Edwin M. Callender
Attorney & Energy Consultant
ecallender@callender-law.com
Edwin M. Callender is an attorney and energy consultant with offices in Houston, Texas, New York, NY and Georgetown, Guyana. He is principal of CLF Guyana and managing member of The Callender Law Firm, PLLC, a practice focused in the areas of oil & gas, energy, and industrial law; commercial transactions; business law; estate planning; and consumer law. As an energy and oil and gas industry professional delivering quality legal-, consulting-, and technical- services across various industry segments for more than 30 years, Mr. Callender has held positions of great responsibility and business impact at major oil & gas-, refining-, natural gas-, and electric power- companies. His expertise includes business strategy, commercial transactions, energy deal structuring and risk analysis, process engineering, business planning, and business optimization. Mr. Callender’s unique combination of legal-, analytical-, engineering-, and business- skills evidences his broad and deep expertise.
Edwin graduated from Guyana’s Bishop’s High School, and earned his BSc. degree in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After completing two years of PhD study in Physical-Organic Chemistry at LSU and passing the PhD general exam, he joined Atlantic Richfield Company as a chemical engineer in Houston, Texas and began a career in the energy and oil & gas industry.
Mr. Callender graduated magna cum laude with his Juris Doctor degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. Edwin also earned an MBA-Finance, and a MSc. degree in Chemical Engineering (both from the University of Houston). He is respected for his contributions and competence in his fields of endeavor, and holds a European patent for a commercial petrochemical process. Mr. Callender is a member of numerous professional organizations, including: the State Bar of Texas, the New York State Bar, Houston Bar Association, American Bar Association, the Houston Lawyers Association where he is also a member of the board of directors, the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
Mr. Callender is licensed to practice law in Texas and New York.
Education
• Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas
• MBA (Finance Concentration), University of Houston, Houston, Texas
• MSc., Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
• BSc., Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana