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.
- TRP Energy in its asset exchange transaction with Diamondback Energy in which it traded 15,000 net acres in the Midland basin for approximately 33,000 net acres in the Delaware basin and US$238 million in cash.
- Eni Petroleum in its US$1 billion sale of its Alaskan assets to Hilcorp.
- An international energy company with its US$78 million sale of US offshore oil and gas interests to multiple buyers.
- TotalEnergies in its acquisition and joint venture gas transaction with Lewis Energy.
- 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
- Institute for Energy Law’s 7th Leadership Class, 2025
- OTC Emerging Leader, 2022
(Offshore Technology Conference, Inc.)