This Private Capital Quarterly Webinar - Special Edition was presented by Haynes and Boone, LLP and Ernst & Young LLP, and covered the following topics:
- Issues that energy hedgers face to prove they are "commercial end users" and avoid burdensome regulatory requirements
- The results of a study and white paper by Haynes and Boone, LLP and Ernst & Young LLP which surveys the proposed Dodd-Frank tests for "hedge or mitigate commercial risk"
- The role of hedge accounting in the Dodd-Frank rules and in current practice
- The impact to investors
- Implications of the end-user exception and obligations of companies that qualify as end-users
Moderator
Buddy Clark, Partner and Head of the Energy Group - Haynes and Boone, LLP
Panelists
Johnny Molina, Executive Director Americas - Commodities Markets - Ernst & Young LLP
Jeff Nichols, Partner - Haynes and Boone, LLP