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Practitioners
Lawrence Heim
Editor at CCRcorp
Brook Detterman
Partner at Beveridge & Diamond
Brook helps his clients to navigate domestic and international climate change programs, develop renewable energy projects, and generate carbon offsets. He helps his clients to negotiate, structure, and implement transactions related to carbon offsets and renewable energy, and works with clients during all phases of renewable energy and carbon offset project development. Prior to joining the firm, Brook was an associate in the environmental department of a large international law firm. Brook served as a law clerk at the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, where he worked on a range of legal issues arising under federal environmental law.
Agenda
- What should potential buyers of offsets be doing to protect themselves?
- Legal risks faced by project developers and how can they be protected.
- What do you see as risks related to disclosure of using offsets?
- Marketing/advertising claims based on offset use.
- Differences in risks for carbon capture and storage.