MENA New Energy 2019

26-27 March 2019 - Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre

A renewable energy conference & exhibition

Eversheds Sutherland is delighted to be the strategic partner for MENA New Energy 2019. The conference is taking place on the 26 and 27 March in Dubai.

This event will focus on energy demand, regional environmental targets and cost competitive technologies driving a clean energy transition across MENA.

Michelle T Davies, Head of Clean Energy and Sustainability at Eversheds Sutherland together with construction lead Rob McNabb and local partners Iwan Walters, Head of Clean Energy and Sustainability Middle East and Clint Dempsey, Head of Banking and Finance Middle East will be participating in the conference alongside many other industry leaders.

To join Eversheds Sutherland at the conference please follow the links provided to book a place.

If you will be at the event and would like to arrange to meet up with our team to discuss global clean energy opportunities please contact Megan James, meganjames@eversheds-sutherland.com

Renewable Energy in Latin America Conference 2019

14 March 2019, 08:30 - 14:00 - Eversheds Sutherland, London

In partnership with: Canning House

On Thursday 14 March, Eversheds Sutherland hosted for the third year running, the Renewable Energy in Latin America conference in partnership with Canning House at our London office.

The conference covered the main opportunities for clean energy investment in Latin America, including private PPA markets, government-led programmes, project finance, investment protection and recent regulatory developments. It was an opportunity to observe developments of the past year, consider the challenges and investment opportunities as well as understand the policy frameworks in place and their implications for international investors.

Partner Stephen Hill chaired the Project Finance and Other Alternatives for Renewables in Latin America panel, where he was joined by partner Madeleine Tan from our New York team as well as representatives from Equinor, UK Green Finance Initiative, BEIS and BBVA. He also chaired the Government-led Renewable Energy Programmes panel with government representatives from Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay and Brazil.

Partner Greg Falkof presented on the Investment Protection and Risk Mitigation in Latin America panel alongside representatives from Verisk Maplecroft and UKEF.

Following this session, Atlanta based partner Tom Warren chaired and spoke on the Private PPA Opportunities in Latin America panel with representatives from ACERA and Carbon Trust.

Keynote speakers included Mark Menzies MP; the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Peru; Sir Roger Gifford; Senior Banker, SEB and Chairman of the UK Green Finance Initiative and H.E. Ambassador Genaro Pappalardo, Ambassador of Paraguay to the UK and Northern Ireland.

It was fantastic to see so much interest in Latin America’s fast-growing renewable energy market and we would like to thank all our guests who attended from around the globe.

Guest speakers included:

• Mark Menzies MP, Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru
• Sir Roger Gifford, Senior Banker, SEB and Chairman of the UK Green Finance Initiative
• Karl Petter Waern, Project Finance Legal Advisor, Equinor
• Ruben Castrillo, Director, Project and Acquisition Finance, Energy, BBVA LatAm & Spain
• Jimena Blanco, Head of Americas – Politics, Verisk Maplecroft
• Simon Buckenburg, Senior Underwriter, UKEF
• Darío Morales, Director of Studies, ACERA
• Diogo Mariath, Manager, Global Infrastructure Finance, Carbon Trust
• Ramiro Gómez Barinaga, Legal Advisor to Argentine Government for Renewable Energy
• H.E. Ambassador Genaro Vincente Pappalardo Ayala
• German Espejo, Deputy Head of Mission, Colombian Embassy
• Silvana Lesca Baroli, Minister Counsellor, Uruguayan Embassy
• Pedro Tiê Candido Souza, Secretary Head of the Environment, Sustainable Development and Technical Cooperation Section, Brazilian Embassy

Sessions took place in the morning followed by a networking lunch.

For further information about this event, or to discuss opportunities in Latin America, please contact Lydia Davis at lydiadavis@eversheds-sutherland.com 

Renewable Energy Corporate Finance Quarterly Briefing - Focus on Blockchain

Friday  27 July 2018, 08:30 - 11:00

Join us at the Eversheds Sutherland London office for the second of the quarterly breakfast briefings series, organised in collaboration with Clean Energy Pipeline.

Blockchain is a decentralised ledger technology. When linked with an energy system that allows distributed electricity generation at thousands of sites including solar, wind and hydro in addition to the use of smart meters allowing consumers to see the real time cost of the electricity they use, it has the potential to fundamentally change electricity generation, distribution and sale.

Blockchain can be used throughout the power lifecycle, firstly as a tool to raise capital by issuing tokens, then as a system to simplify transactions between generators and consumers and finally as a link with the internet of things to allow real time choices to be made on electricity production and consumption to match supply and demand thereby ensuring the most efficient use of power.

Our panellists will elaborate on the opportunities Blockchain offers in the clean energy context further.

Canning House Renewables in Latin America Conference 2018

Thursday 7 June 2018, 08:30- 13:00

Eversheds Sutherland hosted this event on the Clean Energy Sector in Latin America: Trends and Opportunities in our London offices. This event was sponsored by the Development Bank of Latin America CAF.

Our speakers included Maria Lahore, Principal Executive for Europe at CAF Development Bank of Latin America who opened the event with the first keynote on opportunities and obstacles in the clean energy sector in Latin America.

Our first panel saw Guido Prearo, Director Asset Sales, EMEA from Canadian Solar, Joshua Tupper, Legal Counsel New Energies from Shell and Nelson Mojarro, Representative in Europe of SENER (Mexico´s National Secretariat of Energy) discussing the revenue streams for clean energy assets in latin America, chaired by Stephen Hill, a Clean Energy Partner from Eversheds Sutherland.

Javier Huego, Chief Investment Officer from FRV,Rodrigo Marquez, General Counsel from Faro Energy, Alison Gowman from Green Finance Initiative, Carlos Jerez Bernal, Investment Officer – Project Finance & Guarantees from European Investment Bank and Mark Dennison, Project Finance Partner from Eversheds Sutherland, are were part of our second panel debating access to international finance for clean energy projects in Latin America.

Renewable Energy Corporate Finance Quarterly Briefing

Thursday 31 May 2018, 08:30 - 11:00

Clean Energy Growth Markets: The Saudi Arabia opportunity in perspective

Monday 16 April 2018, 09:00 - 13:00

Eversheds Sutherland, UK Department for International Trade, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Saudi British Joint Business Council are delighted to partner together to host a workshop focusing on the opportunity for renewable energy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which will take place on Monday 16 April 2018.

Registration and a light breakfast will be served from 08:30 with the event commencing at 09:00am.

The event will offer a complete assessment of the renewable and related technology opportunities in the Kingdom including Government procured programmes, private offtake and storage all within the context of a market which is moving away from conventional power subsidies towards a more diverse new energy platform.

The UK Government will launch a market report detailing the wider commercial opportunities available in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, copies of which will be shared with participants following the event.

Venue: Eversheds Sutherland, One Wood Street, London, EC2V 7WS

If you would like to register your interest for this event please email Bethan Marks at bethanmarks@eversheds-sutherland.com

Offshore Wind Europe

14 - 15 November 2017, London

Eversheds Sutherland is delighted to partner with the upcoming Offshore Wind Europe conference, on 14 and 15 November in London.

Members of the Eversheds Sutherland team including Rob McNabb and Mary Anne Roff will be participating over the two days.

The conference will bring together leading project owners, developers and operators discussing strategy and technical aspect such as; how they will reach sub €60MW/h euro continent, both reducing CAPEX pre construction and OPEX post construction.

Rob McNabb will be moderating the sub €60MW/h panel discussion and will be joined by industry experts:

• Matthias Haag, CEO - Gemini Wind Park
• Hannah Konig, Head of Wind and Maritime Technology - EnBW
• Jan-Peter Elffers, Managing Director - Amsterdam Capital Partners
• Lisa McDermott, Executive Director - Renewables and Project Financing - ABN AMRO

Key points which will be discussed during the session will be:

• What are the key drivers for delivering sub €60MW/h pricing
• How can profitability and investor returns be maintained
• What sources of capital and investment are available to deliver this pricing

Other industry experts you will hear from include:

• Jacques Edouard Levy, CEO - Belenergia SA
• Willem van der Ven, VP Power Operations - Enbridge
• Thomas Karst, CSO and Senior Vice President - MHI Vestas
• Sven Utermohlen, COO - E.ON Climate & Renewables GmbH
• Don Mackay, Director of Operations - EDF Energy Renewables

The full agenda and more details of the conference can be accessed here. 

The Women in Offshore Energy Lunch will take place on day 2 and 13:00.

Contacts of Eversheds Sutherland are entitled to a £400 discount. Please use promo code EVERSHEDS-VIP at check out.

If you would like to arrange a meeting with the team during the conference please contact Bethan Marks at bethanmarks@eversheds-sutherland.com