Regulatory Whiplash
Hosted by IEL’s ESG Practice Committee and Renewable Practice Committee
November 12, 2025
Webinar begins at 1:00 pm Central
Duration: 1 hour
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Overview
US businesses are facing significant uncertainties in managing investments and strategy in the lower carbon and renewables energy spaces. Shifting political and regulatory priorities, incentives and policies have businesses moving their plans accordingly, causing a bit of “regulatory whiplash” for planning in the renewables tax credits and project finance spaces, as well as climate and ESG disclosures. This program will discuss some of those challenges, where those challenges are coming from, and thoughts on where things may be going from here.
Webinar begins at 1:00 pm Central
Duration: 1 hour
Speakers
Bassam Chain
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
New York, NY
Bassam Chain is Senior Counsel in the New York office of Norton Rose Fulbright and represents sponsors, developers, financial institutions and other market participants in a wide range of energy transactions including mergers and acquisitions, tax equity, joint ventures, tax credit sales, and secured lending transactions.
Rebecca Grapsas
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
New York, NY
Rebecca Grapsas is a partner in the Governance, Securities and Reporting group and co-leader of the Sustainability and ESG group at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. She works with boards and senior management teams on strategic matters relating to ESG, anti-ESG, regulatory and voluntary framework developments, and evolving shareholder and rating agency viewpoints. She counsels public, private and non-profit entities, operating in a wide range of industries, at all stages of their life cycle, with respect to the full range of complex corporate governance, securities regulation and compliance issues and related disclosure.
Michael Kohler
Deloitte Tax LLP
New York, NY
Michael Kohler is a Managing Director in Deloitte Tax LLP’s Washington National Tax Passthrough Group and advises clients on the formation and operation of infrastructure and investment funds, including with respect to entry and exit of partners, cross-border investments, fund restructuring, tax deferral and planning, and the acquisition and disposition of portfolio companies.  Mike has considerable experience representing clients in renewable, fossil fuel and nuclear energy, carbon sequestration, biofuels, and other areas of infrastructure development, counseling sponsors, utilities, tax equity investors, equipment suppliers, multinationals, and sovereign and private equity investors working towards their infrastructure investment goals.
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