Climate Change – The Science, The Economics, The Law

Friday 5 July 2019, 12:00 - 18:00 - Eversheds Sutherland, London

As part of the Mayor Of London’s London Climate Action Week, Eversheds Sutherland was pleased to host this mini-conference which offers an opportunity to hear from some of the most eminent experts in their respective fields, taking a global view of what can be done to make the changes all human society needs in acting against climate change.

Multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals show that 97 percent* or more of actively publishing climate scientists agree: Climate-warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activities: our consumption and reliance on CO2 emitting fossil fuels is the single largest contributor (IPCC – United Nations). Most of us agree that Climate Change requires urgent action.

(*NASA – John Cook, Fellow at the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland in Australia. et al Study - “Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature - 2013.”)

We heard from environmental, economic and legal experts including Stephen Hill, Energy and Infrastructure Partner at Eversheds Sutherland.

MENA New Energy 2019

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

A renewable energy conference & exhibition

Eversheds Sutherland is delighted to be the strategic partner for MENA New Energy 2019.

This event focused 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 in the Middle East and Clint Dempsey, Head of Banking and Finance in the Middle East participated in the conference alongside many other industry leaders.

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

Renewable Energy in Latin America Conference 2019

Thursday 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 - Eversheds Sutherland, London

We were pleased to host the second of the quarterly breakfast briefings series, organised in collaboration with Clean Energy Pipeline, at our London office.

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 elaborated on the opportunities Blockchain offers in the clean energy sphere.

Canning House Renewables in Latin America Conference 2018

Thursday 7 June 2018, 08:30 - 13:00 - Eversheds Sutherland, London

In partnership with: Canning House

Eversheds Sutherland hosted this event on the Clean Energy Sector in Latin America: Trends and Opportunities at our London office, sponsored by CAF - Development Bank of Latin America.

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) discuss the revenue streams for clean energy assets in Latin America, chaired by Stephen Hill, Clean Energy Partner at 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,  formed 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 - Eversheds Sutherland, London

Eversheds Sutherland London hosted the launch of our new quarterly breakfast briefings series, organised in collaboration with Clean Energy Pipeline.

Featuring a panel of industry leaders, we discussed investment activity over the last quarter, key trends, and the prospects for global renewables investment. This series of briefings explored market activity and trends, where the panel considered the perspective of investors, lenders, developers, governments and borrowers.

Clean Energy Growth Markets: The Saudi Arabia opportunity in perspective

Monday 16 April 2018, 09:00 - 13:00 - Eversheds Sutherland, London

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 were delighted to partner together to host a workshop focusing on the opportunity for renewable energy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which took place on Monday 16 April 2018.

The event offered 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 launched a market report detailing the wider commercial opportunities available in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, copies of which were shared with participants following the event.