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Vanessa C. Edwards, Esq. is a partner in the law firm of K&L Gates LLP, based in its London office. She focuses her practice on trade and regulatory matters involving EU law, with particular emphasis on EU environmental legislation including REACH (Regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals), and on EU international trade, competition, public procurement and State aid law. Ms. Edwards, who joined K&L Gates in 2008 after 15 years at the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") in Luxembourg, the ultimate arbiter for ruling on the interpretation of EU law, is also Visiting Professor of EU Company Law at King's College London and European Case-law Editor for the Oxford Journal of Environmental Law. She lectures and writes extensively on EU Company law.

Gordon F. Peery, Esq. is Of Counsel at K&L Gates, where he represents a wide range of clients in its Investment Management, Derivatives and Structured Products practice groups and is a leader of the firm's Derivatives Task Force. A current member of International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. ("ISDA") committees and working groups, including the Energy, Commodities and Developing Products Committee; Emissions Trading Working Group; ISDA Definitions Working Group; the Covered Bonds Working Group and the ABS Hedging Documentation Project Working Group, he frequently writes on derivatives issues, including issues related to cap and trade for trading transactions.

Elizabeth Thomas, Esq. is a partner in the law firm of K&L Gates LLP, based in its Seattle office, where she has represented municipalities, utilities, independent power producers and private entities on a broad spectrum of energy, water, wastewater and other utility issues; has worked on administrative matters, regulatory proceedings, litigation and legislation at the federal, state and local level; and has advised clients on greenhouse gas issues and alternative energy projects, among others. A member of the federal Energy Bar Association and its Hydroelectric Regulation committee, among others, Ms. Thomas regularly speaks and writes on energy and climate change issues, including greenhouse emissions, carbon credits and cap and trade.