Innovation and strategic thinking are the hallmarks of our interdisciplinary Emissions Trading and Climate Change Group. Incorporating lawyers from our Energy, Environmental, Natural Resources, Structured Products, Mining, Public Policy, Public Markets, and Tax Groups, our highly skilled team advises clients on the complex compliance issues and burgeoning business opportunities that greenhouse emission reductions and trading are generating globally. As more jurisdictions set emission targets, businesses need expert advice on how to best prepare for compliance, develop carbon projects and take full advantage of the increasingly sophisticated market for carbon trading and financing for starting up clean tech businesses.

Along with our experience in all aspects of Canadian business law, our team includes specialized expertise in Russian law and commerce, as well as hands-on experience helping establish Ontario’s NOx and SOx emissions trading registry. Licensed in Ontario, Quebec, New York and Russia and fluent in English, French, Spanish, and Russian, our team’s experience includes legal practice in Canada, China, Japan and Russia.

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	Representative Transactions/Cases
			Representing a green technology manufacturer in selling technology and reserving environmental attributes
			Representing a green power retailer in the purchase and retirement of environmental attributes and credits
			Advising public companies on their climate change disclosure

	Publications / Presentations
	November 2008 Federal Court leaves Kyoto compliance to Parliament Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin Written by Marty Venalainen, Student-at-Law
	October 2008 California Publishes Climate Change Proposed Scoping Plan Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin Barbara Hendrickson
	October 2008 Western Climate Initiative Finalizes Cap-and-Trade Program Recommendations Emissions Trading & Climate Change Bulletin Co-authored with Marty Venalainen, Student-at-Law Barbara Hendrickson
	September 2008 The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: First Auction to Occur September 25 Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin
	September 2008 Turning the Corner - Environment Canada Releases Draft Guide for Protocol Developers Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin
	August 2008 Western Climate Initiative Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin Barbara Hendrickson
	July 2008 Canadian Government Elaborates on Market Mechanisms for Carbon Trading Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin Barbara Hendrickson, Thomas Trachsler
	May 2008 US Companies Face Rising Pressure to Disclose Climate Change Related Risks Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin Barbara Hendrickson
	February 2008 Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for the Mining Industry Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin, co-authored with Marty Venalainen Barbara Hendrickson
	January 2008 Carbon Emissions Trading in the United States Emissions Trading & Climate Change Bulletin, January 2008 Co-authored with Marty Venalainen, Student-at-Law Barbara Hendrickson
	November 2007 Montréal Exchange Seeks Regulatory Approval To Launch New Futures Contracts on Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (Co2e) Units Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin Sandy Andreou, Barbara Hendrickson, Thomas Trachsler
	July 2007 Emissions Trading in the European Union Thomson Carswell Securities Newsletter Barbara Hendrickson
	May 2007 Dealing with Global Warming – The Latest MADE-IN-CANADA SOLUTION Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin Sandy Andreou, Barbara Hendrickson
	December 2006 Litigating Climate Change in Canada Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin Thomas Trachsler
	November 2006 Made-In-Canada Clean Air Act - Stepping Back From Kyoto? Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin Barbara Hendrickson
	November 2006 Setting Boundaries: Climate Change in Canada Article: International Energy Law and Taxation Review, Issue 7, November 2006 Barbara Hendrickson
	October 2006 California Adopts Tough New Rules To Combat Climate Change Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin Mike Richmond
	June 2006 The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate: Canada's Newest (Potential) Climate Change Weapon Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin
	April 2006 Canada's Kyoto Future Uncertain Emissions Trading and Climate Change Bulletin

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