These examples draw on advisory work led through Coresight and Sarah Moya’s previous executive responsibilities. They show how geopolitical, regulatory, or contractual exposure was converted into a decision, operational continuity, or negotiating position.
To preserve confidentiality, only the decision problem, the intervention, and the resulting impact are presented.
Decision problem
Preserve the operability of a 224.4-kilometre cross-border gas pipeline capable of transporting 1.5 million cubic metres per day, while attacks, operational incidents, regulatory requirements, and territorial relationships threatened its continuity.
Intervention
As Managing Director and Legal Representative in Colombia, Sarah Moya coordinated relations with public authorities, Ecopetrol, Chevron, Wayuu communities, and security stakeholders. She connected regulatory management, territorial engagement, infrastructure protection, and operational continuity around the dependencies capable of interrupting the asset.
Impact
Attacks against the pipeline were reduced by 90 to 95%, operational incidents by 66%, and operating expenditure by 18%. More than USD 30 million in assets were protected or recovered. The environmental licence was preserved without financial concession, and 120 local jobs were maintained.
Decision problem
A maritime incident exposed a European energy company to US sanctions, legal risk, and possible disruption of flows. The executive committee had to act quickly in an environment where each option carried different regulatory and operational consequences.
Intervention
The analysis separated non-negotiable constraints from the options that remained executable. Decision scenarios were structured for the committee, including activation conditions, consequences, and regulatory exposure. Coordination incorporated legal teams and relevant stakeholders across several jurisdictions.
Impact
Flows were maintained within a prudent, compliant, and defensible framework. The executive report was adopted as the compliance and governance reference for managing the crisis and reporting to stakeholders.
Decision problem
A dispute concerning an upstream asset had to be addressed while regulatory changes and macroeconomic conditions were altering the contract’s operating environment. The challenge was to convert this context into evidence that could support negotiation and arbitration.
Intervention
Comparative regulatory analysis and field research reconstructed the decision context, identified the changes affecting contractual performance, and consolidated the relevant evidence into a structured record for legal counsel.
Impact
The arbitration strategy was unlocked, and the negotiating position strengthened for a French company operating in Colombia under a contract exceeding USD 50 million.
A right, contract, or licence does not by itself keep an asset operable. A decision remains defensible when regulatory, territorial, financial, logistical, and security control points are identified before the available options disappear.
