My colleagues Michael O’Connell and Stephen Kelly, both of whom have a great deal of experience representing clients engaged in energy and natural resources transactions with Indian tribes, are putting on a webinar entitled "Doing Business with Indian Tribes." Since the best private lands are often already spoken for, renewable energy developers are looking more and more at developing projects on public lands and Tribal lands. The Webinar that Mike and Steve are presenting will discuss doing business with tribes generally, but their presentation will be relevant to those seeking to develop renewable energy projects in partnership with Indian tribes or on tribal lands.

Details are as follows: 

Please join Stoel Rives attorneys Michael O’Connell and Stephen Kelly for a webinar on Doing Business with Indian Tribes on Wednesday, June 10, 2009. They will conduct a lively, interactive program that will cover:

There are over 550 federally recognized Indian tribes. Indian tribes engage in a broad range of business transactions governed by a complex array of federal, tribal and state laws. Stoel Rives is pleased to offer a webinar that will offer you tools to recognize the unique legal status of Indian tribes and how it affects business transactions with Indian tribes.

  • Tribes and tribal business structures
  • Contracting, sovereign immunity, and dispute resolution
  • Leases, easements, and other agreements for use of tribal land
  • Tribal and federal environmental reviews and approvals
  • Taxation issues

When:

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
11:30 – 11:45 a.m. PST – Registration and Lunch
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. PST – Presentation


Cost:

Complimentary (lunch included)


Where:


Stoel Rives LLP
900 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 2600
Portland, OR 97204

Or at your computer. Information on how to access the webinar will be provide to those who register.

Parking:

We will validate parking for most nearby parking garages.

RSVP:

Space is limited! Register online by Monday, June 8.