SMi presents the Legal Issues in Oil and Gas conference.

20th to 21st April 2009, Crowne Plaza St. James, London, UK.

Legal Issues have an impact on all aspects of the Oil and Gas Industry from contract negotiation to technology development. As new legislation and policy develop, accompanied by economic unrest and resource nationalism a comprehensive understanding of the legal issues currently affecting the sector is essential.

The SMi Group's "Legal Issues in Oil and Gas 2009" conference will be our first event solely dedicated to tackling the most prominent legal issues affecting the oil and gas industry in the present climate.

The event will bring together In-House Legal Counsel at oil and gas companies, Legal Practitioners from private firms specialising in energy, specialist Consultants, Legal Institutes, Government Bodies and Regulators. This will pull together an all-inclusive mix of international practitioners to provide a thorough overview of the legal issues affecting the upstream oil and gas sector.

 Key Themes:

• The Energy Charter Treaty
• Resource Nationalism
• Boundary Nationalism
• Boundary Disputes
• Modernising the current legal framework of the oil and gas industry
• International regulatory challenges of Carbon Sequestration and Storage
• Security of Supply

 Why should you attend this event?

• UNDERSTAND the key legal issues affecting the industry in 2009.
• HEAR from leading experts from all aspects of the industry.
• COMPARE AND CONTRAST different practitioner's approaches to the legal systems in place.
• UPDATE your knowledge of policy and regulatory changes that will affect you business in 2009.
• IDENTIFY opportunities arising from current legal issues.

 Hear keynote addresses from:

Peter Hohaus, Senior Manager of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Eurogas

Norah Gallagher, Director, Investment Treaty Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law

 Our expert speaker line-up also includes:

• Roger Barnard, Head of Regulatory Law, EDF Energy
• Jim Thomas, Practice Director, Regulatory Compliance Services, IHS
• Nicholas Bonnefoy, Avocat au Bureau de Paris, Oil, Gas and Mining Practices, Gide Loynette Nouel MNP
• Stacey Kivel, Vice President - Legal and Business Development, H Oil&Minerals Ltd
• Alex Ridout, Legal Counsel and Company Secretary,  Dragon Oil
• Dayo Okusami, Associate Partner, Energy and Projects Practice Group, Templars
• Peter Wilson, General Counsel, Bowleven
• Simon Morgan, Partner, Energy Projects, Simmons&Simmons
• Nick Prowse, Partner, Norton Rose
• William Thomas, Associate, Eversheds 

 FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:

http://www.smi-online.co.uk/legalog.asp