Speaking Energy

On September 17, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking comments on “potential risks to the bulk electric system posed by using equipment and services produced or provided by entities identified as risks to national security.”¹ The NOI focuses on certain entities that have been designated as risks to national security (“Covered Companies”)² that are owned, controlled or otherwise connected to China and “other nation-state adversaries.”³

We are pleased to share a recording of Akin Gump’s recent webinar, “Tumultuous Markets Part 2: Mitigating Risk in International Energy, Construction and Private Equity.”

(Houston) – Akin Gump is pleased to announce it has released its “2019 Energy Year in Review,” which examines the current state of the global energy market and highlights the energy matters with which the firm was involved last year across the following areas:

Last month over 35,000 participants attended the Gastech 2019 Conference, the world’s largest gas and LNG conference, in Houston, Texas. Members of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s global energy and transactions team attended Gastech and wanted to share the following observations:

(Houston) – Akin Gump is pleased to announce it has released its “2015 Energy Year in Review,” which examines the current state of the global energy market and highlights the energy matters with which the firm was involved last year in the following areas:

• M&A
• financial restructuring
• capital markets
• lending
• project development and project finance
• energy regulation, markets and enforcement
• energy litigation and international arbitration.

(Houston) – Lawyers at Akin Gump held a briefing on January 14, 2016, titled “The Global Energy Industry: A Look to the Year Ahead in 2016,” addressing some of the big issues likely to affect the global energy industry in the coming year. The event was held as an in-person briefing in the firm’s Houston and Washington, D.C. offices and as a webinar for participants around the world.

On January 16, 2016, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verified, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry confirmed, that Iran had implemented its key nuclear-related measures described in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA or the “Agreement”). This event triggered “Implementation Day” under the Agreement, which commences the suspension and/or easing of U.N., U.S. and EU nuclear-related sanctions, and marks a historic milestone in the long-standing international sanctions against Iran. Still, a day after Implementation Day, the United States imposed additional sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile program, which emphasizes the importance of navigating the remaining restrictions in connection with any contemplated Iran-related activities.

On January 16, 2016, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verified, and U.S. Secretary of State Kerry confirmed, that Iran had implemented its key nuclear-related measures described in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA or the “Agreement”). This event triggered “Implementation Day” under the Agreement, which commences the suspension and/or easing of UN, U.S. and EU nuclear-related sanctions.