Middle East Nuclear Energy Summit 2010

Patton Boggs is sponsoring the Middle East Nuclear Energy Summit in Jordan. Washington D.C. partners Roy Lessy and Jude Kearney will be speaking on the first day of the conference during a roundtable session titled Nuclear Project Financing: Key Variables For Financing A Nuclear Power Plant Project. On day two, Mr. Lessy will participate in a discussion about the nuclear decision-making process, including the decision to construct and the standards which will and should apply to such construction.

Topics will include:

• Properly structured ownership ventures
• Back to back (and airtight) supply and off-take arrangements and compliance with items on a “bankability” checklist
• Construction contracts with a reputable nuclear developer
• Internationally acceptable water management
• Nuclear project financing
• Nuclear decision-making process