MEXICO CITY, Mexico, April 12, 2010 - Kenneth S. Culotta, a partner in the energy and natural resources practice and Latin American practice of King & Spalding, will be a panelist at a two-day international conference on the exploration and production of oil and gas in Mexico to be held in Mexico City, Mexico, April 15-16. The event is presented by the Institute for Energy Law, the Center for American and International Law and the National Association of Business Law. 
 
Culotta’s panel will discuss highlights of the new contractual regime of Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company. Mexican Energy Minister Georgina Kessel will deliver the keynote luncheon address.

For more information on the conference, go to: http://www.cailaw.org/Brochures_2010/2010iel-anade(eng).pdf.

Culotta, who is resident in King & Spalding’s Houston, Texas, office, represents a broad spectrum of clients in the energy and natural resource industry, including oil and gas producers, transport and storage providers, power, LNG and CNG concerns, petrochemical manufacturers, energy marketers, service companies and mining companies. His practice focus includes cross-border transactions and the unique public and private law issues involved in structuring, documenting and negotiating these transactions. He received a J.D. degree from the University of Texas Law School and a B.A. degree from the University of Texas.

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