Workshop Facilitator Profile
The trainer is a partner in the international law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP. She is co-chair of its Energy Services Group, and head of McDermott’s Financial Products, Trading and Derivatives Group. She is also an adjunct professor of law at Northwestern University School of Law. She is a member of the International Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Group. She is a popular international workshop leader, receiving excellent reviews from attendees worldwide.
In 2007, the trainer was named one of the 50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America by the National Law Journal. She was selected because of her national impact in her field of practice and her “demonstrated power to change the legal landscape, shape public affairs, launch industries, and do big things.” Since 2008, she was selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America.
Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” In June 2007, Lawdragon featured her as one of the Top 500 Leading Dealmakers, and in September 2007 Lawdragon featured her as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America. She was rated by her peers as one of the Top 50 Female Lawyers (2005, 2009) and a Super Lawyer in Tax (2005 - 2010). She was recognised as a Leading Corporate Lawyer in Crain’s Chicago Business (2005, 2006) and as one of the Top 100 Leading Women Lawyers in Illinois by the Leading Lawyers Network Magazine (2007, 2008).
She advises energy companies, public utilities, power marketers, and hedge funds. She assists their businesses in preparing tax hedge and trading policies, risk management procedures, contract negotiation, and guidance for senior management and directors as to their obligations with respect to energy trading and derivatives activities. She provides advice to her clients as to appropriate legal, regulatory, and tax compliance policies and procedures, and frequently negotiates complicated structured transactions on their behalf.
The trainer has worked to shape legislative and regulatory policy with respect to the taxation and regulation of energy products. She represented a coalition of energy trading companies in their efforts to shape the tax hedging rules as applied to commodity trading. She represented the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America in its efforts to conceive and draft legislative language to protect dealers in commodity derivatives from adverse tax consequences. And she represented the Weather Risk Management Association in drafting comment letters to the CFTC and Treasury Department that addressed the appropriate treatment of weather derivatives activities.
She has taken a leadership role in many professional organisations. She is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) Arbitration Committee and Section on Business Law; the Association of Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN); the Energy Bar Association (EBA); the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment (WCEE); the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE); and a member of ISDA’s Committee on North American Tax.
Key Benefits of attending this Workshop
- AVOID expensive litigation and downtime in operations due to uncertainties in contractual terms.
- ANALYSE dispute avoidance techniques in oil and gas transactions and learn about dealing with disputes in upstream oil and gas contracts.
- LEARN essential negotiating techniques and avoid common mistakes and pitfalls in oil and gas contracts.
- GAIN insight into culture and applicable legal systems in negotiations as important determinants of deal success or failure.
- KNOW the rights and obligations of the different negotiating parties and consider Host Country concerns and negotiating stances during negotiations.
- IMPROVE your understanding of oil profit sharing, taxation, cost recovery and abandonment costs.
- CONSIDER problems when working in multiple jurisdictions and understand the rights and obligations of the contractor.
- HIGHLIGHT what clauses should be included in oil and gas contracts and recognise the importance of risk identification and allocation.
- LEARN how to resolve the intricate areas of possible dispute in such a contract.
- ASSESS when and why you might want to revise standard or customary oil and gas contract provisions to avoid potential pitfalls in dispute resolution.
- GAIN insights and training on the advocacy of claims and defenses in international oil and gas disputes.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is a MUST for all oil and gas professionals negotiating or managing international contracts in oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, and the power industry. It is especially targeted at:
Legal Advisors | In-house lawyers | Contract Managers | Contract analysts | Procurement managers | Arbitrators | Risk managers | Contract engineers representing international petroleum companies | Contractors and sub-contractors to the oil and gas industry | Vendors and Service Providers | Host Government Representatives | Officials in State petroleum companies | Ministries of Energy | International Oil Company Executives | E&P managers | Gas pipeline vendors | Equipment suppliers | Natural Gas and LNG professionals | Mediators
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Venue & Accomodation
Nairobi, Kenya
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