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activities (PoAs) in India, Africa and South America, as well asthe increasing financial regulation of the energy and carbonmarkets and issues relating to stolen emission allowances andregistry safety.De Brauw is a member of the International Emissions TradingAssociation (IETA) and we are actively involved in discussionswith policy makers and regulators on matters ranging fromimplementation of international regulations to developmentof new policies. De Brauw is the only continental Europeanlaw fi rm to be ranked for Climate Change by Chambers Global2011 (band 2) and we are ranked fi rst tier for Energy as well asEnvironment & Planning by The Legal 500 EMEA 2011.Nicolien van den Biggelaar, PartnerT +31 (0)20 577 13 39nicolien.vandenbiggelaar@debrauw.comSander SimonettiT +31 (0)20 577 16 03sander.simonetti@debrauw.comJonathan SoeharnoT +31 (0)20 577 10 35jonathan.soeharno@debrauw.comClifford ChanceDroogbak 1A, 1013 GE AmsterdamP.O. Box 251, 1000 AG AmsterdamThe NetherlandsT +31 (0)20 711 90 00www.cliffordchance.comClifford Chance was the fi rst premier law fi rm to set up aspecialist Environmental and Climate Trading Group (ECTG)in 2004 to share experience of different areas of law andcollaborate across jurisdictions. We currently have over 73lawyers in the group, spanning 17 countries, including theNetherlands.Clifford Chance specializes in all aspects of climate trading andenvironmental law, covering trading carbon credits under Kyotoflexible mechanisms (i.e. the Clean Development Mechanism(CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI)), structuring of carbonbased financial and insurance products, advising operators and50