Shaw C. Ottis

Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

Freeport LNG

Shaw Ottis is Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of Freeport LNG Development, L.P.  He joined Freeport LNG in 2011.  Prior to working at Freeport LNG, Mr. Ottis was an attorney in King & Spalding LLP’s Houston Office as a member of the Global Transactions Practice Group.  As outside counsel with King & Spalding, Mr. Ottis focused his efforts representing owners in developing turnkey, non-recourse project-financed energy infrastructure projects, including liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals, power plants, pipelines, and bulk storage and terminal facilities.  At Freeport LNG, Mr. Ottis’s primary responsibility was the development of Freeport LNG’s $14 billion natural gas liquefaction project, including drafting, negotiating and administering EPC contracts for three natural gas pretreatment and liquefaction trains.  He also drafted and negotiated numerous ancillary EPC and construction agreements related to the liquefaction project.  Mr. Ottis is now actively involved in Freeport LNG’s development of its fourth liquefaction train.  In addition to his project development work, Mr. Ottis manages the legal department at Freeport LNG and holds various responsibilities for regulatory compliance, compliance with financing agreements, supporting Freeport LNG’s refinancing efforts and litigation support.

Mr. Ottis has a B.S., summa cum laude, in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University and a J.D., summa cum laude, from University of Houston Law Center.