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Should the environmental market be overseen or regulated differently than other commodity markets?
With the latest round of legislation from Congress on Financial Reform and the release of the American Power Act, environmental market participants are left with uncertainty and concern about the impacts of regulation on environmental commodities.
Join the EMA Market Oversight Committee and our esteemed list of panelists on July 12th at 2pm eastern to discuss this very question.
Panelists Include:
Bart Kempf, Senior Counsel, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry, United States Senate
Cory Claussen, Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Office of Senator Blanche Lincoln (AR)
Dirk Forrister, Managing Partner, Natsource
Mark Perlis, Partner, Dickstein Shapiro
Michael Zolandz, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
, Senior Counsel, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry, United States Senate, Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Office of Senator Blanche Lincoln (AR), Managing Partner, Natsource, Partner, Dickstein Shapiro, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
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Dirk Forrister, Managing Partner, Natsource, LLC
Dirk Forrister is Managing Director at Natsource LLC, where he is responsible for new carbon fund development. Until recently, he worked in the company's London office, where he was responsible for building the company's carbon finance business in Europe. He managed the development and launch of the Greenhouse Gas Credit Aggregation Pool, which grew to over $800 million in corporate commitments. Prior to joining Natsource, Forrister served as Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force in the Clinton Administration, and prior to that was Assistant US Secretary of Energy for Congressional & Public Affairs. He has also held positions as Energy Program Manager at Environmental Defense Fund and as legislative counsel to Congressman Jim Cooper, the author of two early climate change laws. Forrister holds a B.A. from David Lipscomb University and a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law.
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Mark Perlis, Partner, Dickstein Shapiro
Mark Perlis is a partner at Dickstein Shapiro in Washington, DC, focusing on energy and environmental matters. Mr. Perlis has a broad federal regulatory and litigation practice, encompassing all aspects of the electric utility industry and featuring extensive involvement in industry restructuring. He regularly represents clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), in both adjudicatory and rulemaking proceedings. He also counsels clients from all segments of the energy industry on global warming, energy trading compliance, commercial agreements, and contract disputes.
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Michael Zolandz, Partner, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal
Recognized nationally as a leader in the firm's Information Capital, Political Law Compliance, and Advisory Services arenas, he advises clients in the financial services industry, non-profits, global corporations, and associations at the intersection of politics, policy, business and finance. Mr. Zolandz advises clients in the financial services industry on the implications of market-changing events and offers real-time insight and analysis on the impacts of recent economic stabilization legislation. Mr. Zolandz offers political and legislative analysis to investment banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, and other financial services industry participants on key developments and emerging trends in a number of industry sectors, including energy, health care, automotive, and banking. As Chair of the firm's Political Law Compliance Practice, Mr. Zolandz counsels on campaign finance and ethics law, lobbying disclosure requirements, and pay-to-play restrictions, including the formation and management of federal and state political action committees. Mr. Zolandz offers clients the full range of political law solutions and counsel. Working closely with Sonnenschein's Corporate and Venture practices, Mr. Zolandz advises on key regulatory and structural requirements related to foreign investment in the U.S. and business transactions abroad by U.S. companies and their affiliates. He also advises on complex federal marketing and legislative initiatives, and transactions that have significant political and policy implications, using his knowledge of the legislative process to maximize client opportunities.
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