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Scott Looper

Scott Looper

Baker Botts L.L.P., United States

Work Department

Global Projects

Position

Partner

Career

Scott primarily focuses on midstream and LNG project development activities, including complex commercial contracts, A&D, rights-of-way, construction, operations, and joint ventures, in addition to energy regulatory (state and FERC) and litigation counseling. He also regularly advises corporate boards and committees on midstream transactions.

Scott has extensive experience with long-term commercial contracts related to gathering and pipeline transportation (including state and FERC tariffs); processing and fractionation; interconnection, compression, blending, treating, stabilization, and pumping; storage (underground and above-ground) and terminaling; commodity sales (including NAESB, ISDA and other forms), asset management, and marketing; feedstock, supply, offtake and offloading; liquefaction and terminal services; saltwater disposal; and hydrogen and CCUS.

Scott clerked for the Honorable Vanessa Gilmore of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Before law school, he worked as an energy analyst for Accenture.

Memberships

State Bar of Texas

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Scriblerus Society, Executive President

Houston Bar Association, Member (Fee Dispute Committee, 2013-2018, Chair (2015-16))

Institute for Energy Law, Member

OGEL Forum, Contributing Member

American Constitution Society, Next Generation Leader

United Way, Young Leader (2014-present)

Lambda Legal, Houston Leadership Committee (2016-Present)

Education

J.D., University of Houston Law Center 2009 cum laude Symposium Editor, Houston Law Review

M.Sc., business management, University of East Anglia, England 2006 with honors

B.A., English, Trinity University 2004 magna cum laude Phi Beta Kappa

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