The Netherlands: Carbon Experts - Holland Financial Center

– approaches to financing and funding carbon offsetting andsequestration projects;– setting up carbon funds and investing the proceeds;– assessing alternative energy and climate projects forinvestment purposes including equity investments andfl o t a t i o n s ;– participating in emission trading systems;– negotiating carbon contracts and emission reductionpurchase agreements (ERPAs);– advising on tax and accounting treatment of carbon assetsand liabilities.We apply our sector expertise in support of a select group ofNGOs including Carbon Leapfrog, the Legal Response Initiative(with WWF and Oxfam and others) and the Gold Standard, and sostay closely involved in the overarching UN political process anddevelopments at the community level.Simmons & Simmons was the fi rst international law fi rm to achieveCarbonNeutral status across all of its offi ces worldwide in 2006.Rutger de Witt Wijnen, PartnerT +31 (0)20 722 23 26rutger.dewittwijnen@simmons-simmons.comViviana Luján GallegosT +31 (0)20 722 23 17viviana.lujan@simmons-simmons.comStibbe N.V.Strawinskylaan 2001, 1077 ZZ AmsterdamP.O. Box 75640, 1070 AP AmsterdamThe NetherlandsT +31 (0)20 546 06 06info@stibbe.nlStibbe is a Benelux law fi rm with offi ces in Amsterdam, Brussels,Luxemburg, London, New York and Dubai.Stibbe is one of the leading advisors in the Dutch energysector with a dedicated team of lawyers advising on a widerange of matters in this sector. We have established an expertgroup on emissions trading that provides high-level advice onadministrative, civil, tax and commercial aspects of emissions56