EMISSIONS TRADING: WE’RE GETTING WARMER

This panel will examine the trading opportunities that have been created for renewable energy credits and emission reduction units in key markets throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In particular, the panel will address issues associated with the allocation, trading, and acquittal of such units.

CO-MODERATORS:

Stephen Marsh, Partner
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, United States
Stephen Marsh, partner and chair of Luce Forward’s Environmental Practice Group, specializes in hazardous waste and toxic tort litigation, insurance coverage counseling and litigation related to environmental claims, coordination of site assessments and remediation with consultants and regulatory agencies, and advising businesses and property owners on these and related issues. MORE>

William A. Scott, Partner
Stikeman Elliott LLP, Canada
William Scott is a partner in the corporate section of Stikeman Elliott. He is a senior member of the firm's Structured Finance & Financial Products Group and practices principally in the corporate finance, structured finance, derivatives, and mergers and acquisitions areas. Mr. Scott has been recognized by Lexpert as a "repeatedly recommended" practitioner in the Derivative Instruments sector. MORE>

PANELISTS:

Jeffrey A. Chester, Partner
Kaye Scholer LLP, United States
Jeffrey Chester heads Kaye Scholer’s wind power practice, focusing on wind energy development, construction, tax structuring, and project finance. He regularly represents developers, sponsors, lenders, and investors in wind power transactions, and has been centrally involved in the inception and development of the equity, debt, and capital markets for wind power projects. MORE>

Sam E. Headon, Research Fellow
Stanford Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, United States
Sam Headon is a SPILS fellow at Stanford Law School where he is currently preparing a thesis on international climate change and emissions trading regimes. Prior to coming to Stanford, Mr. Headon specialized in finance, energy, and environmental law in Clifford Chance's International Environmental and Climate Trading team. MORE>

Eric J. Jiang, Partner
Jurisino Law Group, China
Eric Jiang has represented numerous companies in antidumping, countervailing and other trade remedy cases, including Home Appliance, Color Picture Tubes, DVD-R and Laminate Flooring, and is particularly versed at Chinese, US, EU, Canadian, Indian and South African trade remedy laws, NAFTA dispute settlement process, and WTO dispute settlement process. MORE>

Gregory Lawrence, Partner
McDermott Will & Emery LLP, United States
Gregory Lawrence is a partner in the Energy and Derivatives Markets Group at McDermott Will & Emery. His practice involves a wide array of regulatory, legislative, and transactional issues relating to the restructuring of the wholesale and retail electricity and natural gas industries, renewable energy, emissions regulation, and energy efficiency. MORE>


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