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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
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