International ArbitratorLegal ExperienceGreg V. Etter’s broad legal experience is an attribute to his acting as an arbitrator. Greg was Vice President and General Counsel of Battle Mountain Gold Company, an international corporation listed on the New York and multiple foreign exchanges. While at Battle Mountain, Greg handled a broad variety of transactional matters, including the 3.25 billion dollar merger with Newmont Mining Corporation and numerous domestic and international joint ventures, leases, options and other agreements. He negotiated numerous contracts with foreign governments, including Contracts of Work in Indonesia and Joint Ventures in Bolivia. He managed the development of forms and procedures for negotiating Battle Mountain’s large scale construction contracts. Greg also managed arbitrations, mediations and numerous pieces of complex litigation. He negotiated a Settlement Agreement with the Colorado Department of Health and the Environment; a Consent Decree with the U.S. Federal government; and a Permit Scheduling Agreement with various regulatory agencies in the State of Washington. Prior to joining Battle Mountain, Greg was engaged in the private practice of law. He was one of the original members of Jeppson and Lee, the Nevada branch of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall and McCarthy. Greg’s legal practice focused on transactional work for the international mining industry. In addition to negotiating and drafting a broad variety of contracts, Greg advised on multiple mine financings and was involved in numerous pieces of complex litigation, including multiple royalty disputes.
Greg has been admitted to the bars of the states of Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Texas, but is not currently an active member of these bar associations. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas ADR Section. Greg graduated Magna Cum Laude, first in his class, Phi Kappa Phi, from Washburn University School of Law, after scoring in the 99th percentile on the LSAT. His course work in law school focused on commercial and natural resources law, including oil and gas and water rights.
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