Overview

Allison represents publicly traded and privately held companies in a wide range of oil and gas, mining and renewable energy transactions, with a focus on acquisitions and divestitures in the upstream and midstream energy sectors.

She has represented clients in a variety of domestic and international mining and oil and gas projects and transactions and has drafted purchase and sale agreements, exchange agreements, joint venture/development agreements, farmin/farmout agreements, and option agreements.  Allison has also served in an outside general counsel role for start-ups and emerging companies, advising on ownership structure, corporate formation and governance and drafting and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements pertaining to the day to day operations of energy companies.  She has extensive experience coordinating and conducting due diligence for large-scale domestic and international oil and gas and mining transactions and has prepared all forms of mineral title opinions, including drilling, division order and acquisition opinions covering fee, state and federal lands.

Experience & Results

• Acquisition of producing non-operated oil and gas assets in New Mexico for $55 million
• Option and earn-in agreement to explore 400,000 acres in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with the only active, operating high-grade nickel mine in the United States
• Divestiture of non-operated oil and gas assets in North Dakota for $72 million
• Acquisition of producing oil and gas assets and CO2 plant in New Mexico and Colorado for $180 million
• Acquisition of producing oil and gas assets in New Mexico for $44 million
• Divestiture of ceramic proppant manufacturing facilities in Georgia
• Acquisition of Oxy Land Grant assets in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah for $1.33 billion
• Divestiture by public oil and gas company of upstream assets in Wyoming for $350 million
• Acquisitions by public oil and gas company of upstream and midstream assets in Appalachian Basin with aggregate value in excess of $100 million
• Exchange of 25,000 acres by public oil and gas company in DJ Basin valued at $130 million
• Acquisition by public oil and gas company of upstream and midstream assets in the Ventura Basin of California valued in excess of $40 million
• Numerous asset exchange agreements covering upstream assets in Colorado and Wyoming
• DrillCo joint ventures by private oil and gas company in the Permian Basin in excess of $250 million
• Preparation of domestic and international mining joint venture and option agreements
• Representation of management team of privately held oil and gas company in private equity transaction with a $500 million capital commitment

Practice Areas

• Oil & Gas Transactions
• Acquisitions and Divestitures
• Corporate Law
• Real Estate
• Mineral Title Examination
• Mining
• Renewable & Alternative Energy
• Public Companies & Securities

Honors & Insights

• Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© “Ones to Watch” in the field of Oil and Gas (2022-2023)
• Selected for Inclusion in Colorado Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” List (2020, 2021)
• Co-Presenter, “Purchase & Sale Agreements and Due Diligence in Oil and Gas Transactions,” Denver Association of Lease and Title Analysts (November 2018)
• Member, Audit and Risk Management Committee of The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (2018-present)
• Trustee, The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, Colorado Bar Association (2018-current)
• Denver Petroleum Club Mentor Program (2017)
• At-Large Position, CBA Natural Resources and Energy Law Section Executive Committee (2016-2018)
• Co-Author, “Lessee and Transferee Qualifications,” Law of Federal Oil & Gas Leases (2016)
• Co-Author and Co-Presenter, “Overview of Complicating Factors Affecting Title,” Nuts and Bolts of Mineral Title Examination, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (April 2015)

Education

• J.D., University of Colorado School of Law, 2011
• B.A., University of Wisconsin, 2007

Bar Admissions / Qualifications

• Wyoming
• Colorado
• New York
• Texas