Darin Scheer

Background

About Darin Scheer

Transactional experience: Large natural resource development projects in the Mountain West, including oil and gas, wind, solar, hydrogen, and other commercial transactions. Negotiating agreements to acquire and divest oil and gas assets and other commercial properties worth tens of millions of dollars, negotiating major wind and solar project contracts, assisting with the purchase and redevelopment of a 650 MW coal-fired power plant, facilitating the infrastructure development for one of the largest green hydrogen projects in North America, purchasing multiple Alaskan fishing lodge businesses, and representing two different NFL team owners in numerous strategic initiatives. Litigation experience: Numerous multi-million dollar commercial disputes and natural resource-related matters. Briefing to district courts in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, the Colorado Court of Appeals, the Colorado and Wyoming Supreme Courts, the U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Wyoming and Utah, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Representative Matters-Purchase and redevelopment of 650 MW coal-fired power plant-Infrastructure contracts for one of the largest proposed green hydrogen project in North America-Infrastructure contracts for proposed $1 billion cryptocurrency mining project-Negotiating more than 2 GW of wind and solar projects in Wyoming, Texas, and Nevada-Lead trial and appellate counsel in defense against $30 million claim regarding industrial gas plant-Trial and appellate co-counsel in multi-million dollar dispute regarding mine-through efforts by large coal company-Lead trial and appellate counsel in complete defense jury verdict against claim for more than $90 million in oil and gas farmout contract damages-Lead trial counsel in obtaining judgment against federal unit operator in Utah for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty-Lead trial counsel for industrial client in defeating speculative railroad condemnation action in multi-phase trial in Wyoming federal district court-Arbitration co-counsel in successful defense against $45 million contract claim regarding midstream issues in Texas-Trial and appellate co-counsel in obtaining and upholding $3 million jury verdict in contract damages regarding purchase of an Alaskan fishing lodge-Martindale Hubble Rating: AV -Phi Beta Kappa, Wyoming -Order of the Barristers Specialties: Civil Litigation Surface Use Agreements Transactions Entity Formation and Advising