This Asia Paci�ic’s premier conference addresses the current issues affecting the oil and gas industry, recovering from the highs and lows of last year’s oil prices and credit crunch which found players in the industry struggling to operate in a volatile market. It aims to deal with leassons learnt from weathering the �inancial crisis and the best practices that have worked to keep the industry a�loat. The conference will feature speakers and delegates from the whole Asia Paci�ic region who will share their experiences and knowledge while highliting both the oppor-tunities and challeges of this industry.

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Managing the Legal,Financial and ProjectRisks in Cross-BorderTransactions

Renaissance HotelKuala Lumpur, Malaysia

28 - 29 April 2010th th

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Official Opening of the Conference by Mr Michael Salkeld Deputy Director for UK Trade & Investment

British High Commission, Kuala Lumpur

“I am sure that this event is the first conference held in Kuala Lumpur that examines the regional oil & gas sector from both the financial and legal services viewpoints......”

Mr. Michael Salkeld

SPEAKERS

Belden Premaraj, Lincoln’s Inn Barrister, FCI Arb, FMI Arb, Partner, M/s BeldenM/s Belden is a construction & engineering, oil & gas and energy & utility practice where Belden Premaraj is the principal partner. Belden sits on the Bar Council Committee on Arbitration and Sub-Committee on Construction Law. He is on the panel of arbitra-tors for the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators. He is also certified by the AOTS of Japan for Commercial Arbitration at Asian Countries. Belden is currently the chair of a joint-committee that is in the midst of developing the Malaysian Protocols for Best Practices in relation to delays, prolongation, disruptions and productivity and variations. Belden has delivered and published many papers on matters relating to law and practice within the construction and the oil & gas industry.

Norman Bisset, HHP, Baker & McKenzie, IndonesiaNorman is a Foreign Legal Consultant in the Finance and Projects Group of HHP, working specifically in the Energy and Resources practice. He advises a number of companies on structuring and investing in, and development of, mining and oil and gas projects in Indonesia and S.E. Asia. Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners (HHP) is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein with member law firms around the world.

Jainil Bhandari, Partner, Rajah & Tann, Singapore.Dual qualified Jainil Bhandari has appeared in a slew of major cases in both the Malaysian and Singapore Courts. He has acted in such major casualties as “EVOIKOS” oil pollution incident which is the largest casualty in Singapore's history, and the “VOLVOX DELTA” and “ENDAH LESTARI” casualties which caused extensive chemical contamination to Singapore and Malaysian waters. ainil is recommended in shipping law by Asia Legal Pacific 500 (2003/2004), Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers (2007/2008), AsiaLaw Profiles (2007) and Who's Who Legal: Singapore (2008).

Robert Volterra, Partner, Latham & Watkins, LondonRobert Volterra is Global Co-Chair of the Latham & Watkins Interna-tional Dispute Resolution Practice and Head of the firm’s Public International Law Group (which is consistently ranked in the top-tier by both the legal 500 and the Chambers & Partners directories). He advises and represents governments, international organizations and private clients on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious public international law and international dispute resolution issues. He has acted as counsel and advocate before the International Court of Justice and adhoc international Arbitration tribunals.

Keynote Speaker

Robert Feinschreiber, Transfer Pricing Consortium, USARobert is an experienced tax practitioner, an attorney and counselor having graduated in law from Yale University, USA and at the same time received his MBA from Columbia University, USA. He has been representing Asian clients for 30 years, concentrating on transfer pricing. Robert focuses on transfer pricing audit responses and solutions. He has been quoted as an authority by Tax Court, Business Week, and Forbes. Robert has been a consultant to several foreign governments, and was a CPA in Florida. He was editor of the Transfer Pricing Handbook and is the co-author of the Transfer Pricing Asia treatise.

Ms Wang Yan, Director, Blocks & Licence Management, China National Offshore Oil Corp.Wang Yan, Director of Blocks and License Management Office, is responsible for mineral exploration and development (Licence) rights and international cooperation in China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC). Ms. Wang has been long engaged in national and corporate major research projects on offshore oil & gas exploration and drilling targets evaluation and was acknowledged with outstanding scientific research achievement awards for many times. During her 27-year career in oil & gas exploration with rich manage-ment experience, Ms.Wang has developed solid expertise in policy and regulation guidance with regards to oil & gas in China, foreign affairs and government cooperation and communication..

Thavakumar Kandiahpillai, General Counsel, Shell Group of Companies, Malaysia.Thavakumar practised in Kuala Lumpur as an Advocate & Solicitior becoming a partner in 1998. In his practice, he was actively involved in litigation, during which time he appeared in several landmark cases, and also in domestic and offshore banking, corporate and commercial work. Thavakumar joined Shell Malaysia in KL in 2000 as Senior Counsel, Corporate & Company Secretarial. In 2001, he then became the Head of Legal at Shell Malaysia Exploration & Produc-tion, based in Miri, Sarawak. He then moved to back to KL taking charge of the Downstream, GP, and Shared Services legal advisory team.

Mr Michael Salkeld, Deputy Director for UK Trade & Investment, British High Commission, Kuala LumpurMichael Salkeld is the Deputy Director of the UKTI office in Malaysia. He has been in Kuala Lumpur for 2 years. He has experience in the Middle East and was based in Saudi Arabia prior to his appointment in Malaysia.

Conference Opening Speaker

Primila Edward, Senior Legal Consultant, Straits Consulting Group, MalaysiaPrimila has considerable experience in the corporate commercial sector specialising in the oil and gas, construction and maritime industries. As in-house counsel for oil and gas and public-listed companies, she has gained extensive experience in negotiating and drafting contracts tailored for cross border transactions. The consul-tancy she heads has a unique approach in providing legal consul-tancy services for transactional work which is industry specific. Her experience spans across both domestic and international cross border matters and multi-jurisdictional work. She has specific in-depth experience in negotiating and drafting FPSO contracts and has evaluated bids for provision of FPSOs for international oil majors. She advises clients in the Asia-Pacific region in managing cross border risks by identifying such risks and working out strategies to overcome them. She is Exco member of the Malaysian Corporate Counsel Association, member of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators (MIarb) and author on the chapter on Malaysia in the publication Getting The Deal Through- Shipping 2010.

Hassan Basma, CEO and Executive Director, Bumi Armada Berhad, MalaysiaMr. Hassan Basma is the CEO and Executive Director of Malaysia based company, Bumi Armada Berhad. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). He has 30 years of experience of which 16 years have been spent in Asia. Prior to heading Bumi Armada, he was the Vice President of Far East for Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) and the Managing Director of Kvaerner E & C Singapore.

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Kamilah Kassim,Parter, Kamilah & Chong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia & Rajah & Tann, Singapore. Kamilah Kasim graduated from the University of Malaya and was called to the Bar in Malaysia in 1988. Kamilah has been practicing construction law for more than 14 years. She has extensive experience in arbitration and litigation covering all aspects of building, engineering, power and energy disputes. In addition to arbitration and litigation, Kamilah advises on front-end construction and engineering projects. Kamilah has negotiated and drafted many contracts and related documents involving the principal forms of the standard contracts: SIA, JCT, FIDIC, PAM, JKR Form and ICE; in all contracting arrangements including main contracts, sub-contracts (nominated and domestic), design and build contracts, contracts for supply, management contracting and construction management, turnkey, concession agreements, PPP, EPC and bespoke construction contracts. Her career highlights include a period of service as principal legal adviser to Kuala Lumpur International Airport Berhad . Prior to rejoining the Firm in 2007, Kamilah joined Jones Day, an international law firm where she stayed for four years, practising in the field of international arbitration, and specialising in large complex engineering and commercial cases.

Jon Prudhoe FRICS, FCIArb, FAE, Trett Consulting, SingaporeJon is the Director of Trett Consulting’s six Asia-Pacific regional offices and is based in Singapore. He is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators, a Fellow of the Academy of Experts and an accredited Mediator and Adjudicator in several countries. He has over 30 years construction and engineering industry experience with 20 years as a consultant specifically dealing with contract disputes in the marine, oil and gas sectors. He has played a key role in the success-ful resolution of complex disputes including oil and gas offshore modules (eg AMEC v Stork 2001).

Mr. Uma Shankar Sharma ,General Manager, Observer Research Foundation. IndiaMr. Sharma expertise lies in Petroleum E&P Contracts and related Fiscal Regime. He has a strong engineering and business background and has worked in Oil and Gas sector in India for about 23 years. During his deputation in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India, he was actively involved in policy formulation for accelerating exploration of oil and gas in India as well as promot-ing exploration of non-conventional sources of hydrocarbons, such as coal bed methane.

Philip Tay, Partner, Rajah & Tann, Singapore.Getting clients untangled from legal entanglements seems to be a preoccupation of Philip Tay, whose clients include some of the biggest names in O & G and Shipping in Corporate Malaysia. A partner of the leading admiralty and shipping team at Rajah & Tann LLP, Philip specialises in all Shipping matters, International Trade, Insurance and Commodities Trading and Shipbuilding, Repair and Finance. His wealth of experience includes arbitrations governed by the ICC Rules, the UNCITRAL Rules, the SIAC Rules and the LMAA Rules as well as the more practical side of shipping such as getting clients' vessels out from detention / disputes with shipyards in places such as China and is frequently involved in shipbuilding disputes in the PRC acting for owners and yards alike.

Chong Yee Leong, Partner Kamilah & Chong, MalaysiaYee Leong heads the International Arbitration Practice Group in Rajah & Tann LLP and is concurrently the principal partner of M/s Kamilah & Chong in Malaysia. He was a partner at Jones Day, international law firm from 2003 to 2007 and headed the International Litigation and Arbitration Group in Singapore. Yee Leong has extensive experience in international arbitration and litigation covering all aspects of commer-cial, energy and building disputes, with a focus on disputes arising from heavy civil engineering contracts, power, oil and gas, marine engineering, and land transportation projects as well as professional negligence. He also advises on insolvency issues

VCS VARDAN, VCS-Trinity Consultants “The Attic” , SingaporeMr Vardan was called as a Barrister of England & Wales of Lincoln's Inn in 1982 and admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court in Singapore in 1984. He practiced as an Advocate & Solicitor from 1984 to 1998.. He has also previously been Adviser to the Singapore, Malaysian and ASEAN Freight Forwarding Associations..He is currently a Consultant to various logistics and supply chain companies in Singapore. He has conducted seminars and workshops in the Maldives, Mauritius, Dubai, Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore on areas like Contracts, Shipping, Supply Chain Management, Banking/Finance, and International Trade Facilitation. His in-house seminars & workshops in the Oil & Gas Industry, in particular, were for clients like Shell Eastern, Shell Sarawak, PetroViet, Rico, MMHE, ABB, and Sumitomo Chemicals. Subjects covered range from international & local contract laws, standard EPC contract forms including FIDIC, to specific areas like OCTG (drilling & extraction) contracts & wellhead services contracts. For PetroViet and several other seminars he conducted for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for state-run banks, industries and oil & gas companies in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City he has had covered areas like arbitration under Vietnam law, applicability of civil contracts and provisions of the Civil Code in Vietnam.

Kevin Reeves BSc, MSc, MRICS, MCIArb, Senior Associate Director, Trett ConsultingKevin Reeves is the Malaysia country manager of Trett Consulting, an international consultancy providing commercial advice and contract claims support for engineering and construction projects. Kevin is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with over 20 years experi-ence in the industry. He holds an MSc in Construction Law and Arbitration from King’s College London.He has hands-on experience advising on claims and contractual disputes for onshore O&G facilities, as well as engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation contracts for offshore facilities.

N. Sivabalah, Shearn Delamore, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaSivabalah joined the firm as a pupil in 1983 and now heads the firm’s Employment and Administrative law practice group and specializes in Industrial Relations, Employment Law, and Adminis-trative Law matters. He was involved in a number of precedent setting cases including the establishment of a rule on the failure to hold an inquiry not rendering an otherwise fair dismissal unfair, the establishment of an obligation on Industrial Court to take into account post-dismissal employment when awarding compensation to unfairly dismissed employees.

Margaret Kent, Transfer Pricing Consortium, USAMargaret has been an attorney for 25 years, focusing on law and international taxation. She has structured major transfer pricing cases. Margaret has defended clients in response to IRS information documentation requests, and prepared protests for clients on transfer pricing litigation issues. She is the co-editor of Corporate Business Taxation Monthly, a CCH publication and is the co-author of the Transfer Pricing Asia treatise.

PROGRAM

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Day 2 THURSDAY, 29th April 2010

Day 1 WEDNESDAY, 28th April 2010TIME PROGRAM 0830 Registra on

0900 Welcome Address by Co-Chairman, Robert Volterra (Latham & Watkins, London)

0910 Conference Opening by Mr Michael Salkeld, Deputy Director for UK Trade & Investment, Bri sh High Commission, Malaysia

0920 Keynote Address GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY Hassan Basma, CEO (Bumi Armada Berhad, Malaysia)

SESSION 1

1000

POLITICAL RISK MANAGEMENT Robert Volterra (Latham & Watkins, London) • Iden fying the different roles that NOCs and government agencies

can play in oil and gas projects • Using contractual clauses to manage associated poli cal risk • Analyzing bilateral and mul lateral investment trea es that protect

operators in the Oil and Gas sector • Structuring oil and gas investments to minimize poli cal risk using

treaty protec ons • Using substan ve protec ons in investment trea es to manage

poli cal risk issues when they arise • Obtaining compensa on from governments for expropria on and

other acts 1045 Coffee Break

1100 FUNDER'S CONCERNS FOR THE INDUSTRY - FINANCING ENERGY PROJECTS TBC

1145

COUNTRY HOTSPOTS - CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES K Thavakumar (Shell, Malaysia) Norman Bisset (Baker & McKenzie, Indonesia) U S Sharma (Observer Research Founda on, India) VCS Vardan (VCS-Trinity Consultants, Singapore, Vietnam) Wang Yan (CNOOC, China)

1300 Lunch Session 2

1400 Introduc on to Session 2 Co-Chairman, Primila Edward (Straits Consul ng Group)

1405 WEATHERING THE FINANCIAL STORM - THE SHORT AND LONG TERM IMPACT ON OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY Philip J Williams

1445

FLOATING ASSETS IN STORMY WATERS – INCREASE USE OF THE FPSO IN THE OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY Primila Edward (Straits Consul ng Group) • FPSO Legal Issues • Pre-contractual stage • FPSO Lease Contacts • Managing Legal Risks and Financial Issues

1530 Tea Break

1545

TAXING POSITION - ROLE OF TRANSFER PRICING IN OFFSHORE CROSS BORDER PROJECTS Robert Feinschreiber and Margaret Kent (Transfer Pricing Consor um, USA) • Understanding permanent establishment risks, and applying

techniques to limit tax exposure • Applying different tax transfer pricing techniques to explora on,

refining and distribu on ac vi es • Shi ing intangible profits offshore to minimize tax exposure • Why ini al contract nego a ons are the key to tax success

TIME PROGRAM

1630

LABOUR PROBLEMS TO AVOID IN INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS PROJECTS Sivabalah N. (Shearn Delamore, Malaysia) Reorganisa on • management preroga ve; downsizing retrenchment exercise : i) losses ii) reduced turnover/loss of business/closure of business iii) reduced profits; and iv) hiving off opera ons/outsourcing • redundancy procedural requirements, LIFO; Code of Conduct for Industrial harmony;

No fica on • retrenchment benefits : Employment Act 1955; Contract;Ex-gra a; VSS Safety • statutory provisions, common law

1715

MEDIATE, ARBITRATE or LITIGATE - WHICH IS YOUR BEST OPTION IN A CROSS BORDER OIL AND GAS DISPUTE? Speakers : Kamilah Kassim and Chong Yee Leong (Kamilah & Chong, Malaysia) "SHIPPING IN OIL AND GAS” MID-STREAM OIL AND GAS ISSUES Speakers: Jainil Bhandari and Philip Tay (Rajah & Tann, Singapore) Moderator: Robert Volterra (Latham & Watkins, London)

1800 Round up and Close by Co-Chairman

1930 Conference Dinner and Networking

TIME PROGRAM

0900

Interac ve Conference Workshop

Workshop A RISK MANAGEMENT IN OIL AND

GAS SECTOR USING LEGAL SAFETY NETS - NEGOTIATING

AND DRAFTING STRATEGIES IN CONTRACTS

Facilitators: Robert Volterra (Latham & Watkins) and Primila Edward (Straits Consul ng Group)

Workshop B MANAGING AND RESOLVING

CLAIMS IN OIL AND GAS PROJECTS – GETTING IT RIGHT Facilitators: Belden Premaraj, (Belden) and Jon Prudhoe and

Kevin Reeves (Tre Consul ng)

1015 Coffee Break

1030 Con nua on of Workshops

1200 Lunch

1400 CASE STUDIES 1515 - 1530 Tea Break

CASE STUDIES 1515 - 1530 Tea Break

1700 Round up and Close

HIGHLIGHTS

Key Conference HighlightsPolitical, economic and commercial challenges and opportunities in cross-border transactionsProject �nancing issuesImpacts of oil and gas development in the regionGoals, gaps and solutions in claims managementReview of oil and gas projects and future developments in Asia-Paci�cLessons learnt from the credit crunch

Who should attend?Legal Counsel / Heads of Legal DepartmentFinancial Controllers / ManagersBusiness Development Directors / ManagersCommercial Managers / DirectorsProject Directors / ManagersContract Managers / AdministratorsInternational Operations Director / Managers

Interactive Conference Workshop on THURSDAY 29th April 2010 Workshop ARisk Management in Oil and Gas Sector using Legal Safety Nets - Negotiating and Drafting Strategies in Contracts

Risk management is gaining increased attention from stakeholders as the conse-quences of failure can be far reaching and in most cases highly detrimental to the company’s bottom line. A proactive approach to risk management is thus gaining ground over a reactive strategy in many organizations. This workshop on Risk Manage-ment will help participants identify short and long term risks faced by the Oil & Gas industry today and �nding solutions through case studies.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be part of a highly interactive session that will showcase challenges and successful risk management strategies adopted by leading Oil & Gas companies around the world. The workshop has been specially designed to cover the following areas:Join this workshop and draw upon the experience and expertise of leading well known international contract management experts like Robert Volterra & Primila Edward.

Workshop BManaging & Resolving Claims in O&G Projects – Getting It Right

This workshop will primarily deal with:-• Variation claims• Extension of time claims• Prolongation cost claims• Disruption and loss of productivity claims• Acceleration claims

There will also be an overview of the general contractual issues relating to these claims such as:-• Condition precedent notice requirements• Effective and non-effective mitigation provisions• Cause to effect standard of proof• Risk of making global or rolled up claims• Contractual exclusions or limitation on such claims

There will be practical insights given on:-• The type, standard, and veracity of documentation required to substanti-ate and proof each respective claim• How best to handle such claims prospectively and retrospectively• How best to negotiate a settlement on such claims• Overriding solutions to avoiding and minimizing such claims• Rapid real time dispute resolution processes best suited to resolve disputes on such claims

In the afternoon session the lessons learnt from the workshop will be put into context through an interactive case study. Participants will be guided through a practical scenario to consider on a real-life type project where time and money claims may arise and how they should be dealt with. By taking participants through the example, participants will be encouraged to discuss the issues in groups and with the trainers. The session will end with a group discussion and question and answer session.

Facilitators : Belden Premaraj (M/S Belden) & Kevin Reeves and Jon Prudhoe (Trett Consulting)

Sector Threats• Competition for Reserves by NOC and IOC• Political constraints on access to reserves• Political risks

Macro Threats• Supply shocks• Demand shocks• Uncertain energy policy• Climate concerns• Energy conservation• Adverse State action

Managing risks• Drafting contractual clauses to cover specific risks• Identifying appropriate insurance• Neutralising political risks – BIT, MIT, FTA• Foreign law, jurisdiction and applicable law issues• Proactive dispute resolution management

Facilitators: Robert Volterra (Latham & Watkins) & Primila Edward (Straits Consulting Group)

Operational Threats• Human capital deficit• Worsening fiscal terms• Cost controls• Local law issues (contractual interpretation; labour laws; local court; environmental laws; taxes)• Changes to governmental and NOC operating policies

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COURSE FEES Regular Fee USD 1,900 Early Bird USD 1,700 (payment and registration fee to be received by 25th March 2010) Group Discount USD 200 discount available for 3rd and subsequent delegates provided early bird discount does not apply. PAYMENT METHODSBank Draft / Telegraphic TransferPlease make payments payable by bankers draft or bank transfer favouring:Account: Global Information Management Services Sdn. Bhd. A/C No.: 359 285 426 101Bank: HSBC Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur Swift Code: HBMB MYKL* Important Notice: Payments are required with registration and must be received prior to the Conference to guarantee your place.

Cancellation PolicyIf you are unable to attend, a substitute delegate is welcomed at no extra charge. Please provide the name and title of the substitute delegate at least 3 working days prior to the conference. A refund less USD 400 for administration costs will be made for cancellations received in writing on or before 12th April 2010. Regrettably, no refund can be made for cancellations received after this date. A complete set of docu-ments will however be sent to you.

Venue and Accommodation

Renaissance Kuala Lumpur HotelJalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur50450 MalaysiaTel: (603) 2162 2233Fax: (603) 2161 5555Website: www.klrenaissance.comAttention: Room Reservation

Hotel accommodation and travel costs are not included in the registration fee. To enjoy special room rates of RM300++ per night, please quote ‘Oil and Gas Asia-Pacific Conference 2010’. Hotel bills are to be settled by delegates directly with the hotel.

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