Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Dickstein Shapiro’s multi-service Energy Practice offers a complete range of services to companies that develop, finance, operate, acquire, sell,
restructure, or manage large energy infrastructure projects, including renewable and conventional power plants, transmission lines, pipelines, and
water desalination plants. The Energy Practice has first-tier capabilities and experience, particularly with respect to federal and state electric and
gas regulation, domestic and international energy project development and finance, M&A, litigation, compliance, market rules, and enforcement
matters, and brings the firm’s leading government relations and policy capabilities to bear for our clients at both the state and federal levels.
For more information, visit www.dicksteinshapiro.com.
Reception Sponsors
FTI professionals are experienced leaders who drive, support, and sustain solutions that help organizations maintain and enhance their enterprise
value. Founded in 1982, FTI currently has more than 3,600 employees worldwide. FTI provides strategic and tactical advisory services to established
and emerging businesses operating or transacting in the electric power sector. The group is comprised of a collaborative team of high performance
individuals who apply their expertise and creativity to serve as the premier trusted advisors to stakeholders invested in key sectors of the energy industry.
For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com/industries/energy-and-utilities/electricity-consulting.aspx.
Silver Sponsors
Chadbourne & Parke LLP is a franchise name in the independent power business. More than 70 lawyers work full-time in the project finance
group, making it one of the largest such groups of any US law firm. The group has worked on projects in more than 80 countries, and is ranked
number one in the US renewable energy market (in a shared ranking with Milbank) by the prestigious Chambers directory in London based on
year-round interviewing of corporate law departments and peers at other firms. Chadbourne is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York
and has other offices in Washington, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Beijing, Almaty, Moscow, Warsaw, Kiev, Istanbul, Dubai and London.
For more information, visit www.chadbourne.com.
For over 30 years, Pace Global has pioneered energy and carbon management solutions to companies in
all segments of the energy value chain. Our innovative services support the execution of business strategies,
complex energy transactions, asset development, and operations in over 40 countries on six continents.
Headquartered outside Washington, D.C. with offices worldwide, Pace Global advises clients ranging from
energy developers, financial institutions, and utilities to industrial, manufacturing, and diversified commercial
enterprises.
For more information, visit www.paceglobal.com.
Supporting Sponsors
Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC. With a distinctive business model, Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs.
For more information, visit www.barcap.com/.
The BNP Paribas Group is one of the world’s largest financial conglomerates, with over 200,000 employees serving clients in over 85 countries on all five continents, holding key positions in corporate and investment banking, asset management, wealth management and retail banking. With a strong European base and a robust and a balanced business model, it is one of 6 best rated global banks, “AA” by Standard & Poors, and the number 1 bank in the Euro zone in terms of deposits. Awarded Best Global Bank in 2008 by The Banker. In 2009 it was ranked number 1 advisor for Project Finance in the Americas by Project Finance International. BNP Paribas, the bank for a changing world.
For more information, visit www.bnpparibas.com.br.
CIBC World Markets is the wholesale and corporate banking arm of (CIBC) (TSX, NYSE: CM), a leading North American financial institution. CIBC World Markets provides a broad range of integrated credit and capital markets products, investment banking and merchant banking to markets in key financial centres around the world.
For more information, visit www.cibcwm.com/wm/.
Our Global Investment Banking unit provides comprehensive financial advisory and capital raising services to top corporations, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Clients receive tailored financial solutions and strategic advisory services on a wide range of M&A transactions and capital-raising activities including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, financial restructurings, underwriting and distributing equity, debt, and derivative securities.
For more information, visit www.citigroup.com/citigroup/homepage/.
As one of the world's leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its clients with investment banking, private banking and asset management services worldwide. Credit Suisse offers advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 40,000 people. Credit Suisse's parent company, Credit Suisse Group, is a leading global financial services company headquartered in Zurich. Credit Suisse Group's registered shares (CSGN) are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York.
For more information, visit www.credit-suisse.com/.
For more information, visit www.johnhancock.com.
Merrill Lynch is one of the world’s leading investment banking, capital markets and wealth management companies, with market capitalization of approximately $45 billion. Merrill Lynch’s Global Investment Banking Energy and Power Group deliver strategic merger, acquisition, divestiture and capital raising advisory services. As a leader in natural gas, crude oil, electricity and weather-related trading, Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. (“MLCI”) can provide a variety of risk management and structured products designed for the oil and gas industry. For more information on Merrill Lynch, please visit www.ml.com.
For more information, visit www.ml.com/index.asp?id=7695_15125.
New Harbor Incorporated is an investment bank that specializes in financial advisory services for the electric, gas and water industries. The firm was founded in 1993 and includes experienced investment bankers from Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley. Its senior professionals have accumulated over 50 years of experience as investment bankers, financial advisors and commercial bankers, and they have worked with most of the major electric and gas companies in the United States. Their collective work experience includes a broad range of assignments, from strategic advisory, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy and out-of-court restructurings to project finance and debt and equity financings.
For more information, visit www.newharbor.com/.
UBS is the leading global wealth manager, a top tier investment banking and securities firm, and one of the largest global asset managers.
For more information, visit www.ubs.com/.