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Mr. Peponis advises clients on project development and transactions across the energy and infrastructure sectors, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), including small-scale LNG, gas-to-power, gas pipelines, biodiesel, petrochemicals, natural gas liquids (NGLs), hydrogen, renewable power generation, and shipping. He leverages extensive global LNG and maritime experience and a background in chemical engineering to help clients navigate greenfield and brownfield LNG liquefaction projects, floating liquefaction, and onshore and offshore (floating storage unit (FSU) and floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU)) regasification terminals. Before joining Latham, Mr. Peponis worked as a catalytic cracking and hydrofluoric acid alkylation process engineer, commodity trader, and in-house counsel for Shell, in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the US.

Gabrielle Finger is Commercial Manager for Storegga (Houston, TX) working on Carbon Capture and Sequestration projects globally. Previously, Gabrielle was Senior Commercial Advisor for Chevron New Energies (Houston, TX) working on Carbon Capture and Sequestration projects along the US Gulf Coast, focused on the Bayou Bend Project in the Golden Triangle region. Prior to the Chevron-Noble merger, Gabrielle worked as an international commercial advisor at Noble Energy for 10 years. Commercially, Gabrielle has negotiated a wide range of agreements, including farmout agreements, unitization contracts/bilateral treaty, joint operating agreements, and many more. Gabrielle is a graduate of the Emerging Leaders Program at Chevron(2023), has an MBA from the University of Houston, and a BA from Washington University in St Louis.

Erik leads Wood Mackenzie’s global corporate research team. The corporate service provides corporate strategic analysis, M&A and data-driven benchmarking of strategies, performance and valuation. The flagship Corporate Strategy & Analytics Service covers companies across Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, and Metals & Mining sectors. Erik joined Wood Mackenzie in 2020 after more than 25 years of energy industry research and corporate management experience. Prior to Woodmac, he was head of Business Development and Commercial at a PE-backed E&P company. Earlier in his career, Erik was Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, leading the bank’s emerging markets energy and US oil and gas equity research. He was also a research fellow with the Belfer Center’s Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group at Harvard University.

Reid Ramdathsingh, Rystad Energy US: A sustainable energy analyst with over 10 years of engineering experience leading multifaceted energy project developments and systems analysis through different phases of design, procurement, and expansion of energy systems in the North America, Middle East and Caribbean regions. Reid is currently working on developing the Rystad Energy US power solution integrating asset level data and forward developing load demand and generation supply dynamics.

Yolanda E. Robles, International Transactional Attorney with over 20 years of experience in M&A, JVs, Divestitures, Risk Management, Corporate Law SME, Contracts and Energy Commodities Trading. Engaged in energy transition developments, including LNG, CCS, H2, and ESG compliance.