Mark has over 30 years’ experience in commercial law, private practice and the oil and gas sector, both as a lawyer and a commercial negotiator. He has worked in over 80 countries on every continent and focused latterly on the renewables sector, specifically the development of large-scale tidal power generation. As Head of Energy, Mark leads Albertson’s advisory work on high-profile cases involving Energy and working alongside Construction and Infrastructure colleagues.
After qualifying in England as a solicitor, Mark spent 25 years in the oil and gas sector, including at Chevron and British Gas, where he worked to acquire licenses for oil and gas exploration and development from many Governments and working with a broad range of joint venture partners, where formulating creative deal structures was his forte. Mark also worked on pipeline projects in the UK and the Caspian Sea.