AGENDA

This session will enable legal counsels and compliance officers to have an honest discussion about their respective roles and how they should work together: where should legal take the lead, where should compliance make the call. How do you manage to instore a relationship of trust between these functions that have to work together and to work with external parties as well.

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Moderator: Petra Hirsch, Vice President International Law and Global Trading, Uniper

Henrik Kaspersen, Compliance Officer, Danske Commodities

Brigitte Hendrikse, External Legal Counsel, Gulf Gas+Power

Ailsa Harding, Associate General Counsel, Centrica Energy Marketing and Trading

• Updates on the German regimes

• Consequences of Brexit on cross-border insolvency

Jan Haizmann, Chairman of the Legal Committee, EFET

• What are the challenges that the use of algos bring?

• What does MiFID II say?

• Testing and deployment phase: What you should watch out for

• Liabilities: Who’s responsible in case of breaches?

• What about the algos used for the physically-traded products? Requirements of MIFID II to be extended?

Volinka Augustenborg, Senior Legal Counsel, Ørsted

• What is the general context?
  • An update on the political situation: Where do we stand with negotiations?
  • What impact Brexit will have on the markets?
• Choosing the governing law for new contracts
• What will be the effect of Brexit on the existing contracts?
• ETS: Possible scenarios
• Will we see an increase of contract terminations in light of Brexit?
• What happens after the transitional period?

Dr Peter Werner, Senior Counsel, ISDA

Dr Joanna Perkins, Chief Executive, Financial Markets Law Committee – FMLC

In this session, you will better understand the role of the legal counsel in the preparation, negotiation and execution of the PPAs as well as get clarity on the guarantees of origin.

Federico Piccaluga,General Counsel,Duferco

Jan Haizmann, Chairman of the Legal Committee, EFET