08:30
Registration and Refreshments
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
- Martin Mcaspurn-Lohmann Executive Director, Head of Oil & Gas, SANTANDER GBM,
- Alain Bollack Director, Gobal Powers and Utilities Centre, Ernst and Young
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
- Findlay Anderson Associate General Counsel, GE Oil & Gas
- Robin Storey General Counsel and Company Secretary, Sequa Petroleum N.V.
- Christopher Thomson Managing Associate, Dentons
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
- Edward Randall General Counsel, Belectric UK
- Chris Andrew Project Finance Partner, Allen & Overy
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
- Thamala Perera General Counsel, IGas Energy
- Martin Luff Senior Associate, Labour and Employment, Vinson Elkins
- Sarah Gregory Inclusion & Diversity Partner, Baker & McKenzie
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
- Robin Storey General Counsel and Company Secretary, Sequa Petroleum N.V.
- Amanda Lewis Partner, Dentons
3B Business Partnering in a Changing Environment
- Reconciling the demands of achieving more with less, and client expectations of 24/7 business delivery
- Hans Von der Linde Former General Counsel Downstream, SHELL
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
- Martin Mcaspurn-Lohmann Executive Director, Head of Oil & Gas, SANTANDER GBM,
- Beverley Parrish UK Lead, Environmental Sciences practice, Exponent
- Patrick Robinson Partner, Burges Salmon
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
- Thamala Perera General Counsel, IGas Energy
- Beverley Parrish UK Lead, Environmental Sciences practice, Exponent
Negotiating Trends
- Nafissa S. Kerkeb Senior Legal Counsel, International Commercial Operations - Europe GE Oil & Gas