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14th Biennial Parker C. Fielder

Oil and Gas Tax Conference

A unique forum for discussion between the IRS and private sector on current oil and gas taxation issues
Houston Nov 16-17, 2017 Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston
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The University of Texas School of Law
The Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service

RECEPTION SPONSORS*
Andersen Tax LLC
Andrews Kurth
Baker Botts L.L.P.
BakerHostetler
Bracewell LLP
Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry
Deloitte Tax LLP
Ernst & Young LLP
Eversheds Sutherland
KPMG LLP
Liskow & Lewis
Mayer Brown LLP
Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Norton Rose Fulbright
Porter Hedges LLP
PwC
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Thompson & Knight LLP
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

*Note: The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury are not sponsoring the reception and their participation in the reception is not intended as an endorsement of the reception or the sponsors. 
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Overview

Join leading members of the oil, gas and energy tax community—including senior government officials, IRS staff, corporate energy and tax counsel, and members of the energy tax bar—at the 14th Biennial Parker C. Fielder Oil and Gas Tax Conference.

This nationally recognized event is a unique collaboration between The University of Texas School of Law and the Chief Counsel’s Office of the IRS, and provides an exchange of views and perspectives between the private sector and the Service. The 2017 program features a sophisticated array of presentations, panels, and discussions on current energy taxation issues, including:

  • An Opening Presentation on The Global Energy Challenge and How the U.S. Fits
  • Keynote Presentation by IRS LB&I Commissioner, Doug O’Donnell
  • In depth discussion on Capital Cost Recovery
  • An analysis of Oil and Gas Investment Vehicles, including price and profitability issues and tax reform issues
  • Select domestic tax issues: Partnership Allocation Issues, plus Tax Issues for Distressed Companies
  • International tax issues: Current Issues in International Tax for the General Practitioner; in-depth discussion of International Tax Planning Issues; and International Compliance
  • Hot Topics in Oil and Gas Tax
  • A discussion on the latest developments and impacts of LB&I’s campaign audit strategy on the energy sector
  • 1 hour Ethics on recent developments in the area of the regulation of tax practice and tax ethics
  • Multiple networking opportunities, including the Thursday Evening Attendee Reception
If your work involves energy taxation law or finance, don’t miss this exceptional educational and networking event.

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Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

  • Day 1 November 16, 2017
  • Day 2 November 17, 2017
  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Thursday Morning, Nov. 16, 2017
    Presiding Officer:
    Kimberly A. Edwards, Internal Revenue Service - Oakland, CA
  • 7:30 am
    Registration Opens
    Includes continental breakfast.

  • 8:20 am
    Welcoming Remarks

  • 8:30 am
    0.75 hr
    The Global Energy Challenge and How the U.S. Fits
    The world is faced with the tremendous challenge of providing sufficient energy services to fuel sustained economic growth in an environmentally benign way. This is all realized against a backdrop of shifting global energy trade flows due to rapid economic growth in developing nations and the development of new energy resources. Explore the state of energy today, what may come as the winds of change continue to blow around the world, and how the U.S. fits into the discussion. 

    Kenneth B. Medlock III, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy - Houston, TX

  • 9:15 am
    1.50 hrs
    Capital Cost Recovery
    A discussion of current cost recovery and accounting issues which may include geological and geophysical expenses, intangible drilling and development costs, cost depletion, tax consequences of the FASB-IASB Revised Revenue Recognition Standard for oil and gas companies, capital versus repair issues, section 179C, abandonment and worthlessness issues, recent IRS guidance, and other selected issues.

    Moderator:
    Thomas L. Evans, Kirkland & Ellis LLP - Chicago, IL
    Panelists:
    J. Shayne Buchanan, Occidental Petroleum Corporation - Tulsa, OK
    Scott K. Dinwiddie, Internal Revenue Service - Washington, DC
    John F. Eiman, Internal Revenue Service - Houston, TX
    C. Ellen MacNeil, Andersen Tax - Washington, DC
    Bret A. Oliver, PwC - Houston, TX

  • 10:45 am
    Break

  • 11:00 am
    1.00 hr
    Current Issues in International Tax for the General Practitioner
    A layman’s explanation of the international issues that are frequently in newspaper headlines, including “inversions,” “territorial systems,” the border adjustment tax, base erosion, and others that are regularly debated in the press and on the nightly news. Gain knowledge from this high level overview that will allow you to debate the issues with the best of them.

    Moderator:
    Carol P. Tello, Eversheds Sutherland - Washington, DC
    Panelists:
    Anne Devereaux, Deputy Associate Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service - Washington, DC
    Kevin L. Kenworthy, Miller & Chevalier Chartered - Washington, DC
    N. Susan Stone, Baker & McKenzie LLP - Houston, TX

  • 12:00 pm
    Adjourn to Optional Luncheon
    Included in registration.

  • Thursday Afternoon, Nov. 16, 2017
    Presiding Officer:
    David B. Cubeta, Miller & Chevalier Chartered - Washington, DC
  • Phil Mann Remembrance and Dedication
    We dedicate this year's Conference to Phil Mann, whose investment and commitment to this program was instrumental in its success for many years.

  • 12:45 pm
    Parker Fielder Awards Presentation
    -----
    Presenters:
    John S. Dzienkowski, The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
    Robert J. Peroni, The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
    -----
    Award Recipients:
    Kenneth Wood, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC
    Denney L. Wright, Professor of Practice, The University of Houston Law Center and former ExxonMobil Tax, Houston, TX
     

  • KEYNOTE LUNCHEON PRESENTATION
    Introduction by C. Elizabeth Wagner, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC

  • 1:00 pm
    0.50 hr
    Tax Administration: LB&I Commissioner’s Perspective
    An update on IRS activities for administering to large and mid-size companies, including relevant domestic and global activities impacting tax administrators, taxpayers and advisors.

    Douglas W. O'Donnell, Commissioner, Large Business & International, Internal Revenue Service - Washington, DC

  • 1:30 pm
    Break

  • 1:45 pm
    1.00 hr
    Oil and Gas Investment Vehicles Revisited
    An analysis of investment vehicles including corporations and partnerships in all of their various forms, with a focus on the price/profitability issues and/or tax reform issues of the day.  

    Moderator:
    Denney L. Wright, Professor of Practice, The University of Houston Law Center - Houston, TX
    Panelists:
    Maria T. Collman, PwC - Houston, TX
    Robert A. Jacobson, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP - Houston, TX
    Clifford M. Warren, Internal Revenue Service - Washington, DC

  • 2:45 pm
    Break

  • Track A: Domestic Tax Issues
    Presiding Officer:
    R. Richard Coston, Norton Rose Fulbright - Houston, TX
  • 3:00 pm
    1.25 hrs
    Partnership Allocation Issues: An Analysis of Functional Allocations, Target Allocations and the New Disguised Sale Regulations
    Analyze and discuss how “functional” allocations in the API Model Tax Partnership Agreement and “target” allocations in typical private equity investments impact the after-tax results of partners in oil and gas joint ventures classified as partnerships for tax purposes. In addition, review the impact of the new section 707 Disguised Sale regulations on the structuring of investments in and distributions from such joint ventures.

    Moderator:
    John T. Bradford, Liskow & Lewis - Houston, TX
    Panelists:
    William H. Caudill, Norton Rose Fulbright - Houston, TX
    Timothy J. Devetski, Ernst & Young LLP - Houston, TX
    Michael L Johnston, KKR - Houston, TX
    Clifford M. Warren, Internal Revenue Service - Washington, DC

  • 4:15 pm
    1.25 hrs
    Select Tax Issues for Distressed Companies
    Explore federal income tax issues with respect to restructuring or disposing of oil and gas assets, as well as restructuring or selling oilfield service companies. The discussion includes a look at workouts and bankruptcies involving these businesses, and the tax issues of concern to investors and management teams facing the crisis.

    Moderator:
    James D. Reardon, Porter Hedges LLP - Houston, TX
    Panelists:
    Roger D. Aksamit, Thompson & Knight LLP - Houston, TX
    Glenn Dance, Grant Thornton LLP - Arlington, VA
    Abdon Rangel, Linn Energy, Inc. - Houston, TX
    Howard Tucker, Ernst & Young LLP - New York, NY

  • Track B: International Tax Issues
    Presiding Officer:
    David B. Cubeta, Miller & Chevalier Chartered - Washington, DC
  • 3:00 pm
    1.25 hrs
    International Tax Planning Issues—Evolving in the Face of Uncertainty
    Managing international tax planning, including adoption of a territorial system as part of U.S. tax reform, the accompanying transition issues of repatriation and anti-base erosion rules and increasing tax-avoidance and transfer pricing efforts around the globe. 

    Moderator:
    Heather B. Crowder, Phillips 66 - Houston, TX
    Panelists:
    Edward C. Osterberg Jr., Mayer Brown LLP - Houston, TX
    David Petrick, PwC - Houston, TX
    Moshe Spinowitz, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP - Boston, MA
    Kenneth Wood, Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (International), Internal Revenue Service - Washington, DC

  • 4:15 pm
    1.25 hrs
    International Compliance 
    A discussion on the new compliance burdens imposed by the OECD’s BEPS project, with focus on the country-by-country disclosure requirements, as well as an analysis of the likely areas of transfer pricing disputes and recommendations for defense of transfer pricing determinations.

    Moderator:
    Steven C. Wrappe, KPMG LLP - Washington, DC
    Panelists:
    John D. Bates, BakerHostetler - Washington, DC
    Brandon Bingham, Deloitte Tax LLP - Houston, TX
    Melinda Harvey, Internal Revenue Service - Washington, DC

  • 5:30 pm
    Adjourn to Optional Reception
    Included in registration.

    RECEPTION SPONSORS*
    Andersen Tax LLC
    Andrews Kurth
    Baker Botts L.L.P.
    BakerHostetler
    Bracewell LLP
    Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
    Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry
    Deloitte Tax LLP
    Ernst & Young LLP
    KPMG LLP
    Liskow & Lewis
    Mayer Brown LLP
    Miller & Chevalier Chartered
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Porter Hedges LLP
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
    Thompson & Knight LLP
    Vinson & Elkins LLP
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

    *Note: The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury are not sponsoring the reception and their participation in the reception is not intended as an endorsement of the reception or the sponsors.
     

  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Friday Morning, Nov. 17, 2017
    Presiding Officer:
    Robert A. Swiech, KPMG LLP - Houston, TX
  • 7:30 am
    Conference Room Opens
    Includes continental breakfast.

  • 8:00 am
    1.00 hr
    The New Partnership Audit Rules
    The new partnership audit rules are a dramatic departure from the current federal procedures. The new rules raise a number of unanswered questions and also provide partnerships with elective options potentially yielding significantly different results. Hear a summary of the new rules and how taxpayers may revise current partnership agreements, and negotiate partnership transactions, in light of the new rules. 

    Moderator:
    Elizabeth McGinley, Bracewell LLP - New York, NY
    Panelists:
    George Hani, Miller & Chevalier Chartered - Washington, DC
    Holly O. Paz, Large Business & International Division, Internal Revenue Service - Washington, DC

  • 9:00 am
    1.00 hr ethics
    Avoiding Potential Discipline Situations
    Examine the application of Circular 230 and various state ethics rules to common situations encountered by tax professionals in planning, audits and compliance. In connection with each situation, hear ways practitioners can avoid or remedy problems that may arise so that practitioners can stay out of disciplinary trouble. 

    Linda Galler, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University - Hempstead, NY
    Christopher S. Rizek, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered - Washington, DC

  • 10:00 am
    Break

  • 10:15 am
    1.00 hr
    Hot Topics in Oil and Gas Tax
    Explore a number of recent tax developments and issues pertaining to the oil and gas industry, including marginal well credit developments, Section 199 issues, complexities involving IDCs and AMT preferences, and MLP/qualifying income developments.

    Moderator:
    P. Todd Way, Vinson & Elkins LLP - Dallas, TX
    Panelists:
    Jennifer Bernardini, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service - Washington, DC
    Julie M. Holmes Chapel, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service - Oklahoma City, OK
    Glenn Leishner, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation - The Woodlands, TX
    Allison D. Mantor, Andrews Kurth - Houston, TX
    Ted McElroy, Deloitte Tax LLP - Houston, TX

  • 11:15 am
    1.25 hrs
    Tax Controversy and Audit: The Impact of the New LB&I Campaign Strategy on the Oil and Gas Sector
    Discuss the latest developments in LB&I’s campaign audit strategy, with a focus specifically on impacts of the new audit campaign strategy on the energy sector and the oil and gas sector specifically.

    Moderator:
    Richard A. Husseini, Baker Botts L.L.P. - Houston, TX
    Panelists:
    Mickey G. Culpepper, Baker Hughes, a GE Company - Houston, TX
    Kimberly A. Edwards, Internal Revenue Service - Oakland, CA
    Peter A. Lowy, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry - Houston, TX
    Kathryn F. Patterson, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service - Houston, TX

  • 12:30 pm
    Adjourn

  • Day 1 November 16, 2017
  • Day 2 November 17, 2017
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Conference Faculty

Roger D. Aksamit

Thompson & Knight LLP
Houston, TX

John D. Bates

BakerHostetler
Washington, DC

Jennifer Bernardini

Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service
Washington, DC

Brandon Bingham

Deloitte Tax LLP
Houston, TX

John T. Bradford

Liskow & Lewis
Houston, TX

J. Shayne Buchanan

Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Tulsa, OK

William H. Caudill

Norton Rose Fulbright
Houston, TX

Maria T. Collman

PwC
Houston, TX

Heather B. Crowder

Phillips 66
Houston, TX

Mickey G. Culpepper

Baker Hughes, a GE Company
Houston, TX

Glenn Dance

Grant Thornton LLP
Arlington, VA

Anne Devereaux

Deputy Associate Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service
Washington, DC

Timothy J. Devetski

Ernst & Young LLP
Houston, TX

Scott K. Dinwiddie

Internal Revenue Service
Washington, DC

Kimberly A. Edwards

Internal Revenue Service
Oakland, CA

John F. Eiman

Internal Revenue Service
Houston, TX

Thomas L. Evans

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Chicago, IL

Linda Galler

Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

George Hani

Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Washington, DC

Melinda Harvey

Internal Revenue Service
Washington, DC

Julie M. Holmes Chapel

Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service
Oklahoma City, OK

Richard A. Husseini

Baker Botts L.L.P.
Houston, TX

Robert A. Jacobson

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Houston, TX

Michael L Johnston

KKR
Houston, TX

Kevin L. Kenworthy

Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Washington, DC

Glenn Leishner

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
The Woodlands, TX

Peter A. Lowy

Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry
Houston, TX

C. Ellen MacNeil

Andersen Tax
Washington, DC

Allison D. Mantor

Andrews Kurth
Houston, TX

Ted McElroy

Deloitte Tax LLP
Houston, TX

Elizabeth McGinley

Bracewell LLP
New York, NY

Kenneth B. Medlock III

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Houston, TX

Douglas W. O'Donnell

Commissioner, Large Business & International, Internal Revenue Service
Washington, DC

Bret A. Oliver

PwC
Houston, TX

Edward C. Osterberg Jr.

Mayer Brown LLP
Houston, TX

Kathryn F. Patterson

Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service
Houston, TX

Holly O. Paz

Large Business & International Division, Internal Revenue Service
Washington, DC

David Petrick

PwC
Houston, TX

Abdon Rangel

Linn Energy, Inc.
Houston, TX

James D. Reardon

Porter Hedges LLP
Houston, TX

Christopher S. Rizek

Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
Washington, DC

Moshe Spinowitz

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Boston, MA

N. Susan Stone

Baker & McKenzie LLP
Houston, TX

Carol P. Tello

Eversheds Sutherland
Washington, DC

Howard Tucker

Ernst & Young LLP
New York, NY

Clifford M. Warren

Internal Revenue Service
Washington, DC

P. Todd Way

Vinson & Elkins LLP
Dallas, TX

Kenneth Wood

Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (International), Internal Revenue Service
Washington, DC

Steven C. Wrappe

KPMG LLP
Washington, DC

Denney L. Wright

Professor of Practice, The University of Houston Law Center
Houston, TX

Planning Committee

John S. Dzienkowski—Co-Chair

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Robert J. Peroni—Co-Chair

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Jennifer Bernardini

Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service
Washington, DC

John T. Bradford

Liskow & Lewis
Houston, TX

Maria T. Collman

PwC
Houston, TX

Stephen E. Comstock

American Petroleum Institute
Washington, DC

R. Richard Coston

Norton Rose Fulbright
Houston, TX

Kristine A. Crabtree

Internal Revenue Service
Washington, DC

David B. Cubeta

Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Washington, DC

Timothy J. Devetski

Ernst & Young LLP
Houston, TX

Kimberly A. Edwards

Internal Revenue Service
Oakland, CA

John F. Eiman

Internal Revenue Service
Houston, TX

Thomas L. Evans

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Chicago, IL

Mary J. Greco

Internal Revenue Service
Seattle, WA

Richard A. Husseini

Baker Botts L.L.P.
Houston, TX

Robert A. Jacobson

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Houston, TX

Joanna Jefferson

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Eileen E. Johnson

Internal Revenue Service
Houston, TX

Todd Keator

Thompson & Knight LLP
Dallas, TX

Kevin L. Kenworthy

Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Washington, DC

Patrick Kirwan

Internal Revenue Service
Washington, DC

Andrius R. Kontrimas

Norton Rose Fulbright
Houston, TX

Kathleen Kruchten

Internal Revenue Service
Houston, TX

Glenn Leishner

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
The Woodlands, TX

Peter A. Lowy

Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry
Houston, TX

Bobby Marandi

PwC
Houston, TX

Gregory M. Matlock

Ernst & Young LLP
Houston, TX

Edward C. Osterberg Jr.

Mayer Brown LLP
Houston, TX

Kathryn F. Patterson

Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service
Houston, TX

Tim C. Raymond

Exxon Mobil
Houston, TX

James D. Reardon

Porter Hedges LLP
Houston, TX

Paul M. Schmidt

BakerHostetler
Washington, DC

Rochelle S. Seade

Chevron Services Company
Houston, TX

Robert A. Swiech

KPMG LLP
Houston, TX

Carol P. Tello

Eversheds Sutherland
Washington, DC

C. Elizabeth Wagner

Internal Revenue Service
Washington, DC

P. Todd Way

Vinson & Elkins LLP
Dallas, TX

Kenneth Wood

Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (International), Internal Revenue Service
Washington, DC

Steven C. Wrappe

KPMG LLP
Washington, DC

Denney L. Wright

Professor of Practice, The University of Houston Law Center
Houston, TX

Jeff Wright

Deloitte Tax LLP
Houston, TX

Credit Info

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MCLE Credit
Toggle view Texas – 11.50 hrs  |  1.00 hrs Ethics
Legal Specialization(s): Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Tax Law
You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided in Your Briefcase for your records. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number  provided on your certificate of attendance.
Toggle view California – 11.50 hrs  |  1.00 hrs Ethics
You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov.  UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  
Toggle view Louisiana – 11.50 hrs  |  1.00 hrs Ethics
At the completion of the conference you must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Supreme Court of Louisiana Continuing Legal Education Committee within 30 days after the conference. 
Toggle view Oklahoma – 14.00 hrs  |  1.00 hrs Ethics
You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, then you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the Oklahoma Bar Association within 30 days after the conference.
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Toggle view National Accounting CPE – 13.50 hrs
The University of Texas School of Law is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

Delivery Method: Group-Live (UT Law CLE is a provider of NASBA Group-Live credit only, which excludes online offerings. 

To comply with NASBA Standards, attendees claiming CPE credit must sign in to verify attendance for each segment. Attendance sign-in sheets will be available at the registration desk. You will need your CPA license number to sign in. A CPE Certificate of Completion will be provided at the conclusion of the conference.

Reporting: CPAs are responsible for reporting CPE credits earned to their state's accountancy board, and must retain appropriate documentation of their participation in learning activities. Visit your state’s reporting website for more information or www.nasba.org.
Toggle view TX Accounting CPE – 13.80 hrs
The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #250) live conferences are presumptively approved by The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for Texas Accounting CPE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Approved for general CPE credit only.

At the conference, you are welcome to sign in on the Accounting CPE Record of Attendance form at the registration desk, but we are now reporting all credit online. You will receive a Texas Accounting Certificate of Completion in Your Briefcase. Self-report your CPE credit directly to TSBPA. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  

Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.

Key Dates

Houston – Nov 16-17, 2017 – Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston
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Last day for cancellation (full refund): Nov 10, 2017

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Last day for cancellation: Nov 13, 2017

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2222 West Loop South
Houston, TX 77027-3502
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$179 room rate good through October 27, 2017 (subject to availability). 

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$10 daily self-parking; $16 overnight self-parking; $16 valet daily parking; $25.60 valet overnight 

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    Andersen Tax is the founding member of Andersen Global, an international association of member firms with over 2,000 professionals worldwide and a presence in 70 locations through its member firms and collaborating firms. In the U.S., Andersen Tax has more than 1,000 personnel located in 19 cities across the country. Andersen Tax encompasses top advisors with previous experience in the international accounting firms, law firms, IRS, and state taxing authorities.
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    Since 1902, Andrews Kurth has built its practice on the belief that “straight talk is good business.” Real answers, clear vision and mutual respect define the firm’s relationships with clients, colleagues, communities and employees. With more than 400 attorneys and 11 locations worldwide, Andrews Kurth represents a wide array of clients in multiple industries. For more information about Andrews Kurth, please visit andrewskurth.com.
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    For over 175 years, Baker Botts has delivered results-oriented services, establishing us as a leading law firm. Our reputation is complemented by our tradition of leadership in government, the judiciary and our communities. Regardless of size, sector or jurisdiction of a client, our commitment is to help achieve their business objectives. With a focus on serving companies in the energy sector, Baker Botts has a long and rich experience advising on tax issues unique to the oil and gas industry. Clients understand the importance of selecting advisors who appreciate the history and evolution of oil and gas tax issues, given the sparseness of Code provisions and judicial decisions setting forth the peculiar rules and concepts unique to the industry, and an environment of ever-changing deal dynamics.
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    One of the nation’s leading law firms, BakerHostetler helps clients around the world to address their most complex and critical business and regulatory issues. With five core national practice groups— Business, Employment, Intellectual Property, Litigation, and Tax— the firm has more than 900 lawyers located in 14 offices coast to coast. Recognized for its role as court-appointed counsel to the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) Trustee in the recovery of billions of dollars in principal lost in the Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Bernard L. Madoff, BakerHostetler is widely regarded as having one of the country’s top 10 tax practices, a nationally recognized litigation practice, a renowned data privacy practice, and an industry-leading business practice.
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    Bracewell is a leading law and government relations firm serving the oil and gas, power, financial services, technology and public finance industries throughout the world. Our industry focus enables us to maintain cutting-edge experience and in-depth knowledge of the commercial, legal and regulatory challenges faced by our clients so that we can provide the most effective legal solutions to facilitate transactions and resolve disputes.  Bracewell offers the personalized attention of a boutique and the broad-based resources of our full-service law firm. We advise on all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent prosecution and enforcement, licensing, technology transfers, and joint venture agreements. Our seasoned litigators practice in courtrooms across the country and include both licensed patent attorneys and litigators experienced in complex commercial litigation. This sophisticated litigation experience includes in-depth training in science, energy and technology, and allows Bracewell's intellectual property litigation practice to deliver an aggressive and practical defense of our clients’ valuable intellectual property rights.
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  • Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered logo
    Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
    Founded by former IRS commissioner Mortimer Caplin in 1964, Caplin & Drysdale remains a premiere law firm focused on handling highly complex tax issues for corporate multinationals in the United States and abroad. Among our areas of primary focus are international taxation and tax controversies, including counsel and defense in the event of tax audits and other administrative controversies, tax planning advice on compliance with U.S. and foreign transfer pricing rules in connection with ongoing business operations or business transactions, as well as the negotiation of advance pricing agreements between taxpayers, the IRS, and foreign tax authorities. Our ranks include former senior officials from the IRS, the U.S. Treasury, and the Justice Department. Clients can rely on our attorneys' broad knowledge of the tax process and our enduring and productive relationships with tax authorities. Caplin & Drysdale’s substantial technical skill and considerable knowledge on how tax law is made, administered, and applied to specific industries, delivers great value to the firm’s clients.
    caplindrysdale.com
  • Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry logo
    Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry
    Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry celebrates over five decades as a diversified law practice focused on the highest level of client service. Although we have grown to a firm of more than 120 attorneys with a wide variety of practice areas, personalized attention to our clients’ needs remains a hallmark of our heritage. We have built our reputation working with established businesses as well as entrepreneurs and individuals with sophisticated legal needs. Today, our tradition of personalized service continues to be valued by clients from the smallest start-up ventures to the largest multinational companies.
    chamberlainlaw.com
  • Deloitte Tax LLP logo
    Deloitte Tax LLP
    Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee (“DTTL”), its network of member firms, and their related entities. DTTL and each of its member firms are legally separate and independent entities. DTTL (also referred to as “Deloitte Global”) does not provide services to clients. In the United States, Deloitte refers to one or more of the US member firms of DTTL, their related entities that operate using the “Deloitte” name in the United States and their respective affiliates. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting. Please see www.deloitte.com/about to learn more about our global network of member firms.
     
    deloitte.com/us/tax
  • Ernst & Young LLP logo
    Ernst & Young LLP
    The oil and gas sector is constantly changing. Increasingly uncertain energy policies, geopolitical complexities, cost management and climate change all present significant challenges. EY’s Global Oil & Gas Sector supports a global network of more than 10,000 oil and gas professionals with extensive experience in providing assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services across the upstream, midstream, downstream and oil field subsectors. The Sector team  works to anticipate market trends, execute the mobility of our global resources and articulate points of view on relevant sector issues. With our deep sector focus, we can help your organization drive down costs and compete more effectively.
    ey.com
  • Eversheds Sutherland logo
    Eversheds Sutherland
    Eversheds Sutherland serves as tax counsel to many of the world’s most prominent corporations—including more than 35 of the Fortune 100—in every area of federal, international, state and local tax law. Our prominence in legal tax services dates back to the firm’s founding nearly a century ago. More than 100 tax attorneys represent taxpayers in federal, international, employee benefits, insurance, tax exempt, and state and local tax matters. By virtue of the size of our tax practice and our varied client base, we are active in every area of taxation—from planning the most complex corporate tax transactions to representing taxpayers in administrative and judicial tax controversies.
    eversheds-sutherland.com
  • KPMG LLP logo
    KPMG LLP
    KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory services. We trace our origin back to 1897. Our high-performing people mobilize around our clients, using our experience and insight to cut through complexity and deliver informed perspectives and clear methodologies that our clients and stakeholders value. Our client focus, commitment to excellence, global mind-set, and consistent delivery build trusted relationships that are at the core of our business and reputation. KPMG believes that the quality of our services separates us from our competitors. We focus on turning knowledge into value through a range of services—from state and local tax to international corporate tax—to help organizations manage costs, improve processes and stay in step with international regulatory requirements.
    kpmg.com
  • Liskow & Lewis logo
    Liskow & Lewis
    Liskow & Lewis was founded in 1935 and includes nearly 130 lawyers in three offices, strategically located in New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana and Houston, Texas. Since its inception, the firm’s practice has focused on the energy and oil and gas industry, and has grown to meet the evolving demands of its clients, diversifying into a wide-ranging litigation and transactional practice across the Gulf Coast.
    liskow.com
  • Mayer Brown LLP logo
    Mayer Brown LLP
    Mayer Brown is a global legal services organization advising clients across the Americas, Asia and Europe. Our presence in the world’s leading markets enables us to offer clients access to local market knowledge combined with global reach. We are noted for our commitment to client service and our ability to assist clients with their most complex and demanding legal and business challenges worldwide. We serve many of the world’s largest companies, including a significant proportion of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100, DAX and Hang Seng Index companies and more than half of the world’s largest banks. We provide legal services in areas such as tax, banking and finance; corporate and securities; litigation and dispute resolution; antitrust and competition; U.S. Supreme Court and appellate matters; employment and benefits; environmental; financial services regulatory & enforcement; government and global trade; intellectual property; real estate; restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency; and wealth management.
    mayerbrown.com
  • Miller & Chevalier Chartered logo
    Miller & Chevalier Chartered
    Miller & Chevalier is a Washington, DC law firm founded in 1920 as the first federal tax practice in the United States. For more than 90 years, the firm has successfully represented the most sophisticated corporate clients in all facets of federal income taxation. In the past three years, the firm's Tax lawyers have represented more than 40 percent of the Fortune 100, one quarter of the Fortune 500 and approximately 30 percent of the Global 100. In addition to Tax, the firm has leading practices in Employee Benefits (including ERISA), International Law and Business, White Collar and Internal Investigations, Complex Litigation, and Government Affairs. Miller & Chevalier is proud of its enduring working relationships with many companies in the oil and gas industry (several spanning decades) and is pleased to be a long standing sponsor of the Parker Fielder Oil & Gas Tax Conference.
    millerchevalier.com
  • Norton Rose Fulbright logo
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 4,000 lawyers and other legal staff based in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare. Through our global risk advisory group, we leverage our industry experience with our knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide our clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.
    nortonrosefulbright.com
  • Porter Hedges LLP logo
    Porter Hedges LLP
    Porter Hedges is one of the leading law firms in Texas and Oklahoma focusing on sophisticated transactions and complex litigation. We represent public and private companies in a wide variety of established and growing energy industries.  We are recognized for both the depth of our experience and the ability to meet our clients' business objectives.  Our oil and gas tax attorneys assist clients in structuring partnerships and joint venture arrangements, applying sophisticated tax allocation and ownership strategies that offer maximum financial return while conforming to all regulatory requirements. Our team understands the complex laws governing tax treatment of working interests, royalties, net profit interests, production payments and other interests generated by domestic and international operations.
    porterhedges.com
  • PwC logo
    PwC
    PwC’s Energy team is one of the largest professional services networks in the world. We serve more than 2,500 oil and gas clients of all sizes, from every segment of their businesses. We feature more than 6,000 energy and mining professionals worldwide, with more than 1,300 in the United States, who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. Wherever you operate, our professionals are ready to assist with many of today's largest, most challenging issues affecting the energy sector.
    pwc.com
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP logo
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
    With 22 offices, more than 1,700 attorneys and over 50 practice areas, Skadden advises businesses, financial institutions and governmental entities around the world on their most complex, high-profile matters, providing guidance to compete in today’s business environment. With extensive administrative, judicial and policy experience at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, IRS, U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Tax Court, as well as in congressional tax writing committees, our tax team counsels on every aspect of tax law. Skadden was named "Best Law Firm" for tax by 2018 Vault Law 100 and ranked in the top-tier for tax in U.S. News — Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2017. We were also included in the top-tier of International Tax Review’s World Transfer Pricing 2017. The Tax Group and its members are repeatedly named leaders in their field by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500 and The Best Lawyers in America.
    skadden.com
  • Thompson & Knight LLP logo
    Thompson & Knight LLP
    Established in 1887, Thompson & Knight is a full-service law firm with more than 300 attorneys.  The firm provides solutions to clients and communities around the world and is particularly recognized for its depth of experience and capabilities on behalf of the energy industry.  Thompson & Knight was named U.S. News-Best Lawyers® “Law Firm of the Year” in Oil & Gas Law for the years 2011-2013, 2015, and 2017. This year, Thompson & Knight proudly celebrates 130 years of service.
    tklaw.com
  • Vinson & Elkins LLP logo
    Vinson & Elkins LLP
    Vinson & Elkins was founded in 1917 during the emergence of the Texas oil industry. Consistently named the “World’s Leading Energy Law Firm” (Euromoney, 1995-Present)*, we assist clients involved in all facets of the energy and natural resources industry. With 16 global offices, V&E has an understanding of legal and regulatory structures in jurisdictions around the world. V&E’s Tax lawyers provide strategic counseling and tax-planning advice that result in advantageous tax treatment for our clients, while protecting their financial interests. The V&E tax team is recognized as leaders in providing comprehensive tax counsel, representing domestic and foreign clients, both public and privately held. V&E lawyers have extensive experience working with master limited partnerships (MLPs) and complex E&P joint ventures, drill cos and similar arrangements.
    velaw.com
  • Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP logo
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is an elite international law firm of approximately 700 lawyers located in nine offices in six countries: New York, Washington, Houston, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Brussels, Milan and Rome. For more than 125 years, we have represented companies and individuals worldwide across a wide spectrum of businesses and industries, most notably financial services. The firm is comprised of attorneys who are individually and as a group recognized as some of the world’s foremost practitioners in their respective areas of concentration. Willkie’s collaborative approach is entrepreneurially inspired and client focused, delivering practical solutions for business-critical transactions and bet-the-company litigation.
    willkie.com
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