08:30

Registration and Refreshments

09:00

Keynote and Chair’s welcome

09:10

Horizon scanning and Energy today

The Energy Horizon:

  • Paris outcomes including natural gas & sustainable development
  • Natural gas and new economies
  • Renewables and electricity

Oil prices:

  • Industry effects of fallen oil pricing

Geopolitical update:

  • Regional consumption and dependencies

 

09:50

Change management

  • Getting Involved In the Deal
  • Spotting the Issues in Advance
  • Aligning Teams
  • Corporate Reorganization – Downsizing or Upsizing  ?
  • Changing the Company
  • Changing the Culture
  • Erik Lazar Director and Founder, Transatlantic Law International

10:40

Coffee Break

11:10

Compliance and Anti-Bribery

  • Assessing a gold standard procedure
  • Keeping up with economic sanctions (focus on Iran, Russia, Cuba, South America)
  • Elaine Mays Group Chief Compliance Officer, Wood Group
  • Kenneth S. Resnick Retired Vice-President & General Counsel, GE OIL & GAS; AND PRESIDENT ATRQ GLOBAL
  • John Upton Legal Counsel, BAKER HUGHES

12:00

Lunch

12:50

WORKSHOP 1

1A Joint ventures in Emerging Markets

  • An arced procedure from start to finish – including due diligence, local laws, partnering and exit arrangements
  • Practical approaches to maximizing value

1B Renewables investment

  • Structuring renewables projects to optimise the ability to fund and sell assets
  • Legal and business aspects of renewable energy projects in the UK and Europe

13:35

WORKSHOPS 2

2A Interview: power to petroleum

  • Role switching and core competencies to progress your career
  • Quiz counsel that have moved from one side of the sector to the other
  • Tony Hawkins General Counsel and Head of Commercial, Sterling Energy Plc
  • Kenneth S. Resnick Retired Vice-President & General Counsel, GE OIL & GAS; AND PRESIDENT ATRQ GLOBAL

2B Human capital

  • Talent retention – measures to harness the talent in your counsel team
  • Addressing the gender gap
  • Skills shortages in the future pipeline
  • Rotation programmes for new recruits

14:20

WORKSHOPS 3

3A Outsourcing

  • Cost bases for outsourced services and making every penny count
  • Practical advice to review spend while maintaining focus on key deliverables

3B Business Partnering in a Changing Environment

  • Reconciling the demands of achieving more with less, and client expectations of 24/7 business delivery

15:05

Coffee Break

15:35

Impact of US Shale Gas on the European Power Market

Including:

  • Shale developments globally
  • The LNG market
  • CO2 emission
  • The role of coal

16:25

Planning ahead; future perspectives

What is ahead of us:

  • Trends and perspectives for renewables, oil and gas, and nuclear supply
  • Human geography and usage efficiencies
  • Ana Stanic Honorary Lecturer, The University of Dundee
  • Dr Raphael Heffron Co-Chair, UK Energy Law and Policy Association , & Senior Lecturer in Energy and Natural Resources Law, Queen Mary University of London
  • Peter Roberts Head of Andrews Kurth Global Oil & Gas Practice, Andrews Kurth (UK) LLP

17:15

Champagne Roundtables

Network with your peers at our selection of multi-jurisdictional roundtables.

UK shale

Nigeria

  • Momoh Kadiri Principal Solicitor, Mitchell Simmonds Solicitors

Russia

  • Ana Stanic Honorary Lecturer, The University of Dundee

Sanctions

Negotiating Trends

  • Nafissa S. Kerkeb Senior Legal Counsel, International Commercial Operations - Europe GE Oil & Gas