Lawyers / Professionals

Mr. Rosen's law practice primarily consists of representing businesses involved in conventional oil and gas, coalbed methane gas, and coal as well as other minerals, natural resources, environmental resources, land development, and technologies related to underground mine safety and carbon-based materials. He devotes significant time to mergers and acquisitions, commercial law counseling and mineral conveyancing.

He represents publicly traded and closely held conventional oil and gas producers and coalbed methane producers in connection with mergers and acquisitions, joint development and exploration agreements, drilling agreements, purchase and sale agreements, mineral conveyancing and regulatory matters.

Mr. Rosen also represents coal producers and developers in all aspects of coal mergers and acquisitions, coal reserve leasing, acquisition and disposition, contract mining, and mineral conveyancing matters. He represents coal producers and consumers in all aspects of coal supply agreements. He has been active in synthetic fuel and refined coal siting, feedstock and synfuel off-take and facility development and facility operation agreements.

Mr. Rosen represents oil and gas and coal producers in matters including water discharge, facility siting, permitting, design, compliance and reclamation matters. He acts as regulatory counsel to operating oil and gas and coal producers, including in proceedings before federal and state regulatory agencies involving matters related to water discharges, water, noise and dust pollution, reclamation standards, license and permit suspension and revocation, ownership and control permit blocking issues, designation of areas unsuitable for mining, injunctive relief and reclamation bond forfeitures. In the past, Mr. Rosen also has represented coal producer trade associations on legislative issues before federal and state regulatory and legislative agencies.

Currently, Mr. Rosen is the principal McGuireWoods contact with the Marcellus Shale Coalition of which McGuireWoods is a member.

Mr. Rosen is a past member of the Pennsylvania Ad Hoc Task Force on Mining Legislation, the group responsible for revising Pennsylvania's surface coal mining laws and regulations to meet the primacy requirements of the Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of August 3, 1977; the Pennsylvania Mining Advisory Committee, the group responsible for periodic amendments to Pennsylvania's surface coal mining laws and regulations; and the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board Rules Committee, the group responsible for amending the rules of procedure governing administrative law proceedings before Pennsylvania's environmental trial court.

Mr. Rosen is a frequent lecturer for the continuing legal education seminars on mineral law, conveyancing and land use topics.