Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced today the addition of shareholder Mark D. Tattoli to its Energy Section in Pittsburgh. Tattoli joins the firm from a Fortune 500, midstream master limited partnership providing crude oil, refined products and specialty chemicals storage, handling and throughput services. Prior to serving as in-house counsel, Tattoli worked in the Houston office of Haynes and Boone, LLP, advising clients in the energy and petrochemical industry on general corporate, M&A and securities matters.
Sean Moran, co-chair of the firm’s Energy Section, said, “Mark is a tremendous addition to our energy team. With Mark’s experience in infrastructure and refinery projects, he’s joining our team just as the development of that phase of the energy industry is kicking into high gear. He will add significant value for our large base of clients in the energy industry.”
Buchanan’s Energy Section, which has handled more than $15 billion in energy transactions since 2010, ranked as a Tier 1 practice by U.S.News – Best Lawyers® 2011-12 “Best Law Firms” list. The firm’s integrated energy team includes more than 80 lawyers and professionals in the areas of corporate finance, environmental, regulatory, tax, litigation, labor and employment, intellectual property, real estate and government relations.
About Tattoli
Tattoli has more than a decade of legal experience. His practice focuses on energy M&A and corporate transactions in the midstream space, where he has negotiated and closed numerous acquisitions, divestitures and joint venture projects. His deal experience includes acquisitions of refining assets, pipeline systems and terminaling facilities, with deal sizes ranging from $1 million to $500 million. In connection with those deals, Tattoli has led deal teams conducting due diligence investigations, both for domestic and international acquisitions in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.
Tattoli also has considerable experience negotiating and drafting commercial agreements in the midstream space, including crude supply agreements, terminaling agreements, throughput and deficiency agreements, pipeline capacity leases, operating and maintenance agreements, construction management agreements, and EPC agreements related to the design, construction and operation of domestic and international terminal facilities and pipeline systems.
Tattoli received his B.S. in chemical engineering, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame in 1994, and his joint J.D./M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002.
