Sponsors

Greenberg Traurig LLP is an international, multidisciplinary law firm with more than 1,700 attorneys and governmental affairs professionals. The firm has offices in 29 locations worldwide, along with strategic alliances with independent law firms in Brussels, London, Milan, Rome and Tokyo. Experience in the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa enables Greenberg Traurig to offer its clients local knowledge and guide them through every stage of international business. 

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals from more than 600 offices in 32 countries.

FPL Group, with annual revenues of nearly $16 billion, is nationally known as a high‑quality, efficient and customer‑driven organisation focused on energy‑related products and services. With a growing presence in 26 US states, it is widely recognised as one of the country's premier power companies. Its principal subsidiary, Florida Power & Light Company, serves approximately 4.5 million customer accounts in Florida. FPL Energy LLC, an FPL Group competitive energy subsidiary, is a leader in producing electricity from clean and renewable fuels.

AIG Environmental has provided innovative environmental insurance products and policy-holder programmes for more than two decades, longer than anyone in the industry.  The company has evolved with the market’s demands, consequently developing the most comprehensive set of policies designed to be responsive to the environmental exposures faced by business and industries today. In addition to AIG Environmental’s extensive pollution liability and casualty policies, dedicated claims services are available to all insureds, as well as programmes to assist policy-holders in responding to environmental crisis events.

UK Trade & Investment is the government organisation that supports companies in the UK doing business internationally, and overseas enterprises seeking to set up or expand in the UK. Its role is to help companies realise their international business potential through knowledge transfer and on-going partnership support. To support its aim to "enhance the competitiveness of companies in the UK through overseas trade and investment, and attract a continuing high level of quality foreign direct investment", UK Trade & Investment offers services to:

• UK businesses that want to grow their business internationally,
• overseas businesses that want to locate in the UK, and
• overseas businesses that want to source UK goods.

MGM International, recognised as the best CDM/JI project developer in 2005, is a leader in the development of projects that generate emission reductions worldwide and in their innovative commercialisation. Since 2001, MGM International has been a pioneer in the carbon market through the identification, design, negotiation, execution, commercialisation and monitoring of projects that mitigate CO2, CH4, N2O, HFC and PFC emissions worldwide.

Wood Mackenzie has been a respected adviser to the energy industry for more than 30 years. Its research and consulting businesses are highly integrated and provide a full range of services to the world's leading energy companies ranging from research and analytics through to action-orientated advice. By combining rigorous analysis with creative thinking, Wood Mackenzie has helped the major stakeholders in the energy business make better-informed decisions.  Wood Mackenzie applies its globally integrated research and consulting services to the upstream oil & gas, LNG, gas, power, coal and downstream oil sectors.

Olswang is a leading business law firm whose pioneering and problem-solving ethos has established a commanding reputation in the technology, media and real estate sectors, as well as a wide range of other industries. Founded in 1981, Olswang has grown to a team of over 600, including 85 partners, across four European offices. Olswang also has a formal alliance with Greenberg Traurig LLP and a long-established best friends' network of leading independent law firms throughout the world. For three years Olswang has been ranked in The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For, and its strong management team is dedicated to the personal and professional development of its people.