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09:30 – 10:25 Opening Addresses:

Grigoris Leonidis, Managing Partner - Palladian Conferences

Yannis Bassias, President and CEO, Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management

Marina Petroleka, Global Head of Industry Research, BMI Research A FitchGroup Company

Yannis Kourniotis, Partner, Head of the Energy & Environment and Joint Head of the Project Finance

& Public Private Partnerships Groups - Bernitsas Law Firm

Antonis Papayiannidis, Journalist

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

10:25 – 10:40 Dorina Papadimitriou, Advocate-Director Group International Business Activities & Financial Services

Legal Division, Hellenic Petroleum-Group of Companies

PANEL I:

10:40 – 11:50 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORKS IN OIL & GAS EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION CONTRACTS - LICENSING ROUNDS: GREECE, CYPRUS & ISRAEL

Moderator: Antonis Papayiannidis, Journalist

Speakers:

Olga Kakkava, Legal Counsel, Hellenic Hydrocarbons Resources Management

Maria Kyriacou, Head of Nicosia Office - Elias Neocleous & Co LLC

Zvi Nixon, Advocate - E. Landau Law Offices

Alexandra Begni, Legal Counsel, Energean Oil & Gas11:50 – 12:10 Coffee Break

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

12:10 – 12:20 Alexandra Sdoukou, Legal Counsel, Advisor to the President of Nea Demokratia

12:20 – 12:35 Frode A. Berntsen, Advocate-Partner & Lawyer, Simonsen Vogt Wiig Law Firm

PANEL II

12:35 – 13:35 HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE OFFSHORE UP STREAM OIL & GAS: TRANSFORMING LEARNINGS INTO ACTION

Moderator: Antonis Papayiannidis, Journalist

Speakers:

Frode A. Berntsen, Advocate-Partner & Lawyer, Simonsen Vogt Wiig Law Firm

Maria Taylor, Chair Energy Forum, Queen Mary University, London

Alexandra Sdoukou, Lawyer, Advisor to the President of Nea Demokratia

Steve Brincat, Managing Principal Engineer - American Bureau of Shipping

PANEL III13:35 – 14:20 LEGAL AND REGULATORY CHANGES IN THE ENERGY MARKETS: FROM THE THIRD ENERGY PACKAGE TO THE “WINTER PACKAGE” OF THE EU AND HOW THEY AFFECT ENERGY BUSINESS IN GREECE AND EUROPE

Moderator: Antonis Papayiannidis, Journalist

Speakers:

Harris P. Sinodinos, Public Power Corporation S.A., Rokas International Law Firm

Gregory Pelecanos, Senior Partner Ballas-Pelecanos & Associates L.P.C.

Zoi Stolaki, Lawyer LL.M., Legal Department - Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) S.A.14:20 -15:00 Light Lunch

PANEL IV15:00 – 16:00 FINANCING OIL & GAS OPERATIONS

Moderator: Antonis Papayiannidis, Journalist

Speakers:

Tonje Gormley, Partner, Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS, Oslo

Colin Graham, Partner, Watson Farley & Williams

Christina Stampoultzi, Senior Legal Counsel on Finance-Corporate Secretary, Hellenic Petroleum- Group of Companies

Yannis Bassias President and CEO, Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources ManagementYannis has 25 years, in the international oil and gas exploration and services business. Since 2012 advised several companies in EEZs of the Indian Ocean, Equatorial America and West Africa on geological and legal aspects of frontier hydrocarbon basins. From 1997 to 2012, as president of Georex group, he demerged the exploration assets from the service activities and established technical subsidiaries in France, United King-dom, Tunisia and the Republic of Congo. Managed database projects on CIS reservoirs, data mergers for Total, PetroFina and Elf, seismic data transcription for Snpc and Esso. Between 1996 and 2000 he directed evaluation teams for the development of oil and gas interests in Texas and Colombia and in 2007 initiated for Poros onshore exploration portfolios with assets in the Paris basin and Tunisia. Before joining the petroleum industry had an academic career at the Free University of Berlin and was associate professor in the National Museum of Natural History, Paris, with main research focus the Precambrian of Morocco and sedimentary basins and ridges of the Indian Ocean. Geologist, PhD. in tectonics and stratigraphy, he is author of more than 30 publications in international scientific or industry journals.

Marina Petroleka Global Head of Industry Research, BMI Research A FitchGroup CompanyMarina Petroleka is Global Head of Industry Research for BMI Research/Fitch Information Services. She is based in BMI's London office where she leads ten industry teams of more than 60 analysts, based in BMI's offices in London, Singapore, New York and Johannesburg. Her primary role involves providing strategic guidance and fostering thought-leadership between the different areas of industry research. She is also responsible for ensuring there is coherence between global macroeconomic and industry analysis and that BMI's forecasts and industry insights are consistently value added and ahead of the curve.Additionally she also heads BMI's Energy & Infrastructure global hub. For nearly a decade her expertise has been in the energy sector, both the conventional and unconventional Oil & Gas sectors, as well as infrastructure development policy in North America, Europe, Africa, China and the Middle East. Marina regularly provides expert commentary on major news outlets such as Bloomberg, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, CNBC and the BBC as well as speaking in leading energy industry events in London and internationally. She frequently publishes op-eds and analysis in global energy matters for industry publications.Prior to joining BMI Research in 2007, Marina interned at the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation in Istanbul; the Ministry of Merchant Marine in Athens; and the Office of the Political Advisor to the Commander, NATO HQ, Brunssum, Netherlands. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in War Studies, and an M.A. in International Security and Development, both from King's College, University of London. She is on the Board of Directors of Young Professionals in Energy (YPE) - London Chapter; a Research Associate at the European Centre for Energy and Research Security (EUCERS), part of King's College London; and a senior member of the Greek Energy Forum, and the energy sector ambassador for the Hellenic Bankers Association.

Yannis Kourniotis Partner, Bernitsas Law FirmYannis joined the Firm in 1999 and is Head of the Energy & Environment and Joint Head of the Project Finance & Public Private Partnerships Groups. He has extensive experience in the area of project finance, with a focus on infrastructure and energy projects, as well as public private partnerships. He acts for sponsors, lenders and governments on transport, health, education, renewable and thermal energy projects as well as transactions involving concessions granted by governments to private developers. Yannis’ expertise includes the drafting and negotiation of concession, partnership, long-term lease, project and financing agreements. He also advises on public tenders and the assignment of public contracts, in particular on the regulatory requirements for developing projects and public private partnerships, and the restructuring of major infrastructure and energy projects. Yannis has experience of representing clients in the privatisation, merger and acquisition of oil, gas and utility companies, as well as the acquisition by foreign and local investors of renewable energy project development companies.

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Dorina Papadimitriou Advocate-Director Group International Business Activities & Financial Services Legal Division, Hellenic Petroleum-Group of CompaniesDorina Papadimitriou has studied at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Law, Bachelor of Laws and at the University of Liverpool UK, Master of Laws (LLM) in International Business Law (Distinction). She is an Advocate (Supreme Court level), member of the Athens Bar Association. She has served as a legal advisor from 1994 to 1998 at Public Petroleum Corporation – Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons SA (DEP-EKY), from 1998 until today at Hellenic Petroleum SA, while her present position is Director at Hellenic Petroleum Group International Business Activities & Financial Legal Services Legal Division. She has working experience in legal consulting and support for more than twenty years in all activities of Hellenic Petroleum Group (upstream, midstream, downstream) both in Greece and overseas including mergers and acquisitions, establishment and support of joint ventures for hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation, pipelines transportation, refinery and marketing of hydrocarbons, production and trading of electricity (natural gas and renewable resources plants), and litigation services in various legal disputes of Hellenic Petroleum Group. Dorina Papadimitriou has also participated as a legal expert in the advisory team providing Technical Assistance to the Palestinian Authority to restructure the Palestinian Hydrocarbon Sector and drafting of the Sustainable Energy Law, sponsored by EU.

Olga Kakkava Legal Counsel, Hellenic Hydrocarbons Resources ManagementMrs Olga Theodora Kakkava was born in Athens. She graduated from the Law School of Athens in 1992 with Merit. She did her post-graduates studies in Queen Mary and Westfield College from where she was awarded with Meritorious LLM after obtaining a special scholarship from the Greek Foundation of Scholarships (IKY). She has served as a Legal Counsel in well known credit institutions such as Credit Lyonnais Grece and Piraeus Group as well as in major multinational companies such as Heineken Greece, Carrefour Marinopoulos, Capital Ship Management Corp and Energean Oil & Gas S.A. For the moment, she works as Legal Counsel in the Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management S.A.She is specialized in many areas of law, such as indicatively, energy law with emphasis in hydrocarbons, corporate law, M & As, banking & finance, capital markets, contract law, labor law, dispute resolution, media law, real estate and property development, securities law, intellectual property and other specialized sectors of practicing. She has co-operated with the most well known Law Firms, such as Lambadarios Law Firm, Zepos & Yianopoulos ,Stavropoulos & Partners, Bernitsas & Partners, Karatzas & Partners, Kyriakides & Georgopoulos and also with international law firms, such as Kirkland & Ellis, White & Case, Reed Smith, Shearman & Sterling, Linklaters LLP. She speaks and writes fluently English and French and she is also familiar with the relevant legal terminology".

Maria KyriacouHead of Nicosia Office - Elias Neocleous & Co LLCMaria studied law in London (Barrister at law, Middle Temple) and was admitted to the Cyprus Bar in 1974. She heads the firm's Nicosia office and specializes in corporate law, insolvency, banking and finance, revenue law, taxation, M&A, trusts, energy and the environment and intellectual property. Mrs Kyriacou has served as Registrar of Companies, Patents and Trade Marks, and Official Receiver and was a member of the Board of the European Patent Office in Munich. She was a Member of the Cyprus Parliament for almost 15 years and participated in the Parliamentary Committees of Financial and Budgetary Affairs, Labour & Social Insurance, Communications and Works, Development Plans & Public Expenditure Control.Mrs Kyriacou has been involved in a broad range of restructuring assignments, from tax-driven restructurings, through refinancing and operational reorganizations, to advising financially troubled companies internationally.She has written articles and lectured in Cyprus and abroad on a wide range of topics, including the economy, energy, companies, trademarks, patents, copyright, insolvencies, restructuring and trusts.

Zvi Nixon Advocate - E. Landau Law OfficesZvi Howard Nixon, who was born in Canada, holds a B.A. (first class honours) in economics from the University of British Columbia, and two law degrees from Oxford University (M.A. and BCL, both with first class honours). He is fluent in English and Hebrew with working knowledge of French.Mr. Nixon is managing partner of the firm of E. Landau Law Offices, a boutique firm based in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. He has extensive experience in infrastructure projects, including oil and gas, pipelines, power stations, coal, water desalination, waste removal, highway construction and railroads, international arbitration, banking and finance, international trade transactions, foreign direct investment, and maritime law. In the energy sector, he represents the leading oil storage and pipeline facility in Israel, purchasers of natural gas, and has been involved at all stages of financing of all significant gas fields in Israel and of Israel’s largest private electricity gas fired power station. Mr. Nixon serves as an arbitrator, including ICC arbitration, and also has represented clients in several large international arbitration cases, ICC and ad hoc, and on the enforcement of foreign judgments.

Alexandra Begni Legal Counsel, Energean Oil & Gas S.A.Alexandra has a long-standing working experience with Energean Oil & Gas S.A. and is a partner in Charalambides & Partners Law Firm. Her practice focuses mainly on corporate law, energy law and both at a local and cross border level. Since May 2007, provided legal consulting services to Energean management for projects in Greece, Egypt and Israel. Work includes advising on asset management, relationship with key stakeholder, dispute management, farm-in farm-outs and contracts with the supply chain. Experience also included country entry into Egypt in 2011, Israel in 2016 and Montenegro in 2017 including the participation through the respective bid licencing rounds. Professional Profile: During the years 1998-2005 Alexandra worked at Filippopoulos - Charalambides Law Firm, whilst in 2005 she was the co-founder and partner at Charalambides & Partners Law Firm. Since May 2017 she is the head of legal department of Energean Oil & Gas S.A. (Greece). She has been involved in a number of important and complicated agreements and dealt with significant matters that cut across legal and related areas. Alexandra’s practice in commercial law matters extends to ship finance, project finance and real estate transactions. Education: Anavryta School, 1991; LL.B University of Athens(1998); Master's degree in Criminal Law (2000).Languages: Greek, English, French, Spanish. Alexandra’s practice in commercial law matters extends to ship finance, project finance and real estate transactions. Education: Anavryta School, 1991; LL.B University of Athens(1998); Master's degree in Criminal Law (2000).Languages: Greek, English, French, Spanish.

Alexandra Sdoukou Legal Counsel, Advisor to the President of Nea DemokratiaAlexandra Sdoukou holds a Bachelor in Law, a Master’s Degree LLM in European Commercial Law from the University of Bristol, a M.Sc. in International & Economic studies from the Athens University of Economics and Business and a Diploma from the Executive Program of Leading, Innovating and Negotiation of Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government. Since 2004, she is working as legal advisor in the public administration in various positions at the Ministries of Economy, Development and Environment, Energy & Climate Change, as employee at the Management Organisation Unit of Development Programmes (MOU S.A.). From 2012 to 2015 she was heading the Minister's Cabinet at the Ministry of Environment, Energy & Climate Change. In this context, she has been heavily involved in energy affairs and geopolitics, providing extensive knowledge in the operational and business development of the projects related to energy security and diplomacy and to oil and gas industry. Since 2010, she has coordinated all processes for reactivating the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in Greece. She has drafted all legal documentation for the concessions from the call for tenders up to the lease agreements with the concessionaires and has led the negotiations on behalf of the Greek State.

Frode A. Berntsen Advocate-Partner & Lawyer, Simonsen Vogt Wiig Law FirmMr. Berntsen has more than 20 years' experience as a lawyer. He has worked extensively both in Norway and internationally. His main area of intervention has been petroleum law. He also works regularly with mergers and acquisitions, contract law, HSE and environmental law, in particular in relation to the petroleum sector. Through his work internationally he has extensive experience with capacity building and assistance to foreign governments and international organisations. In addition, he has broad experience from coordinating and organising complex legal projects for private and public sector entities. The main part of his work relates to advice to foreign governments on developing legal frameworks for management of petroleum resources and governance of extractive industries, including issues pertaining to HSE and the external environment, as well as international law matters with focus on the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Seas. He has worked closely with the governments of East-Timor, Montenegro, Lebanon, Somaliland, Sudan and Uganda. In addition, he has held assignments in relation to Bolivia, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Gabon and Madagascar. He has also held presentations for delegations visiting Norway from countries such as Colombia, Liberia and Tanzania. The assignments have been awarded and financed through the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, the Norwegian Environment Agency, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, the Foundation Petrad, the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition, several Nation States have awarded assignments and financed all or part of these with own funding.The work has been carried out from Norway and locally in the respective countries. The work in the mentioned countries have included development of policy issues, assistance with drafting regulatory framework and model agreements relating to such, international law issues, as well as general legal and policy advice for governments on issues relating to stakeholders in the industry. The methods which have been applied includes use of general and tailored presentations, interactive workshops, capacity building through interaction with government staff and others, drafting of memos on various themes as requested, review of treaties, legislation, memos and letters drafted by government.During most of 2008 he was part of the core team participating in investigating corruption allegations against Statoil following a merger with the oil and gas division of Norsk Hydro. The work entailed review of vast numbers of documents from various countries, but in particular from Angola, Libya and Iran. He is thus familiar with anti-corruptions matters and measures to combat it.His varied background within his fields of expertise has led to repeated requests for participation in seminars and courses as a lecturer, presenter and panellist.In the private sector Mr. Berntsen has managed national and multinational due diligences in connection with mergers and acquisitions. In addition, he has also worked on re-organisation of public sector entities in Norway, including the restructuring of the public health sector and the former government entity responsible for road construction. Through this work he has gained broad experience from transactions, public administrative law and private law.In 2007, after three years, he left the post as Chief Legal Advisor with the rank of Colonel at NATO’s training and doctrine development centre "Joint Warfare Centre". A key responsibility he had was to seek to increase the competence level of high-ranking military and civilian staff of NATO in managing complex legal and political issues in relation to potential or actual conflict situations with focus on international law matters. The capacity increasing activities were carried out through active follow-up during work and exercise situations. He also contributed significantly to the description of the methodological approach for capacity building.

Maria Taylor Chair Energy Forum, Queen Mary University, LondonMaria is an expert in transformational risk management, founded on a specialist knowledge of managing risk events in the global energy and financial markets. As an independent consultant, Maria provides guidance on the development of risk management techniques within the education and energy sectors and writes and speaks on a variety of risk management subjects. Maria is:• Chair of the Energy Forum, within the Energy and Natural Resources Law Institute at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London. • Member of the Board of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and sits on the Finance, Risk, Remuneration and Widening Access Committees. Previously, Maria held a number of different roles at EDF Trading including: Head of Credit , Head of Treasury Operations and was the Money Laundering Reporting Officer. Maria was Chair of the IECA in Europe and established the IECA Foundation Scholarship at Oxford to provide financial support to talented students studying mathematics. Maria was a member of the IECA Board from three years and awarded Honorary Membership in 2014.

Steve Brincat Managing Principal Engineer - American Bureau of ShippingSteve Brincat is a Managing Principal Engineer with ABS, based in the classification society’s London Engineering department.Since joining ABS in 2007, Steve has held various positions associated with Offshore Coastal State Regulations. In his current role he focuses predominantly on offshore safety and environmental regulations applicable to European Waters, regulatory compliance and Independent Verification. Through the combined use of prescriptive and risk based methodologies, he works directly with Offshore clients to establish and maintain the technical and environmental compliance of their fixed or mobile offshore installations. Steve holds a BSc in Product Design from the University of Sussex UK.

Harris P. SinodinosPublic Power Corporation S.A., Rokas International Law FirmPh.D. from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in European Law, and a LL.M. from the University of Strasbourg.Worked in private practice, as an external counsel, and in academia. Deals with energy (especially in respect of regulatory matters), competition, public procurement and expropriation as well as in environmental law. Litigation experience before the Supreme Courts of Greece, the Greek Competition Authority [NCA], the European Courts (CJEU, EGC, ECHR) and the European Commission. 2002-2004: worked as an external legal counsel in the area of public procurement in the Directorate of Technology and Energy of the Athens 2004 Olympics' Games Organizing Committee. He is currently the Deputy General Counsel of the Greek Public Power Corporation (PPC), and in this capacity he has, inter alia, actively taken part in a variety of high profile energy law cases involving PPC, which, were referred before the European Court of Justice. These, among others, include: Case C-43/10 in which he represented PPC regarding the diversion of the Aheloos river and the Mesohora’s hydroelectric dam; Cases T-421/09 & T-169/08 (PPC-Commission) , which dealt with the exploitation of PPC’s lignite reserves; and Case T-542/11 (Aluminium v. Commission, see also C-228/16 P & C 590/14 P), which involved an action regarding alleged granting of State aid through the provision of electricity tariffs. Have further been heavily involved in academic activities having been invited to teach in various occasions at Panteion University of Athens, at the Law Faculty of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and at the Greek National Public Administration School and to take part in seminars held by the Center of European and Financial Law. Participation to the Greek Legal Review Magazine Energy & Law since 2003 (editorial committee) & the Greek Legal Review Magazine of European Law and the Greek Legal Review Magazine of Administrative Law. Author of a number of books and articles dealing with a diverse array of matters spanning several different legal areas, such as energy, competition, public procurement and European environmental law.

Zoi Stolaki Lawyer LL.M., Legal Department - Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) S.A.Zoi Stolaki is Attorney-at-Law and works in the Legal Department of the Public Natural Gas Corporation (DEPA) S.A., in Athens, Greece. Prior to joining DEPA S.A., Ms. Stolaki worked in a large international law firm in Brussels in the fields of EU Competition Law and EU Energy Regulatory. Ms. Stolaki also worked as an intern in the Brussels office of Magic Circle law firm, the legal department of a major Greek bank and the legal department of the Permanent Representation of Greece to the European Union. Ms. Stolaki is a native Greek speaker. She is fluent in English and French and has a basic knowledge of German.Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LL.M., Advanced Master of Laws in Energy and Environmental Law, 2010, cum laudeNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Law, LL.B., 2008Member of the Athens Bar Association

Gregory Pelecanos Senior Partner Ballas-Pelecanos & Associates L.P.C.Born in 1960 in London, Gregory is Senior Partner at Ballas, Pelecanos & Associates LPC where he supervises the firm’s Competition, Agency & Distribution and Special Sectors (Defence, Energy and Pharmaceuticals) Group. In addition to advising clients, he regularly litigates before courts and has extensive international and Greek arbitration experience.Gregory studied law at the Athens University Law School and holds an LL.M. from University College London in Competition Law, Company Law, Intellectual Property and International Economic Law. He has also attended the Long Term seminar on Greek Tax Law at the Hellenic Center of Productivity and King's College London's "Economics of Competition Law" distance learning course as an interest only student. With regard to the energy sector Gregory has extensive experience in upstream, midstream and downstream Oil & Gas operations having served on the Board of Directors of DEP-EKY S.A. (oil exploration and drilling). EKO Chemicals and Refinery SA and as in-house counsel for Mobil Oil Hellas S.A. He has litigated international (ICC) arbitrations related to the Renewable Energy sectors, advised on and drafted complex construction contracts relating to refineries’ infrastructure projects and advised on competition law matters relating to long term through put gas supply contracts. His career includes holding the posts of Chairman of the Computer Law Committee of the Greek Computer Society; Committee Member on the drafting the Rules and Regulations of the Athens Derivatives Exchange; Adjunct Faculty at the American College of Greece (Business Law and EU Law); as well as serving on the Board of Directors of ERGOSE S.A. (railroad infrastructure) and many private companies. He has also served as General Legal Counsel of Toyota Hellas S.A.Gregory is a member of the Athens Bar Association and an advocate before the Supreme Court. Legal journals have published dozens of court judgments on cases he has argued. He has authored articles, edited books and written the country chapters for a variety of publications on many Greek and European Union competition law, bankruptcy law and investment law IP, computer law, agency and distribution matters and also regularly lectures on competition, energy and IP issues in Greece and abroad.

Tonje Gormley Partner, Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS, Oslo“Ms. Gormley is a Partner with Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS, a Norwegian law firm which is specialized in providing legal assistance to players in the Norwegian and the international petroleum industry. She holds a Master degree in law (cand.jur.) from the University of Oslo and the Common Professional Examination in law from London Metropolitan University. Ms Gormley has provided legal advice to oil companies, governments/public authorities and organisations engaged in the petroleum industry in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East since 2004. Gormley advises companies on domestic and international petroleum law, regulatory and contractual matters. She advises governments on the structuring and drafting of legislation, regulations, model agreements, on award of E&P rights and on regulatory and contractual issues in relation to licensees/contractors. Gormley has substantive experience as a negotiator, acting on behalf of states and oil companies. She is also known for her work on matters related to good governance, transparency and anti-corruption/compliance issues. She publishes legal articles internationally on petroleum law and contracts, and is a frequently used guest lecturer and speaker on legal aspects relating to the international petroleum industry.”

Colin Graham Partner, Watson Farley & WilliamsColin Graham is a Partner in Watson Farley & Williams LLP’s Energy & Infrastructure group based in London. He has over 18 years’ experience working on the development of projects in the energy, power and resources sectors across the world. Colin has extensive experience advising on upstream oil & gas, pipeline projects, energy off-take agreements and operational arrangements globally. In the eastern Mediterranean gas sphere, this work includes advising the Shah Deniz Phase II project on the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline and the proposed ITGI-Poseidon and Nabucco projects, on the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline project, on the sale of Azerbaijani gas to DEPA and advising a bidder on the proposed privatisation of DESFA. Colin has also recently advised on production sharing agreements in Albania, where he was counsellor to the Ministry of Energy, and in Tunisia, Libya and Israel. Colin has also advised in the development, regulation and sale of power assets including the Sinop new-build nuclear project in Turkey and the Malta LNG to power project.

Christina StampoultziSenior Legal Counsel on Finance-Corporate Secretary, Hellenic Petroleum-Group of CompaniesChristina Stampoultzi jointed HELPE S.A. on 2015 and is the Senior Legal Counsel on Finance as well as the Company Secretary of the BoD of HELPE S.A. and of several of the Group’s companies. From 2011 until 2015 she worked as a legal advisor in Hellenic Republic Asset and Development Fund (HRADF) S.A. where she was involved in concessions and share acquisition projects. Prior to that, she was legal advisor in financial and advisory services in Geniki Bank -Societe Generale Group (2002-2011), advisor to the Ministry of National Economy on privatization projects (1999-2002) and associate lawyer in law firms in Athens and London (1993-2002). She has worked on corporate, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, corporate finance, securitisations and capital market (both debt and equity related) transactions and has an extensive knowledge of privatizations. C. Stampoultzi qualified as advocate in 1992. She studied law in Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki and she holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in European Studies from the University of Exeter (UK).

Founded in 1998, HELLENIC PETROLEUM is one of the leading energy groups in South East Europe, with activities spanning across the energy value chain and presence in six countries.

The Group’s range of activities includes:

• Supply, Refining and Trading of petroleum products, both in Greece and abroad.• Fuels Marketing, both in Greece and abroad.• Petrochemicals/Chemicals Production and Trading.• Oil & Gas Exploration and Production.• Power Generation & Trading.• Renewable Energy Sources.• Provision of Consulting and Engineering services to hydrocarbon related projects.• Participation in the transportation of crude oil and products (pipelines, sea transportation).

Following the positive Full year 2016 financial results, the Group's Management is implementing the 2017-2021 Medium Term Development Program with the strategic objective of creating an independent, innovative and competitive regional Energy Group, which is a pioneer in energy transformation, within the framework of the European Roadmap for sustainable economic and social development.

The Group is implementing a notable number of CSR activities, focusing mainly on supporting youth and vulnerable groups.

Website: www.helpe.grE-mail: info@helpe.gr

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As a market leader in the provision of commercial law services in Greece, and one of the largest firms in the country, Bernitsas Law has unrivalled experience in both benchmark and mainstream domestic and cross-border corporate and finance transactions. We have participated in the vast majority of significant deals to have taken place in terms of both complexity and value over the last three decades and have structured and advised on numerous pioneering and innovative energy and resources projects.

Bernitsas Law’s Energy team has an expertise in financing, acquisition and development projects in the oil and gas, transport, electricity, water and mining sectors and is at the forefront of the renewables market, with a dynamic practice advising on the tendering, developing and financing of wind, solar, hydroelectric, biofuel, biomass and geothermal projects. The Firm represents market leaders on the entire life cycle of transactions, advising on regulatory compliance and the management, development and financing of their activities. We are skilled in advising on licensing and permits, tariffs, trading and import, export and production in the gas and electricity fields. We have also been extensively involved in the liberalisation of these markets and the implementation of community legislation. Our clients include stakeholders, leading energy companies, international financing institutions and lending banks, as well as Government bodies.

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HHRM has the technical knowledge of the key regions with hydrocarbon prospectivity in Greece and can help the industry to make better exploration decisions. We focus on both proven petroleum systems associated with production and key frontier areas. The seismic data library is combined with 179 wells and comprises new acquisition offshore 2D, legacy reprocessed 2D and 3D data offshore and onshore with associated reports and studies.

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