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MARGARET “PEGGY” WELSH
4829 Laurel Street ● New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 236-0926 ● peggywelsh@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE

FLUOR FEDERAL PETROLEUM OPERATIONS, LLC, New Orleans, LA February 2023 – Present
Senior Counsel
▪ Provide legal counsel and guidance throughout the life cycle of numerous construction projects
associated with the $2 billion U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Life Extension II Project
▪ Advise internal clients on legal issues relating to construction contract negotiation, real estate issues,
pipelines, surety bonds, claims and schedule changes

GORDON ARATA MONTGOMERY BARNETT, New Orleans, LA September 2014 – February 2023
Equity Member (2017 – 2023); Associate (2014-2016)
▪ Advised numerous companies in financing transactions, acquisition and sale transactions, real estate
transactions, compliance and general corporate matters
▪ Drafted and negotiated sales and lease documents, mortgages, and credit agreements
▪ Represented regional and local companies in drafting and negotiating purchase agreements and lease
agreements for commercial properties

▪ Represented a Fortune 500 corporation in its sale of over $1 billion of Louisiana oil and gas assets and
in numerous exchange agreements of Texas oil and gas assets
▪ Represented the State of Louisiana as lender’s counsel in connection with Community Development
Block Grant financing of a non-profit corporation’s headquarters and training facilities
▪ Served as co-chair of the Firm’s Commercial Transaction Group of 20 attorneys, chair of the Firm’s
associate development committee and member of the Firm’s finance committee

SHELL OIL COMPANY, New Orleans, LA August 2017 – January 2018
Legal Secondee
▪ Drafted and negotiated joint venture agreements, confidentiality agreements, data exchange
agreements and other commercial agreements relating to offshore assets and operations in the Outer
Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico
▪ Advised internal clients on compliance with federal laws and regulations
▪ Reviewed existing client contracts and advised as to legal risks and compliance

CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP, New York, NY October 2010 – June 2014
Corporate Associate
▪ Represented U.S. and foreign companies in international and domestic private and public
transactions and joint ventures, including advising a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical corporation on an
asset sale and a Fortune 500 corporation on its acquisition of a software company

▪ Represented U.S. companies with respect to general corporate matters and prepared formation
documents, by-laws, shareholder agreements, resolutions and written consents
▪ Drafted transaction documents in connection with collateralized loan obligation and collateralized
debt obligation issuances and master repurchase agreements