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WHY CHOOSE KOLOBARA LAW
How We Strengthen Your Front Line
Kolobara Law Firm offers assistance to front-office clients with the ultimate objective of minimizing legal and financial exposure. We provide comprehensive and timely communication and analysis of trading or hedging strategies across trading-related functions—such as the front office, middle office, and back office—so that risk can be properly identified, quantified, and managed. This is especially important for companies operating on a “silo” platform, where many affiliates may perform trading or hedging functions independently from one another. We help our clients monitor and manage the totality of trading exposure from an enterprise standpoint.
Kolobara Law Firm assists clients with the evaluation of individual trades and trading or hedging strategies to ensure that there is a clear, legitimate business purpose behind all physical and financial components of the portfolio. We provide guidance and counsel to ensure that front-office personnel are properly informed and trained to avoid engaging in activities that could be interpreted as unlawfully affecting prices or restraining the market. Our aim is to foster sound trading practices grounded in the core values of integrity and honesty.
Kolobara Law Firm continuously monitors evolving regulatory developments to identify and evaluate legal and regulatory factors that may impact the formation or implementation of trading or hedging strategies. We are particularly focused on assisting clients in identifying and managing exposure to potential changes in mark-to-market sensitivity, performance triggers, bona fide hedging designation, margin cost management, market liquidity, mandatory clearing requirements, price volatility, cost of capital, position limits, physical hedging options, portfolio compression, and business conduct standards.
We are especially mindful that entities whose core business is not trading—such as load-serving utilities, local distribution companies, municipal power and gas entities, and electric cooperatives—tend to be more exposed to the increased cost of hedging due to limited operational or financial capacity for robust trading or risk management functions. Kolobara Law Firm supports these clients with legal and regulatory counsel to help identify and implement optimal trading or hedging strategies, while maintaining a strong focus on operational reliability and energy costs to ratepayers.
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What is Kolobara Law Firm, LLC?
Kolobara Law Firm, LLC is a boutique legal practice based in Omaha, Nebraska, dedicated to serving the energy and commodities industries. We provide tailored legal services focused on trading contracts, credit risk, regulatory compliance, and energy market transactions.
What areas of law do you focus on?
We focus on:
– Energy and commodity trading, transport and hedging contracts.
– Credit and risk management, netting agreements, corporate guarantees, and letters of credit
– Regulatory compliance (FERC, CFTC, Dodd-Frank).
– Physical products and financial derivatives (e.g., ISDA, EEI, WSPP, NAESB agreements).
– Renewable energy credits and emissions trading, NGL and LNG transactions
Who leads the firm?
Our firm is led by Miki Kolobara, Esq., an experienced energy attorney with over 20 years in senior legal roles at major energy companies. He has advised on complex trading, credit, and compliance matters for organizations such as Energy Transfer, Dynegy, DTE Energy Trading, and Salt River Project.
Who are your clients?
We represent:
– Energy trading companies.
– Utilities and power generators.
– Natural gas and crude oil producers and gathering companies, pipelines and marketers.
– Renewable energy firms and data center operators.
– Financial institutions and brokers active in energy derivatives.
What sets Kolobara Law Firm apart?
We offer:
– Deep industry experience from both legal and commercial perspectives.
– Direct, personalized client service and real-time support.
– Strategic legal solutions aligned with business objectives.
– Efficient contract negotiation and risk mitigation strategies.
– Thoughtful compliance support tailored to today’s regulatory landscape.
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