Peter Rodgers heads Sutherland’s Energy and Environmental Practice Group. He is both an environmental authority and an adviser to energy industry clients on commodity regulatory issues, commercial matters, compliance issues and transactions. His experience extends to the energy policy matters and the regulatory and trade laws that govern the energy business.
Peter represents a broad spectrum of U.S. and international energy companies. In addition to U.S. firms, his clients include significant European and Asian companies trading petroleum, natural gas and electricity. Peter also works with leading nuclear energy companies. He is counsel to the world’s largest energy commodities exchange, several major investment banking companies, and a number of power marketers and power project developers.
Peter also heads the Sutherland’s Energy Compliance Team and works regularly with the firm’s energy clients on internal and external investigative matters. He has been an expert witness on the environmental laws that affect fuel products and frequently speaks on energy policy and environmental topics, including oil spill management.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Author, “Energy and Environmental Trading: Law and Tax Implications” considering the Development of Exchange Traded Derivatives (2008)
- Speaker, Energy in the Southeast Conference (June 12-13, 2008)
- Speaker, 29th Annual Futures Industry Association (FIA) Law & Compliance Division Workshop (May 9-11, 2007)
- Speaker, Energy Bar Association Houston Chapter CFTC Compliance Luncheon (March 14, 2007)
- Speaker, Platts Conference, on the role of biofuels in the energy markets (November 14-15, 2005)