Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP : by Kenneth J. Markowitz, Christopher A. Treanor, Bryan C. Williamson

Ken has demonstrated success working through complex mobile and stationary source regulatory programs implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). He also has a deep understanding of the EPA's Renewable Fuel Standards program, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the Corporate Average Fuel Economy regulations.

Ken has worked extensively with DOE and USDA on clean energy and bioeconomy programs. Ken works on energy efficiency issues in:

• Buildings
• Consumer and commercial products and appliances Transportation systems
• Other processes and controls, including with voluntary programs such as Energy Star.

Ken has participated in numerous United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations on issues including mitigation, financing, market mechanisms, transparence, compliance and technology transfer. He has assisted clients in navigating:

• The United Nations Environment Programme
• The European Commission
• The World Bank
• The International Finance Corporation
• The Organization of American States
• The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development systems.

Ken also counsels clients on the Sustainable Development Goals and the Equator Principles.

Ken formerly served as the Managing Director of the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE), a global transgovernmental network of regulators, business and international organizations. In that role, he assisted governments around the world in strengthening the rule of law and building stronger environmental governance systems through performance measurement, adaptive management and public-private partnerships. He has led global capacity-building projects for prosecutors and judges, compliance and enforcement indicators, hazardous waste and port security, fresh water governance and on strengthening compliance and investor confidence in GHG and other environmental markets around the world.

Ken served as a senior attorney at the EPA, where he received national recognition for his work on emergency response and oil spill prosecution. He also worked in private practice as an environmental lawyer, counseling corporate and municipal clients throughout the United States on air, water, petroleum, waste and toxics.