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<br /> ISSUE 2 2012<br /> International<br /> News<br /> Focus On<br /> Energy<br /> EMIR Introduces New Rules for OTC Energy Derivatives Market p.6 >><br /> Binding Corporate Rules as a Global Solution for Data Transfer p.14 >><br /> Editor<br /> Hugh Nineham<br /> +44 20 7570 1425<br /> hnineham@mwe.com<br /> Managing Editor<br /> Rohan Massey<br /> +44 20 7575 0329<br /> rmassey@mwe.com<br /> Publication Editors<br /> Kate Hinze<br /> Ellen McDonald<br /> Contributing Authors<br /> Matthew Archer, Brandon Barnes,<br /> Jacques Buhart, Simone Goligorsky,<br /> Maine Goodfellow, Alexander Harguth,<br /> Bethany Hatef, Lawrence Hu,<br /> Nicolas Lafont, May Lu, Rohan Massey,<br /> David Noren, James Pardo,<br /> Michael Ruoff, Prajakt Samant,<br /> Carsten Steinhauer, Heather Egan<br /> Sussman, Daphne Trotter, Anna Vesco,<br /> Alison Wetherfield, Ruth Wimer<br /> To learn more about International News<br /> or our international practice, visit<br <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=1"> ISSUE 2 2012 International News Focus On Ener</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=2"> Editor Hugh Nineham +44 20 7570 1425 hnineham@mwe</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=3"> In This Issue Welcome to the second issue of Int</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=4"> ENERGY FOCUS ON Hydraulic Fracturing: The Futur</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=5"> most, if not all, EU Member States to engage in u</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=6"> ENERGY FOCUS ON EMIR Introduces New Rules for O</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=7"> for reporting the same transaction twice. If a co</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=8"> ENERGY FOCUS ON European Solar Markets: There I</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=9"> of the feed-in tariff of up to 10 per cent. Altho</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=10"> ENERGY FOCUS ON Caveat Emptor in the European S</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=11"> FOCUS ON US EPA Proposes First Carbon Polluti</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=12"> ENERGY FOCUS ON Texas Is Open for Business, but</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=13"> This fundamental faith in the market is now </a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=14"> DATA TRANSFER INTERNATIONAL Binding Corporate R</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=15"> Faroe Islands, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Israel </a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=16"> PLANS IN CHINA EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE New Rules on </a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=17"> need further clarification. For example, there </a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=18"> BENEFITS EMPLOYEE E&P and Deduction Opportuniti</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=19"> extent that a taxpayer’s tax planning calls for h</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=20"> IN FRANCE M&A Voting Rights Thresholds in Frenc</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=21"> In principle, cash-settled derivatives must be</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=22"> GERMANY PATENT LITIGATION Invoking the FRAND De</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=23"> Learn More Stay up to date with current issues th</a> <a title="International News, Issue 2, 2012 | Newsletter | Publications | McDermott Will &amp; Emery page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1aa3ab69?page=24"> www.mwe.com/international/ </a>