Scott A. Greer

Partner
Corporate
Houston +1 713 751 3264
Bio

Scott Greer focuses exclusively on construction law and leads the firm's worldwide Energy and Construction transactional practices. A licensed Professional Engineer, he represents owners and developers in a wide range of projects throughout the U.S. and the world, primarily in the oil and gas, LNG, petrochemical, power and mining sectors, with project values generally ranging from $100 million to over $20 billion in value.

Scott has been recognized by numerous organizations as one of the best construction lawyers in the U.S. and the world (see "Recognitions" section for more information), and he leads a practice that has been ranked as one of the top three construction practices in the U.S by Legal 500 and one of the top 10 in the world by International Who's Who of Construction Lawyers. He has represented clients in over two dozen countries, including the U.S, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Asia, including on numerous "largest-of-its-kind" and "first-of-kind" projects, for a cumulative project value exceeding $300 billion. Recent examples of projects include liquefied natural gas (LNG) export and import facilities, natural gas and crude oil pipelines, natural gas storage facilities, power plants (nuclear, coal-fired, gas-fired, combined cycle, hydro), wind farms, compressed air energy storage facilities, offshore oil production facilities, petrochemical facilities, desalination facilities, cement manufacturing facilities, steel manufacturing facilities, copper mining facilities, coal mining facilities, ports, skyscrapers, sports stadiums, universities, mixed-use developments and condominiums.

Scott assists owners and developers throughout the entire project spectrum, commencing at project conception and continuing through punch list completion and beyond, including: selecting the appropriate project delivery system and contractual structure; drafting and negotiating construction-related agreements, such as EPC, design-build, EPCM, construction, construction management, engineering, architectural, program management and development agreements; drafting and negotiating operation and maintenance agreements and LTSAs; and resolving construction-related disputes.