Angie Bible is Principal Legal Counsel at INPEX USA, Inc. in Houston, where her work is focused on developing new energies projects. She has a wide range of experience in the international and U.S. energy sectors, with a particular focus on upstream, midstream (including LNG), downstream, clean energy, and carbon capture-related transactions and projects, including acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, and other complex commercial maters. Angie has worked on CCS mandates in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Australia, the Middle East and the United States.

Angie joined INPEX in August 2024, having moved from A&O Shearman in Singapore, where she handled energy transactions and projects throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, southern Africa, and the Americas. Before that, she handled North American upstream and midstream legal matters at Chevron. Prior to that, she worked at a large international law firm. Before law school, she was a newspaper crime reporter.

Angie served on the AIEN task forces creating term sheets for the CCS offtake agreement and hydrogen joint development agreement.

Lindsey Bok is the Commercial Manager for Equinor’s Low Carbon Business Development, where she is responsible for developing and building the commercial framework for blue Hydrogen, CCS and ammonia opportunities. She joins the Low Carbon Solutions team after spending 3 years in Norway as Vice President of Crude, Products and Liquids Market Analysis, heading a team that supported Equinor’s upstream, midstream and marketing business units. Prior to that she held roles in Commercial Midstream Negotiations and Market Analysis. After spending over a decade building in-depth market knowledge and commercial experience to support the optimization of Equinor’s onshore and offshore, oil and gas portfolio, she is looking forward to bringing those skills to the energy transition and to leading the company forward towards its global ambitions for net zero in the US.

Zoë Bromage, is an energy partner in King & Spalding’s Singapore office. Her practice focuses on cross-border transactions, project development and first-of-their-kind projects in the energy sector.

Zoë represents clients from the full spectrum of the energy industry throughout Asia and globally on structuring and developing projects in the traditional oil, gas and LNG sectors, as well as the new energies sectors of hydrogen and its derivatives, carbon capture, battery storage and renewables. She also has extensive experience assisting clients on merger and acquisition activity ranging from smaller scale farmouts to high value / multi-jurisdictional corporate and asset transactions in the energy sector.

Zoë has been recognized by Legal500 as a Rising Star in Projects and Energy. She has practiced in Singapore, London and Aberdeen and has experience working in-house, having spent 9 months at Premier Oil’s (now Harbour Energy) headquarters in London.

Eric Fry is the Vice President of Education for the Association of International Energy Negotiators and a founding Director of its Foundation. He was most recently engaged as a Senior Business Advisor for Lapis Energy in Dallas, a CCS solution developer. He also has served as an Executive in Residence for the Energy Management Program at UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business and has 40 years of experience in the domestic and international upstream oil and gas business. Prior to the UT engagement, he was with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation as Director, International Negotiations where he led a negotiations group, responsible for all non-U.S. negotiation activities within Anadarko’s international exploration portfolio. Previous to his experience at Anadarko, he was Director of Worldwide Negotiations for Pioneer Natural Resources, responsible for negotiating business development and commercial transactions relating to Pioneer’s international and domestic portfolio, including a three-year stint with Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation as Manager of Business Development.  He started with a 12-year career with Phillips Petroleum, working first as a Landman, and later as Senior International Negotiator, and Commercial Team Leader for the Unitization of the Bayu-Undan Fields (later to become the Darwin LNG Project). He has conducted negotiations and performed business development activities in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.  Mr. Fry graduated from the University of Texas, graduating with degrees in Finance and Petroleum Land Management.  Since joining the AIPN in 1989 (now AIEN), he has held many Committee and Officer Positions and was AIEN President 2000-2001. He has been instrumental in initiating and participating in the AIEN Student Outreach Program for over twenty-five years, along with conducting many AIEN Faculty Presentations at various conferences and workshops.

Nick Fulford is Gas/LNG and Carbon Management Senior Director–Americas for GaffneyCline, with over 40 years of experience in the natural gas sector working on all aspects of the gas value chain from complex upstream projects, midstream and LNG export projects, LNG imports and gas to power, wholesale and retail market management, regulatory policy and trading. He is renowned as a leading Global LNG expert who has closely been involved in the US gas markets since the late 1980s and again more deeply since 2008 with the rise of the US shale gas boom. In recent years, Nick has engaged with the emerging Energy Transition impacts on energy markets globally, including CCS, offsets and net-zero LNG.

Christian Hammerbeck has 26‐years of experience as an adviser, lender and investor in energy and associated sectors in London, New York, and Houston. He currently works as a Managing Director in the project finance team at Mizuho, focused on originating, structuring, and executing North American natural resources and energy transition related project finance transactions as both lender, and separately, financial advisor.

Christian joined Mizuho in Houston in May 2014 from Lloyds Bank to focus on natural resources project finance. Prior to joining Mizuho, Mr. Hammerbeck served in a number or roles at Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland in both London and New York, most recently leading coverage of a portfolio of Utility, Oil & Gas and Commodity Trading companies out of Houston. Before joining Bank of Scotland in 2002, Mr. Hammerbeck worked as a corporate finance executive providing advisory services to engineering and capital goods companies at Cazenove & Co. in London.

Mr. Hammerbeck has an MA (hons.) in Economic History from The University of Edinburgh, U.K.

Drake Hernandez is an associate principal within CRA’s Energy Practice and leads CRA’s low-carbon fuels offering.

Mr. Hernandez advises global clients as they develop strategies and evaluate investments within the energy and infrastructure sectors. His expertise lies in techno-commercial diligence of energy and infrastructure projects, with a focus on cross-border projects. He assists clients in project valuation by analyzing market and regulatory trends and assessing the economic and commercial aspects of a project’s contractual relationships. He has been engaged by corporations and investors on matters pertaining to energy and infrastructure project commercialization, strategic and techno-economic due diligence, and regulatory issues within the sectors.

Mr. Hernandez has significant experience in energy-related disputes and has provided written and oral expert testimony. His dispute resolution experience spans the assessment of liability and quantum of damages in commercial litigation and international arbitration matters related to energy projects and infrastructure, including the low-carbon fuel, natural gas, electric power, LNG, and oil sectors.

Mr. Hernandez’s work has been published in Applied Energy, the Energy Law Journal, Utility Dive, and other commercial and academic journals. Drake regularly speaks both domestically and internationally on matters related to the regulation of low-carbon fuel infrastructure, low-carbon fuel market development, and energy system planning.

Mr. Hernandez holds an MS in Technology and Policy, with a focus on energy economics and finance, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BS in Mechanical Engineering, with a focus on operations research and economics, from the University of Texas at Austin.

Monica Hwang counsels clients on energy-related project development matters, including joint ventures and complex commercial transactions. She has extensive experience working on liquefied natural gas import and export projects, handling the structuring for equity lifting; implementing tolling and sales models; and advising on gas supply and marketing arrangements. Among her vast industry experience is serving an integral role in the development of Freeport LNG—at the time, the largest non-recourse project financing in history—as well a consortium of investors into the Dominican Republic LNG import terminal, for which the joint venture won Latin American Finance Project of the Year.

Monica also advises on midstream and downstream project and commercial matters, including gas and crude oil/refined product terminalling. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Monica is skilled at helping clients navigate cross-border transactions. Prior to her legal career, Monica held various managing and contributor roles in upstream production, gas processing and wholesale, and retail energy trading and risk management. Multiple legal publications have recognized Monica for her work in the oil and gas sector, such as IFLR 1000, who ranks Monica as a Highly Regarded lawyer; The Legal 500 US, who ranks Monica as a Key Lawyer; and Chambers USA, who lists Monica as Band 3 in its Projects: LNG category. 

Elizabeth McGinley, is chair of Bracewell’s tax department, and leader of the firm’s carbon capture utilization and storage initiative. Capitalizing on over a decade of experience in conventional energy project development, joint ventures, purchases and sales, Liz now focuses on energy transition development projects supported by federal income tax credits, including credits enacted or expanded as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. Liz not only understands the issues associated with qualification for such credits, but also integrating and maximizing the value of those credits in transactions. She is a frequent speaker and writer on the importance of federal tax credits in the energy transition.  

Liz is recognized by Chambers USA among America's leading lawyers for tax (2012-2023). From Chambers USA: "Elizabeth is always timely and prompt with her responses. She's very knowledgeable and stays current on tax issues." (2023).

Jack Moxon is an associate in White & Case's Project Development and Finance Practice in the Houston office. Jack represents clients in complex domestic and international commercial transactions and projects, including project and infrastructure development and construction, strategic joint ventures and investments, acquisitions and divestitures, and commercial contracts for upstream, midstream and downstream oil & gas, LNG, gas-to-power, natural gas liquids, petrochemicals/chemicals, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, shipping, electric power, renewable energy and other energy and infrastructure projects.

Jack is dual-qualified in English and Texas law and has previously worked in the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.

Darren Murphy has acted on major M&A and project development transactions in Australia and the wider Asia Pacific region for more than 25 years. He has particular experience in the upstream and downstream energy, mining, power and renewables, and technology sectors.
Darren is involved across the life cycle of major projects, including project structuring, joint ventures, foreign investment regimes, title and tenure, upstream issues and exploration, government agreements, share and asset acquisitions, operating agreements, royalty interests, unitizations, farm-ins and farm-outs, onshore and offshore facilities, sales and offtake, power purchase agreements and derivatives, energy transportation, facility access rights, construction, abandonment and decommissioning, regulatory and operational issues, and investor protection. His skills span traditional industries, in particular oil and gas and LNG (liquefied natural gas), as well as energy transition and emerging technologies.

Darren previously worked in-house for a NYSE-listed energy company in Kansas City in the United States. He is currently a member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators and previously served as co-chair of the Energy Committee of AmCham Singapore. He has received extensive recognition in legal directories with recommendations in Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, and Best Lawyers in Australia across the areas of energy/projects and corporate/M&A.

Ron Rucker is EVP, General Counsel at StormFisher Hydrogen. Ron is a seasoned legal and commercial leader with extensive expertise in energy project development, corporate strategy, and complex financing. At StormFisher Hydrogen, he plays a critical role in advancing large-scale clean energy initiatives by aligning regulatory compliance and stakeholder priorities with strategic business objectives. Before joining StormFisher, Ron held leadership roles at prominent energy companies, including Tellurian Inc. and Sempra Infrastructure, where he spearheaded negotiations for multi-billion-dollar projects and developed innovative solutions to support commercial growth. With a JD from Drake University Law School and an LLM in Taxation from the University of Houston Law Center, Ron brings a strategic and collaborative approach to navigating the intersection of law, business, and clean energy innovation.

Harry Sullivan is an International Energy Attorney based in Dallas, Texas, where he is an Executive Professor at Texas A&M School of Law and an Adjunct Professor at SMU’s Dedman School of Law. He also is an Assistant General Counsel for Kosmos Energy in their West Africa exploration activities. His previous experience includes fourteen years as Senior Counsel-International in the International E&P Legal Group of ConocoPhillips, Of Counsel with Thompson & Knight LLP, fifteen years as Chief Counsel-International and Senior Counsel for Atlantic Richfield Company and five years as Senior Counsel for Sun Oil Company. Mr. Sullivan has a J.D. degree from Louisiana State University School of Law and an LL.M. degree from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in the states of Louisiana and Texas and before the Supreme Court of the United States, and he is Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law in Texas. He is also admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales. His practice and experience focus on the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry, both in the U.S.A. and internationally.

David H. Sweeney is a partner in Clifford Chance’s Houston office and is head of the oil and gas group. He advises clients on a broad range of oil and gas, coal, and other natural resource, infrastructure, service, and corporate transactions. His engagements include more than US$100 billion of transaction value, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity finance and capital deployment, operational matters, and financial restructurings, spanning the entire natural resource value chain in over 30 countries.

David is a frequent author and speaker on oil and gas topics and has written a comprehensive book on world-wide joint operating agreements and another on worldwide farmout, participation, and similar agreements. He is the past chair of the Institute for Energy Law’s Young Energy Professionals group and the Association for International Energy Negotiators’ Young Negotiators Group and has served on the Executive committee of the Institute for Energy Law.