JV Alchemist Editorial Team

Overview of the stakeholder mapping process, including templates; compendium to Developing an Operator Engagement and Influencing Plan – Upstream Oil & Gas (Guide).

Overview of various JV structures with Lead Operating Partners, including a framework, benchmarks, and case examples for determining Lead Operating Partner compensation.

Sampling of practices that JVs and parent companies are collaboratively using to develop talent, based on Water Street Partners talent research.

Putting the “joint” in joint venture talent development. How parent companies are increasingly working with JV management teams to bolster the JV employee value proposition.

The purpose of this note to explain what a Positioning Sheet is, and how and when to create it. This note also makes the case that, if done well, a Positioning Sheet can also potentially serve as corporate-level guidance on major clauses in future negotiations of similar ventures.

Findings and trends from our 2013 analysis of joint venture lifespans and termination.

Approach that JVs can use to manage shareholder information requests, with sample outputs from key steps in the process.

Key deal terms to faciliate future acquistion of a JV, illustrated with case examples of JVs created as staged acquisitions.