Frontier (expert) 

5. From market stress to disputes
    Speaker: Dr Richard Happ, Luther

6. Q&A