Mark Watt
Senior Counsel - Lower 48 Exploration & Production at ConocoPhillips
- Role
- Senior Counsel - Lower 48 Exploration & Production at ConocoPhillips
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mark Watt
A highly successful and experienced attorney with a breadth of legal expertise developed over a diverse and challenging career as in-house counsel for a major oil and gas exploration and production company, in private practice with a major international law firm, in U.S. Government service (Dept. of Justice and Dept. of the Interior), and as a military attorney. Proven success as a transactional attorney, litigator, advisor, and manager.Specialties: Oil & Gas Law, International Law, Environmental Law, Natural Resource Law, FERC, Corporate Law, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Commercial Transactions, Contract Law, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Administrative Law, Public Land Law, Tort, Military Law, Criminal Law & Litigation, Labor & Employment, Management
Experience
Senior Counsel - Lower 48 Exploration & Production
Jan 2023 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Currently serving as Senior Counsel and assigned responsibilities for advising the Lower 48 Business Unit on all issues related to upstream and midstream (FERC and state) onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration and production projects, acquisition and maintenance of leases/interests, oil and gas midstream projects and transportation agreements, purchase or sale of major assets, commercial negotiations, regulatory approvals, project planning and permitting, and operational matters; royalty matters; and legal concerns arising in the government affairs, external affairs, and community relations contexts. Responsible for developing and negotiating operating, midstream gathering and transportation, and purchase and sale/share purchase agreements. Provides advice, counsel, and guidance to asset level, senior level, and executive level managers on legal risk evaluation and strategic planning and decision making. Supports the needs of the General Counsel, the corporate litigation department, the corporate risk department, and corporate finance.
Education
University of Colorado School of Law
Doctor of Law
1995 — 1998
University of Colorado
Juris Doctor, Law
1995 — 1998
University of Northern Colorado
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
1992 — 1994
University of Northern Colorado
Bachelor of Arts
1992 — 1994
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