About
James Cress is a Senior Counsel in the Denver office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, specializing in natural resources, mining, and oil and gas law transactions, including financing, corporate derivatives, and international investment. He has extensive experience negotiating complex acquisitions, asset dispositions, and financings for mineral-producing clients, as well as advising on U.S. and international mining law and regulation. His practice includes derivatives trading programs for corporate end-users.
Practice areas
Natural ResourcesMiningOil and GasCorporateDerivativesInternational InvestmentFinancingAcquisitions and DispositionsRoyalty MattersRegulatory and Legislative
Office
Expertise
Mining and oil and gas law transactionsAcquisitions, asset dispositions, and financings for coal, uranium, gold, copper, molybdenum, oil and gasPrivate and U.S. federal mineral royalty mattersMining law and regulation in the U.S., Asia, former Soviet Union, and Latin AmericaInternational investment agreement negotiations with governmentsDerivatives trading programs (oil & gas, precious metals, interest rate, currency hedging)Debt instruments with derivatives componentsFinancial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) for large-scale mining in the Philippines