Amy Seneshen

Practice Areas

For more than 25 years, Amy Seneshen has helped guide clients in upstream and midstream oil & gas transactions with aggregate value in the billions of dollars for both public and private companies. She also advises clients in a broad range of transactional matters in the energy industry, including the negotiation of farmout agreements, joint venture agreements, development agreements, crude purchase agreements, midstream agreements, water gathering and disposal agreements, and solar leases. She represents management teams in the formation of entities and in connection with investments by private equity firms. Amy also represents companies in negotiating and structuring natural resource projects for the exploration and development of domestic and international mining properties.

Career

Board Member, Foundation of Natural Resources and Energy Law (2023-Present)

Treasurer, Foundation of Natural Resources and Energy Law (2024-Present)

Past Chair of the Natural Resources and Energy Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association

Past Co-Chair of the Legal and Legislative Committee of the Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen

Volunteer High School Mock Trial Coach (2019–2022)

Publications

Co-author and presenter, “Your State or Mine – Practical Considerations for Choice of Law and Venue Provisions,” Foundation of Natural Resources and Energy Law Annual Institute (July 2024)

Co-author and presenter, “The Modern Day Gold Rush: The Race for Helium and Why You Should Care,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Annual Institute (July 2021)

Co-author and presenter, “Contractual Holes in the Right to Drill and Hydraulically Fracture Horizontal Wells,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute: The Law of Fracking (January 2019)

Co-Presenter, “Purchase & Sale Agreements and Due Diligence in Oil and Gas Transactions,” Denver Association of Lease and Title Analysts (November 2018)

Panelist, “Letters from the Front: Practical Advice on Due Diligence,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute: Due Diligence in Oil & Gas and Mining Transactions (September 2018)

Author, 1 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Law of Federal Oil & Gas Leases, Chapter 4, “Lessee and Transferee Qualifications” (LexisNexis Matthew Bender 2018)

Co-Presenter, “How to Attract and Retain Top Female Talent,” Geneva Group International North American Conference (2015)

Author, “An Overview of Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Law” (National Association of Division Order Analysts, 2005)

Co-Author, “Equitable Defenses Against the Government in the Natural Resources and Environmental Law Context,” 17 Pace Env. L. Rev. 273 (2000)

Work Highlights

Acquisition of Oxy Land Grant assets in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah for $1.33 billion

Acquisition of Canadian and U.S. oilfield services companies

Representation of artificial intelligence (AI) company that uses its AI/ML discovery platform to find mineral deposits

Divestiture of midstream assets in Colorado for in excess of $590 million

Divestiture of upstream assets in Wyoming for $350 million

Acquisition of upstream and midstream assets in Colorado and Utah in excess of $290 million

Divestiture of upstream assets in Montana in excess of $200 million

Preparation of numerous asset exchange agreements in the DJ/Wattenberg Basin and in Wyoming

Preparation of water gathering and disposal agreements in Colorado, Wyoming, and Texas

Preparation of private placement memoranda for energy and real estate industries

Acquisition of multi-family real estate properties located in Colorado, Oregon, and Idaho

Mineral exploration projects in Nevada, Wyoming, Canada, Chile, Argentina, French Guiana, Mongolia, and Peru

Representation of start-up and established companies for corporate matters