Scot Anderson’s practice focuses on commercial transactions and project development, with specialization in international transactions and transactions involving the mining, oil and gas, and energy industries. Mr. Anderson has worked on transactions in the United States, Europe, Africa, South America, and Australia. He has been engaged in the full sweep of project development in the power, mining and petroleum industries, from drafting construction and operations agreements to negotiating downstream sales arrangements. He has represented a number of clients with projects on Indian lands.

Mr. Anderson began his legal career with the Denver office of Arnold & Porter, working primarily on environmental issues, permitting, and product liability litigation.

He joined ARCO Coal Company in 1991. During his tenure with ARCO Coal, he worked on the full range of issues affecting the coal industry. He provided advice to the company’s marketing group on coal sales and transportation contracts, and litigated major coal contract disputes. He assisted mine operations with permitting and compliance issues, and represented the mines in administrative proceedings under the Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), the Mine Safety and Health Act (MSHA), state regulatory programs, and various environmental laws. He also participated in the development of various proactive training programs and related program development, including internal compliance auditing. He worked on federal coal leasing issues, and the acquisition and divestiture of coal properties. Finally, he advised the coal company on issues related to potential mine acquisitions in China and South America, and traveled to Australia to work on a bid for mine mouth power projects during the privatization of the Victoria power industry.

Mr. Anderson moved from ARCO Coal to Guildford England, where he represented ARCO British Limited, ARCO Europe and North Africa Limited, and ARCO Global Energy Ventures. While in England, he served as the Legal Manager for the Southern Gas Basin of the North Sea. In that role, Mr. Anderson dealt with the full range of day-to-day operational issues affecting ARCO British properties in the North Sea. He drafted and negotiated gas sales agreements, and helped ARCO British establish its gas trading desk. He drafted negotiated joint operating agreements, gas balancing agreements, pipeline agreements, rig contracts, farm-ins, processing and transportation arrangements, and other operational agreements. He also participated in the negotiations to allow development of the Elgin-Franklin and Shearwater Field in the northern North Sea, which involved a dozen oil and gas companies.

While in England, Mr. Anderson also worked on projects in Europe and North Africa. He worked on acquisitions and divestures of oil and gas properties in the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Tunisia, and Algeria. He also participated in negotiations related to ARCO’s participation in the Interconnector, which linked England’s gas market to Europe. He negotiated some of the first gas sales agreements selling British gas to the European market. He also worked on power development projects in Ireland, Belgium, and England. He was ARCO’s lead lawyer in the construction of the Great Yarmouth Power Project in England, which was financed using non-recourse project financing.

Mr. Anderson joined Davis Graham & Stubbs in 2000. Since joining DGS, he has worked on the full sweep of issues affecting the coal, oil and gas, hardrock mining, and renewable energy industries. He has represented clients in administrative proceedings, and in federal and state courts. He has worked on complex transactions for natural resources clients, including the formation of new joint ventures, the divestiture of natural resources projects, and the acquisition of leases and reserves for coal mining, renewables, and oil and gas clients. He continues to advise clients on the full scope of legal issues affecting the natural resources industry. He has extensive experience addressing issues related to mineral development of federal public lands and Indian lands. He continues to work on international energy projects, including projects in Europe, South America, and Africa. He also served as an expert witness in a proceeding concerning the sale of coal from Venezuela.

Mr. Anderson is a member of the bars of Colorado and the District of Columbia, as well as the courts of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. He is an active member of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, the Colorado Mining Association, the International Bar Association, and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators. He currently serves as chairman of the Board of Directors of Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colorado, a multi-denominational nonprofit benefiting urban children. Mr. Anderson is also a past president of the Denver Chapter of the International Mining Professionals Association. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America and in Who’s Who Legal - Oil and Gas 2009.

Speaking Topics

Mr. Anderson has recently spoken on the following topics:

• Administrative Law
• Coal Mining
• International Natural Resources Transactions
• Renewable Energy
• Oil and Gas Transaction
• Energy Development in Indian Country

Mr. Anderson is available for speaking engagements on these and other related topics.