Strategic and tactical commercial contracting guidance

With over 25 years of in-house experience with Fortune 500 companies, Lowell Blackham supports contracting needs with an in-house sensibility.  His experience includes negotiating all types of commercial agreements, including:

• Professional and corporate services (corporate benefit agreements, consulting, professional services, purchase and sale documents, distribution agreements, leases, equipment procurement, aircraft agreements, business process outsourcing, JV, M&A)
• Capital projects (design, construction, construction management)
• Logistics (truck, rail, ocean, warehouse)
• Energy (electricity, natural gas, fuel oil/coal, solar, steam)
• Information technology (software licenses, SaaS, telecommunications)
• Field services (consulting engineering services, full-time on-site maintenance and operation)
• Raw materials

Before joining Quarles, Lowell drafted and negotiated contracts for operations, contracts and projects in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, EU, Poland, Russia and Saudi Arabia. An issue spotter and problem solver, Lowell also provided day-to-day legal support to operations worldwide. Lowell brings regulatory and administrative law experience in the energy and transportation arenas.

Admitted in Wisconsin, Tennessee and Nebraska

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee

Education

• Brigham Young University (B.S., 1988)

• Creighton University School of Law (J.D., 1992)

Seminar

• Business Law Training: Avoiding (and Winning) Pricing Disputes with Customers and Suppliers in an Inflationary Environment