Practical LawConferences

• Current overview of the global energy law markets. What is out there in the emerging and high-growth areas?
• European energy law & regulation – what is on the horizon for 2015? Implementation of the 3^rd Energy Package Directive
• How will the latest global and European regulatory changes influence the UK legal landscape?

• What are key trends and challenges faced by in-house legal teams in the energy sector?
• How is GC’s role changing?
• Restructuring legal teams and effectively applying new management techniques to turn legal departments into effective and valued business units

The Energy Law Business Forum enables you to learn from your peers. Those themed in-depth sessions are designed in conjunction with our Advisory Committee.

Choose one of the sessions listed below:

• Addressing the top trends, opportunities and legal issues faced by energy companies of all sizes
• Comparing the investor views in the UK and Europe
• Managing risks and maximising your opportunities in the emerging and high-growth areas
• The rise of regulatory risk in the EU and what it means for your company

• Looking at procurement techniques and strategies, project structuring, finance and other regulatory issues in-house teams are facing in the renewable sector
• Ensuring effective resolution of complex disputes involving renewable energy projects
• Financing offshore wind farms in the post EMR CfD world
• Going into emerging markets – effectively applying project finance principles in the offshore and onshore renewable sectors

Choose one of the sessions listed below:

• What are the key considerations for a successful joint venture agreement?
• Looking at the special issues involving a state as a joint venture partner. The different kinds of agreements entered into between oil & gas companies and host governments
• Understanding liabilities and damages in international commercial agreements
• Handling exits and disputes between joint venture parties. Common reasons for joint venture exits, residual rights, liabilities and restrictions

• Recent highlights of the wider reform of the UK wholesale and retail electricity markets
• Looking at the Smart Grid Initiatives in the UK and Europe. Creating security of supply
• Allocation of Contracts for Difference. The long term power purchase agreement market in post EMR Contracts for Difference world

Choose one of the sessions listed below:

• What is the future of the North Sea in the UK and Europe?
• Outlining the legal strategy path for mitigating operational risks in this area
• Understanding the issues, plans and costs involved in decommissioning
• What are the latest in developments of EU regulation for offshore safety? How should businesses prepare?

• Update on recent nuclear legislation across the UK and beyond. Nuclear regulation and decommissioning fees
• Britain’s largest new nuclear project at Moorside in Cumbria  – how will it change the future of nuclear industry? Who else is looking to invest in the nuclear market in the UK and beyond?
• Owner and operator’s perspectives on nuclear project development in the UK and beyond. Lessons learned from past and current projects

Choose one of the sessions listed below:

• Finding the right transaction structure – review of various options including outright acquisition, wholly owned entity, joint venture, minority investment, offshore structures
• Managing compliance and regulatory risks including environmental, bribery, anti-trust, local tax compliance
• Anticipating the future – practical experiences of expanding and/or getting out of markets that have become too difficult or non-core

• Effectively dealing with the lack of appropriate risk management techniques in the rapidly changing business environments
• Developing a compliance framework over a short period of time. Practical steps to introducing a strong compliance programme
• A case study – embedding the risk management within the culture of each organisation

• Assessing current political and regulatory risks within the energy sector – what has changed since last year and how to deal with those changes
• Looking at the legal implications of the political risks
• Prognoses for the future. Looking at the most important energy markets globally

• Throwing light on recent shale gas developments
• How will the shale gas export impact the global energy markets?
• What are the potential legal and regulatory risks around fracking?

Meet the energy law practitioners and General Counsel who operate outside the UK in the established and emerging markets. The champagne sessions will enable you to learn more about  the most important legal and business trends in your preferred markets. Each roundtable will focus on the energy law developments in a particular country and you will be able to move freely between the tables during this session

Please choose one of the roundtables below: