YEP Online Workshop: The International Sessions

Ingvild Ombudstvedt Related Seminars and Products

IOM Law

Ingvild Ombudstvedt is a lawyer and economist, and the owner and founder of IOM Law. She has been working on legal issues relating to CCS, CCU, CCUS and petroleum since 2012 gained extensive experience with these issues globally. She works with private and public clients on regulatory, contractual and commercial activities and has extensive experience with capacity building and development of legal frameworks for petroleum, CCS and negative emissions.

Ingvild is appointed subject matter expert (since 2014) for CO2 storage, CO2-EOR, shipping, and quantification  verification, by the Norwegian Mirror Committee as part of the ISO Technical Committee TC 265, which is established to provide ISO standards for CCS and CO2-EOR. She is also a subject matter expert to the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) TC 474 for CCUS. She is appointed Chair of the Norwegian Mirror Committee (delegation) to both these technical committees.

She holds a Master of Laws from the University of Oslo, Norway, and is currently taking a Master of Laws in U.S. Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Law at Lewis and Clark, in Oregon, US.

Ingvild is Member of the Norwegian Bar Association and IR Global.

Priya Prasad Related Seminars and Products

US Department of Commerce

Priya G. Prasad is a Senior Attorney with the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) in the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce, where she works on CLDP’s energy initiatives. Prior to joining CLDP, Ms. Prasad was an attorney for nine years at Exxon Mobil Corp., where she worked on intellectual property, environmental, and public affairs & government relations matters. Ms. Prasad received her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rice University. Prior to law school, she worked as a Process Engineer for two years at Chevron Corp.

Benedict J. Kirchner Related Seminars and Products

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Ben Kirchner understands that for his energy clients to be successful while conducting business, he has to be a responsive, detailed, and thorough attorney. Ben is integral to legal teams who service clients who are drafting, buying, selling, and developing energy assets in the Appalachian Basin and Texas. He also assists energy and other companies with supply chain, foreign investment matters, and international trade and related compliance issues.

Approaching his work like a complex puzzle, he enjoys analyzing mineral titles and figuring out how the pieces fit together, in support of his clients’ strategic vision. Ben’s clients include upstream exploration and production companies, midstream companies, renewable and alternative energy companies, and private equity firms. Known for his self-deprecating humor and willingness to go above and beyond, Ben leaves colleagues and clients with a smile and the comfort that he has their back.

Ben is an active and respected member of organizations that support the energy industry, such as the Institute for Energy Law and Marcellus Shale Coalition. He is serving as the Rule of Law Officer for the American Bar Association International Law Section. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and was a member of the Institute for Energy Law’s First Leadership Class.

Gadi Taj Ndahumba Related Seminars and Products

African Legal Support Facility (ALSF)

Gadi Taj Ndahumba is Chief Legal Counsel at the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), an international organization hosted by the African Development Bank Group. He is responsible for the implementation of ALSF’s transactional support to African governments in the energy and sovereign finance sectors. The ALSF’s work spams across the African continent and is supporting the countries' efforts to tackle the energy deficit through conventional and innovative technologies.

Prior to joining the ALSF, Mr. Ndahumba was a project finance lawyer at a top-tier Canadian law firm, where he worked in the energy and infrastructure sectors. During his time in private practice, he advised several leading renewable energy companies which were paving the way toward wind energy as Canada began to diversify its energy sources.

Mr. Ndahumba is a lawyer and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He holds a Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Civil Laws from McGill University, a bachelor’s degree in political science (international relations) from Université of Québec in Montréal and certificate of liberal studies from the Waseda University in Tokyo.

Matthew Kelsall Related Seminars and Products

FTI Consulting, Inc.

Mr. Kelsall is a Director in the Power, Renewables & Energy Transition (PRET) team within FTI Consulting's Corporate Finance & Restructuring practice based in Denver. He brings more than 15 years of corporate finance, merger and acquisition and capital markets experience across several industries and has extensive experience in valuations and financial modeling, capital markets, corporate development and investor relations.

Since joining FTI, Mr. Kelsall has advised clients within the U.S. and abroad on strategic financial planning, financial due diligence, business plan review, capital allocation strategy and project finance. Recently, Mr. Kelsall assisted the Department of Energy on the project finance modeling for an Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing project loan.

Prior to FTI, Mr. Kelsall spent 6 years at Newmont Corporation, the world’s largest gold mining company. At Newmont, Mr. Kelsall worked within the Investor Relations, Strategic Finance and Corporate Development teams to effect and communicate the company’s long-term strategic plan and completed a variety of transactions from deal sourcing, due diligence, structuring, execution, and integration.

Prior to Newmont Corporation, Mr. Kelsall spent 6 years at GVC Capital LLC, a boutique investment bank focused on capital formation and advisory services for small cap publicly traded companies. At GVC Capital, his responsibilities included transaction modeling, due diligence, investment documentation, and investor relations. While at GVC Capital, Mr. Kelsall maintained FINRA Series 7, 63, and 79 licenses.

Mr. Kelsall holds Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Colorado at Boulder, a minor in Economics from University of Colorado at Boulder, a Master of Finance from University of Colorado at Denver, and a Master of Business Analytics from the University of Colorado at Denver. Mr. Kelsall serves on the Advisory Council for the JP Morgan Center for Commodities and Energy Management.

Representative clients of Mr. Kelsall in the energy and extractives industries: the Department of Energy, Vistra Corp, Southwest Gas, Synergy Resources (acquired by PDC Energy and subsequently acquired by Chevron), UR-Energy, among others.

Bertrand Troiano Related Seminars and Products

FTI Consulting, Inc.

Bertrand Troiano is an expert in strategic advisory, business valuation, financial, operational and commercial due diligence in cyclical and capital-intensive industries, focusing on power, renewables and energy transition solutions. He has extensive experience in M&A, financial restructuring and operational turnaround in complex and fast growth environments in multiple geographies, and engaging with key stakeholders in complex situations, including governments and sovereign funds.

Mr. Troiano has over 20 years of management and advisory experience across large and small companies in renewable energy, metals and mining, commodity trading, specialty chemicals and packaging. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Troiano worked for Rio Tinto and Alcan in the U.S., Canada, Europe and China.

At FTI Consulting, Mr. Troiano has led engagements globally in renewable energy, metals, mining, commodity trading, steel, EV manufacturing, automotive components and EV battery materials, semiconductors recycling, drilling, manufacturing and chemical industries, including: M&A advisory, Chief Restructuring Officer, operational turnaround, commodity pricing, industry and market analyses, financial and operational due diligence, and company valuations. He has advised corporations and investors on energy transition strategies, and bespoke solutions ranging from material sourcing to new capital investments.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Troiano was Vice President Business Analysis, Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer with Rio Tinto. He began his career at Total S.A. in financial analysis and business development with a specialty chemicals business in the United States and Germany. After this, he worked in corporate banking with BNP-Paribas in Tokyo where he was responsible for the European clients’ portfolio, developing structured finance products and enhancing the bank’s profitability in Japan.

Anthony Choueiri Related Seminars and Products

Chevron

With over 18 years of experience and covering a diverse range of practice areas Tony is currently Senior Counsel at Chevron supporting several Chevron functional areas including downstream fuels and renewable fuels projects, joint ventures, and initiatives. Tony joined Chevron after serving as Senior Legal Manager for Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (“SABIC” – subsidiary of Saudi Aramco) where he was leading various, including, commercial, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and financing work streams. Prior to that, he served as Associate General Counsel for an international private equity firm after leaving private practice. Tony has led and dealt with numerous transactions His practice areas and experiences have ranged from multibillion dollar joint ventures, financing arrangements, private equity mergers and acquisitions, to strategic investments. Tony lives in Houston, Texas with his wife, three children (two girls, one boy), and dog (golden retriever).

Michael Maier Related Seminars and Products

Chevron Renewable Energy Group

With over 30 years of experience and covering a diverse range of practice areas Mike supports a number of REG functional areas including the CFO organization, Business Development, Sales and Marketing and Intellectual Property.   Mike joined REG after serving as Sr. Group Counsel and Sr. IP Counsel for Avery Dennison Corporation where he was responsible for all North American general legal matters as well as all intellectual property issues on a global basis for Avery Dennison’s Retail Branding, RFID and Printer Systems Divisions. Prior to that, he served as General Counsel for Ward/Kraft, Inc., Sr. IP Counsel for General Mills, Inc. and Asst. General Counsel for Moore North America, Inc. (now owned by RR Donnelly & Sons) after leaving private practice with an IP boutique firm. Mike has dealt with numerous transactional and licensing issues, standard setting organizations as well as regulatory bodies including the FCC and FDA through his work relating to frequency emitters, direct and indirect food packaging and medical devices. He has also worked with the Dept. of Agriculture and a number of House Committees on adoption of radio frequency identification technologies for use with plant and animal tracking. His practice areas include extensive litigation covering such areas as anti-trust, infringement, commercial issues, bankruptcy as well as labor and employment.  His experience with mergers and acquisitions has ranged from the purchase multi-billion dollar acquisition of the Pillsbury Company by General Mills to strategic downstream investments by REG.  Mike was also instrumental in leading several joint defense groups against non-practicing entities and negotiating favorable industry terms and other engagement and standstill agreements. Through his work with Intellectual Capital Management programs, he has proven that licensing can be significant and continuing source of revenue and providing funding to develop new programs and technologies while offsetting costs associated with administration of large portfolios. Mike lives in Iowa with his wife of 38 years and their three Bernese Mountain Dogs. He and his wife have four children, all of whom are “off the mom and dad payroll.”

David Stringer Related Seminars and Products

Clifford Chance US LLP

David Stringer represents energy and chemicals/petrochemicals industry participants in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, projects and other transactions. He is a practical lawyer, focused on mitigating actual risk while efficiently driving transactions forward. He has completed more than $50 billion in energy transactions.

David's recent experience includes a variety of complex acquisitions, divestitures, development projects, reorganizations, carve-outs, and dropdowns, spanning businesses and assets involving clean and renewable energy facilities, refineries, specialty chemical and petrochemical plants and facilities, terminals, hydrocarbon inventories, retail stations, pipeline gathering, processing and transportation systems, and refined fuel procurement and distribution systems.

Alexandra Wilde Related Seminars and Products

Clifford Chance US LLP

Alexandra Wilde is a partner in Clifford Chance's Houston office. She focuses on complex domestic and cross-border transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Her experience includes private equity investments, acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, and general corporate matters. Alex has broad experience in energy transition and traditional energy matters, such as solar, wind, carbon capture, utilization and sequestration, battery storage, renewable energy, waste-to-energy, biofuels, specialty chemicals and traditional oil and gas.

Catherine Ennis Related Seminars and Products

Clifford Chance US LLP

Catherine Ennis is a counsel in Clifford Chance's Washington, D.C. Financial Crimes Compliance practice. She assists clients in identifying, understanding, and managing risks arising under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and US anti-money laundering (AML) laws and regulations associated with conducting international business. Her practice focuses on transactional due diligence, internal investigations, and compliance counseling, including conducting risk assessments and designing and implementing compliance programs.

Mohamed Rali Badissy Related Seminars and Products

Energy for Growth Hub

Mohamed Rali Badissy is a scholar, advisor and international development advocate in the field of energy and climate finance. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, where his research focuses on the use of contract standardization and sustainable finance to accelerate the development of energy infrastructure in emerging markets to increase access to affordable and abundant energy.

Prof. Badissy previously served as the Senior Attorney for Energy and Finance with the Commercial Law Development Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce, advising governments in emerging markets on commercial law reforms intended to catalyze private investment to increase energy access. Over the past decade, Mohamed has led energy sector reforms in dozens of markets in partnership with host governments, multilateral institutions, civil society organizations and industry leaders, and continues to serve as an advisor to both public institutions and private developers.

He is the principal editor for a series of open-source guidebooks for governments titled (Understanding Power Purchase Agreements, Understanding Power Project Financing, and Understanding Power Project Procurement) and a contributor to a handbook on the management of sovereign debt published by the African Development Bank (Understanding Sovereign Debt).

Mohamed began his career with the public international law group of Latham & Watkins LLP in New York and Dubai and as a law clerk to the Hon. William H. Walls of the United States District Court of New Jersey (Newark). While a law student at the University of Washington School of Law, he was awarded High Honors, Order of the Coif and Order of the Barrister and served on both the Moot Court Honor Board and the Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal.

Ryan Ketchum Related Seminars and Products

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Ryan has 25 years of experience with a focus on energy and infrastructure projects located in emerging and frontier markets. He has advised on projects in over 40 countries worldwide, across Africa,  Europe,  the Middle East, North America, Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. Ryan is recognised as a leading lawyer by several  legal  guides including Chambers Global Africa‐wide Projects & Energy (2013 ‐ Present), Africa-wide: Projects – UK (2020, 2024), Legal 500 GC Private Practice Powerlist: Africa Specialists and IFLR1000 in several areas including project finance and development. Ryan is also a frequent speaker and author on topics related to the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects.