Overview

Zach Scott is a corporate transactional associate in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint venture formation involving energy assets and companies across the energy value chain, with an emphasis on domestic energy transactions in the upstream and midstream sectors.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

“The Jones Act and LNG: How a Century Old Law is Inhibiting American Energy Independence,” 1 ST. B. TEX. INT’L L. SEC. INT’L NEWSL. 1, 28, 2018 (inaugural issue)

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2019Texas

Education

  • University of Houston Law CenterJ.D.cum laude2018

    Order of Barristers

    Distinguished Service Award

    Barksdale Stevens Award and Scholarship

    Dean’s Scholarship

    Programs Editor, Houston Journal of International Law

    President, Student Bar Association

    Edward Bryant National Transactional Moot Court Competition (National Champions)

    Lorance & Thompson Negotiation Competition (First Place)

    Coach, South Texas College of Law National Energy Negotiation Competition (National Champions)

  • University of Houston Law CenterLL.M., Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources Law2018
  • Texas A&M UniversityB.A., Philosophy; History Minor2013