Clifford Chance
Thomas Shattuck has more than a decade of experience serving clients across the energy and natural resources sector, from rock pore to burner tip. He focuses on M&A, joint venture, and project development transactions involving oil and gas, power generation, and other energy and infrastructure assets.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Thomas was a research manager for a leading professional services firm, covering oil and gas M&A, upstream exploration, LNG, refining, and the energy transition. Thomas has worked as a research analyst covering the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Alaska upstream. He started his career as a field engineer for a large oilfield services company in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Karoon Energy on its ~US$760 million US Gulf of Mexico debut.
- Viper Energy Partners LP, a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy Inc., in its approximately US$1 billion acquisition of mineral and royalty interests in the Permian Basin from Warwick Capital Partners and GRP Energy Capital.
- Spire Inc. in its agreement to acquire MoGas Pipeline, an interstate natural gas pipeline, and Omega Pipeline, a connected gas distribution system, from CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., for US$175 million.
- A publicly-traded energy company in a drilling services contract, offshore Mexico.
- Rattler Midstream LP, a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc., in its joint venture OMOG JV LLC with a subsidiary of Plains Oryx Permian Basin LLC (Plains Oryx).
News and client work
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, Houston
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- Practice area M&A corporate
Career and qualifications
- Vanderbilt University, B.E., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; English, 2011
- University of Houston Law Center, JD, magna cum laude, 2022
- Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in Texas 2022
- Joined Clifford Chance 2023
Professional bodies
- Board Member and Communications Vice Chair, Gulf Coast Section, Society of Petroleum Engineers
- TMS Committee Member, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston
- TMS Chair and Program Committee Member, Offshore Technology Conference, Brazil
- Member, American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
- Member, Association of International Energy Negotiators
Awards and citations
- OTC Emerging Leader, 2022
(Offshore Technology Conference, Inc.)