The ESI Professional Training Seminar Programme:

Commercial & Legal Practice in the

Energy Sector

Main Partners:

The Energy Studies Institute of the National University of Singapore presents a professional training programme, consisting of a series of seminars, delivered over a period of 18 months designed to provide structured and focussed commercial, management and legal training to professionals working in the Energy Sector.

“Practical training: combining actual commercial experience

with substantive legal understanding of issues arising in the Energy Sector”

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Commercial Professionals: • CommercialManagersandDirectors • FinancialManagersandDirectors • ManagingDirectors • ChiefExecutives • OtherSeniorManagers

Management Professionals: • ContractsManagers • ProcurementManagers • OperationsManagersandDirectors • ProjectManagers • SalesManagers • EngineeringManagers • ProjectLeaders • HeadsofDepartment

Legal professionals: • In-housecounsel(GeneralCounsel,Lawyers, Attorneys etc) • ExternalCounsel(Advocates,Barristers, Solicitors, Attorneys) • Paralegals

SEMINAR CONTENT

Each of the Seminars include the following:• Commercial,managementand legal trainingfor industryprofessionals

• Deliveredto thehighest standard – through the Energy Studies Institute of the NationalUniversityofSingapore, inconjunctionwithsomeof theworld’s leadingpractitioners and organisations in the Energy Sector

• AllEnergy Sector specific – leading industry speakers, including local speakers, with specificknowledgeof theEnergySector in theregion

• Practical training – combining actual commercial experience with substantive legal understanding of issues arising in the Energy Sector

• Partofacomprehensive programme which will be delivered in Singapore, and other countries within the Southeast Asia region, regularly updated and kept relevant by input from local industry speakers

• Opportunities fornetworking and business development with some of the leading businesses and organisations in the Energy Sector in the region

SEMINAR PROGRAMME

ENERGY STUDIES INSTITUTE

Biography of Steven Walker, BarristerTerra Firma Chambers & Stone Chambers

Steven Walker is a leading advocate, barrister and attorney, Steven is an international commercial lawyer with a specialisation in

Since the establishment of the Energy Studies Institute in November 2007, we are now well on our way towards becoming a presence in the international energy policy research scene.

ESIprovidestimelyandqualityanalysesinanevolvingenergyresearchlandscapeinfluencedby regional and global events. As a leading think tank, ESI is committed to leveraging the bestresources,methodsandtoolstocarryoutpolicy-relatedenergyresearchandtoraisepublic awareness.

Webringtogetheraninternationalnetworkofacademics,policy-makersandindustryleadersto promote discussion and advance our collective understanding of how energy economics, energy security and energy and the environment are intrinsically bound together.

Ourworkhasbeenpublishedinkeyinternationallyrefereedjournalsandotherpublications.In addition, ESI produces a Bulletin that is widely read. ESI staff often write newspapercommentaries and appear on television.

29HengMuiKengTerrace, BlockA,#10-01,Singapore119620

Tel(65)65162000Fax(65)67751831 esisec@nus.edu.sg www.esi.nus.edu.sg

Steven Walker, BarristerTerraFirmaChambers& StoneChambers

Email : steven.walker@ terrafirmachambers.comMobile:+60172106868

SEMINAR DIRECTORS

international arbitration, energy, commercial disputes, construction and engineering.He resides in SouthEastAsia andworks outof Singapore and Londonwith StoneChambers &Terra FirmaChambers.

Early in his career, he worked in the international arbitration group ofAllen&Overy.Sincethen,Stevenhasdevelopedanextensiveinternational arbitration practice and now acts as lead counsel in multiple ad hoc and institutional international arbitrations conducted inmanycountriesaround theworldandsubject toawidevarietyof governing substantive and procedural laws. He has built aformidable reputation acting in international energy cases involving explorationandproductiondisputes,engineering,procurementandconstruction disputes, power purchase disputes as well as a whole range of commercial/corporate disputes concerning joint ventureagreements, shareholders agreements and other financial andcommercial agreements.

Steven is highly recommended in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500.

Chambers & Partners – “Steven Walker of Stone Chambers has a wide commercial

practice with a focus on construction and engineering disputes in the offshore energy sector.

Strengths: “His written work is excellent. He completely understands how to communicate with the client to make them feel at ease.”

Legal 500 – ‘Very experienced in international arbitration and a good legal

brain.’

Steven startedhis career asa solicitor in 1997.He called to theScottishBar in 1999, to theCayman IslandsBar in 2007and totheEnglishBarin2008.HehasbeenanaccreditedMediatorsince2003andbecameanaccreditedarbitratorin2011.HewasappointedanadhocAdvocateDeputein2007(criminalcourtprosecutor)bytheLordAdvocate(HeadoftheScottishProsecutionService)andhasprosecutedseriousoffencesfortheCrownincludingattemptedmurder and armed robbery. Steven also holds a public appointment fromtheScottishGovernment tositasaTribunalJudge.

HewasmadeanHonoraryFellowof theUniversityofEdinburghin2009,anHonoraryLectureroftheCentreforEnergy,Petroleum,MineralLaw&Policy,UniversityofDundeein2008andappointedSeminarDirector&LecturerontheProfessionalSeminarTrainingProgrammeof theEnergyStudies Institute,NationalUniversityofSingapore 2014.He lectures frequently on energy disputes, lawand policy all over the world.

Steven is co-authorof the leading internationalbook ‘Pleading inArbitration–APractitioner’sGuide’publishedbySweet&Maxwell/ThomsonReuters2012.Asecondeditionisdueforreleasein2015.

Biography of Iain K Clark, Solicitor Advocate, PartnerHead of Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Gilson Gray LLP

Iain K Clark is a Solicitor Advocate, Partner and Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution at Gilson Gray LLP. Heisahighlymotivatedandproactivespecialist litigatorwithawealthofpracticalexperienceand knowledge gained over more than 20 years.

As UK Winner of the ILO Client Choice Award 2013 for Arbitration and UK Winner of the ACQ Global Award 2013 for Leading Arbitration Lawyer of the Year, he is regularly instructed in relation to domestic andtransnationaldisputes,advisingonandconductingcomplexandhighvaluearbitrations,litigationsandmediationsinScotland,theUKandinternationally-intheengineering,construction,oil&gas,renewables,property,financeandinvestmentfields;andinothergeneralcommercialand private client disputes.

IainhasparticularexpertiseinInternationalArbitration.Hehassignificantexperienceofconductingarbitrationsunderbothinstitutionalrulese.g.therulesoftheInternationalChamberofCommerce(ICC)andLondonCourtof InternationalArbitration (LCIA);andAd hoc Arbitrations e.g. under theEnglishArbitrationAct1996, theArbitration (Scotland)Act2010, and the Norwegian Arbitration Act 2004.

AdmittedasaSolicitorAdvocate(Civil)in2009,IainhasextendedrightsofaudiencetoappearbeforetheSheriffCourtsofScotland,theCourtofSession,and theSupremeCourtof theUnitedKingdom.HewasappointedanHonoraryLecturer,attheCentreforEnergy,PetroleumandMineralLawandPolicy (CEPMLP),at theUniversityofDundeein2011.HeisamemberoftheGlobalAcademicFacultyandCourseDirector thereonMediationand InternationalArbitration Issues.HewasacoachtotheawardwinningCEPMLPMediationTeam,whowonanawardat the6th ICCMediationCompetition inParis inFebruary2011.HebecameanAccreditedCommercialArbitratorin2011andisalsoamemberoftheLawSocietyofScotlandSpecialistAccreditationPanelonArbitration. IainwasappointedaSeminarDirector/Lectureron theProfessionalSeminarTrainingProgrammeof theEnergyStudies Institute, National University of Singapore in 2014 and has beenaVisitingLecturerattheUniversityofAberdeenonInternationalCommercialArbitration.

Heisalsoco-author,withStevenPWalker,AdvocateandBarrister,ofPleading In Arbitration: A Practitioner’s Guide, published by Sweet &Maxwell/ThomsonReutersin2012(andhasbeencommissionedto co-writethe2ndEdition,duetobepublishedlaterin2015).

Iain K ClarkSolicitor AdvocatePartner,GilsonGrayLLP

Email : iclark@gilsongray.co.ukMobile:+447908022304

Biography of David Byron,Managing Director, BCHW Global Ltd

David Byron started his career as a Mechanical Engineerworking for Imperial Chemical Industries. His first commercialposition was as a mechanical quantity surveyor working on the design and construction of jackets for North Sea oil and gasplatforms. He thenworked as a Senior Quantity Surveyor forAramco in Saudi Arabia on various onshore and offshore oil and gas projects. Upon returning fromSaudiArabia heworked asa Senior Quantity Surveyor on the construction of North Seaoffshore oil production facilities.

Since then, David has been Head of Contracts for Shell UKExploration and production, responsible for all commercialactivitiesonthedesignandconstructionofasemi-submersiblerapid intervention vessel; Head of Third Party agreements forSarawak Shell Berhad inMalaysia, responsible for running adepartment placing all third party contracts for the company in MalaysiaandinLondonastheheadofcontractsfortwomajoroffshore oil and gas projects in the North Sea. Upon leavingShell, he worked as a Director for Cleveland Bridge Ltd, withresponsibility for worldwide procurement, including all material purchasing and subcontracting. He also held responsibilityfor all projects in China, in particular construction of amajorsuspension bridge across theYangtze River. During this timehewas involved in amajor arbitration with large constructioncontractorsbasedinHongKong.SinceleavingClevelandBridge,hehasworkedastheCommercialDirector forMarineProjectsInternational, an offshore construction contractor working on offshorewind farmprojects.

Recently,Davidhasbeenproviding commercial trainingundertheCEMPL(Dundee);bespoketraininginMalaysia,AfricaandtheMiddle East; and has worked as a part-time Director forOffshoreMarineManagement Ltd, Econnect Construction LtdandMPIConsultancyLtd,withresponsibilityforthecommercialoperationsofthecompanies.RecentlyDavidhasbeenprovidingcommercial training for both in-house and public courses andis also involved in providing commercial support to various companies working in the Construction industry - in the UK,throughout theMiddle East and inAfrica. He has also beeninvolved in several arbitrations, both as a commercial support/projectmanagementandasanexpertwitness.

David ByronManagingDirectorBCHWGlobalLimited

Email : david.byron@bchwglobal.co.ukMobile:+447836545152

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2. All fees quoted include luncheons, refreshments and complete set of documentation. It does not include the cost of accommodation and travel.

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