Events

2008 Project Finance Conference

May 15-16, 2008

Chadbourne & Parke LLP held its 19th annual Global Energy and Finance Conference May 15-16 in Amelia Island, Florida. This invitation-only event brought together over 160 of the top executives in the energy and project finance communities for roundtable discussions and networking with one another and Chadbourne lawyers. Topics this year focused on the potential effects and opportunities created by the deepening recession in the United States and turmoil in the credit markets, the state of the art in wind, solar, geothermal, biomass and other renewable energy financings, the full consequences of carbon controls and whether there is potential still for clean coal.

The agenda included these discussions and participants:

Economic Climate Debate

• Ken Hansen, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke, moderator 
• William Chew, Managing Director, Standard & Poor’s 
• Steven Greenwald, Managing Director, Credit Suisse 
• John Buehler, Managing Partner, Energy Investors Funds 
• John F. Beatty, Managing Director, New Harbor 
• Donald Kendall, Managing Director and CEO, Kenmont Investments Management, L.P. 
• Paul Farr, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, PPL Corporation 
• Thomas Emmons, SVP and Head, Energy Finance, Americas, HSH Nordbank AG 
• Paul Cavicchi, President and CEO, SUEZ Renewable Energy NA, LLC

Solar Panel

• Todd Alexander, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke, moderator 
• Andrew Young, Director, New Initiatives, Horizon Wind Energy 
• Robert Morgan, Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Ausra 
• Stephen A. Herman, Managing Director, Energy Capital Partners 
• Edward Levin, Vice President, Morgan Stanley

Renewables in Mexico 

• Anthony Girolami, Counsel, Chadbourne & Parke, Mexico City

Renewables Market Panel 

• Keith Martin, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke, moderator 
• Ed Zaelke, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke 
• Adam Umanoff, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke 
• Noam Ayali, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke 
• Bob Shapiro, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke 
• Adam Wenner, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke 
• Neil Golden, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke 
• Deborah Gronvold, Vice President and Treasurer, Iberdrola Renewables 
• John Eber, Managing Director, JPMorgan Capital Corporation 
• Ric Abel, Managing Director, Prudential Capital Group 
• Ben Cook, Director, Structured Finance, SunPower Corporation 

Carbon Controls Debate 

• Keith Martin, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke, moderator 
• Paul Hanrahan, President and CEO, The AES Corporation 
• Steve Fine, Vice President, ICF International 
• Milo Sjardin, Head, North America, New Carbon Finance 
• Hewson Baltzell, President, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors

Update on Carbon and REC Markets 

• Leonard Hochschild, Director, Environmental Markets

Hedges Panel 

• Adam Umanoff, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke, moderator 
• Joe Esteves, Managing Director, LS Power Development 
• Nazar Massouh, Vice President, Goldman Sachs 
• Oana Root, Vice President, Morgan Stanley 
• Paul Gaynor, President and CEO, First Wind

Renewables and Clean Tech Companies Debate 

• Rob Goldberg, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke, moderator 
• Prescott Hartshorne, Vice President, Concentric Energy Advisers 
• Jeffrey Bodington, President, Bodington & Co. 
• Richard T. Brandt, CEO, Marathon Capital 
• Gilbert Chauny, Director, M&A, Iberdrola Renewable Energies USA