UPCOMING EVENTS

Reserved Seating – Shareholder Rights to Appoint JV Management

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When drafting joint venture legal agreements, the parties must decide whether any co-venturer will have the direct or indirect right to fill key Management Team positions – and if so, for how long. Such decisions carry profound implications on the success of the venture, as well as a partner’s visibility into and control over the business. To understand more about how management team appointments work in JVs, Water Street recently analyzed the terms in 120 JV legal agreements and other documents to see what they had to say.  We will be discussing our finding s during this webinar.  

Joint Ventures and Partnerships in an Economic Downturn: What History Teaches Us

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As coronavirus leaves economies, stock markets, and companies staring into the face of a severe economic downturn, joint ventures are likely to serve as a valuable but under-appreciated lever in the ultimate corporate response, shaping winners and losers. Join us for a webinar in which our experts will reflect on previous economic downturns – e.g., commodity price drop in 2014-2016, financial crisis in 2008-2009, dot.com bubble burst and 9/11 terror attacks in 2001-2003, and others – and discuss patterns and lessons that will help to inform what the next 3-18 months might look like for companies with regard to defensive actions and opportunities with existing and new joint ventures and partnership.

Dealmaking in a Downturn - Pitfalls and Best Practices

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Downstream Oil & Gas and Chemicals JVs and Partnerships: Facts, Trends, and Issues

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As IOCs, NOCs, and Chemicals companies chart a path through COVID-19 and beyond, joint ventures and partnerships will remain a critically important tool for navigating through the storm. Done well, they can be a powerful way to shed costs and avoid the perils of acquisitions, the path to accessing new growth markets and shifting into higher-margin specialty products, and the key to unlocking the winning solution in the circular economy game. Join us for a webinar on May 14th as our experts share insights on the current shape and performance of the industry’s joint ventures and partnerships, and discuss the key trends likely to reshape the industry’s partnership portfolio in the years to come.

JV Exit - Getting Out Safely

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Joint venture exit is often the last term agreed when negotiating new JVs. But it’s a critical term to get right, given the limited lifespan of JVs and the amount of value that can be tied up in a partnership. Join us on June 4th for a virtual discussion about JV exit, featuring data from our benchmarking of JV legal agreements and practical guidance for executives managing termination choices and issues with existing ventures.

Joint Venture CEO Roundtable 

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Virtual content and networking session for JV executives, with topics to include leadership transitions and innovation in joint ventures. 

Clean Energy Roundtable

• Latest JV and partnership trends and data in renewable energy, including implications for partnerships in an economic downturn
• Practical guidance for addressing common JV deal challenges and opportunities – e.g., collaborating with non-like partners, designing joint operating models, protecting and managing intellectual property
• How renewable energy and other natural resource companies organize to pursue JV dealmaking and govern a growing portfolio of partnerships

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JV Reviews and Restructurings: How World-class Companies Drive Value through JV Reviews

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Joint ventures and partnerships are a key tool for companies to access capabilities and markets, share risk, and generate scale. However, company leadership teams often have a highly-incomplete picture of performance and risks of this asset class, and often fail to make timely interventions to restructure individual ventures. Increasingly, world-class companies are using JV portfolio and individual venture reviews to understand what is really going on, and where to make changes. Join us on July 1 for a virtual discussion about these emerging practices.

Small But Mighty - Minority Partner Rights & Protections in JVs

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Over a third of joint ventures have one or more minority partners with significantly smaller stakes than other shareholders. Yet despite the prevalence of JVs with minority partners, determining what rights and protections minority partners should have can be one of the most contentious and challenging aspects of JV negotiations. Join us on July 30th for a virtual discussion about minority partner decision rights and protections, featuring data from our benchmarking of JV legal agreements and examples of creative ways JV minority rights and protections can be structured.

Calibrating Joint Venture Governance

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Joint venture boards are prone to misalignment, overreach, and inefficiency, and often fail to live-up to their potential. Join us on September 10th for a virtual discussion where we share our latest analysis linking good governance to financial and strategic performance, and provide data-driven insights from our proprietary JV governance assessment tool – the Joint Venture Governance Index – and discuss how JV Boards and parent companies can calibrate and improve JV governance.

Oil and Gas Roundtable

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Chemicals & Refining Roundtable

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Metals and Mining Roundtable

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