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Scott R. Beckmen
Of Counsel
Overview
Scott R. Beckmen delivers reliable, practical, and efficient business-oriented transactional legal advice to clients throughout several industries, including finance, gaming, technology, and energy, leading to creative and agile solutions critical to both day-to-day and long-term operational success.
His practice focuses on acquisitions and divestitures; complex corporate and commercial transactions; securities offerings; entity, joint venture, and partnership structuring and formation; general business counseling; private equity investments; and project implementation and management of large document management projects.
Having developed significant experience in the entertainment and gaming industries, Scott regularly represents content companies including motion picture studios, technology companies, gaming companies, private equity funds, and other clients in various types of business transactions.
Scott began his legal career in the energy space and offers significant experience in oil and gas asset and entity acquisitions and transactions involving exploration, production, development, and transportation. He has negotiated master agreements including the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement, The North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Base Contract for Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas, and The Leadership for Energy Automation Practices (LEAP) Master Agreement for Purchasing and Selling Refined Petroleum Products and Crude Oil. He also has advised clients with respect to the regulations of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Outside of his finance, entertainment and gaming, and energy experience, Scott works with clients in a variety of other industries, including sports and esports, cannabis and CBD, and blockchain and distributed ledger technology.
In his former role as Chief Legal Officer, Scott developed, led, and oversaw corporate goals and strategies, compliance programs, management policies, and financial matters with both internal departments and relevant state, federal, and international governing bodies in addition to advising the Board, CEO, and other corporate officers on a variety of issues.
Credentials
Education
- University of Tulsa College of Law, 2006 (J.D.)
- University of Texas, 2004 (B.A.)
- American Association of Petroleum Landmen
- Independent Petroleum Association of America
- Association for Corporate Growth
- Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
- American Bar Association
- Business Law Education Committee
- Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Education Committee
- ClearRefining Technologies, Board Member