Tyler J. Gludt

Tyler advises energy and infrastructure clients on the development, operation, and financing of complex projects across North Dakota and the broader Midwest. His work spans traditional energy, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), and emerging infrastructure, including large-load and data center projects, where regulatory, land, and commercial issues intersect.

Tyler’s transactional practice includes project financings and secured transactions, asset and real property acquisitions and dispositions, surface use and lease agreements, entity formation, and title review. He regularly serves as lead or local counsel on matters involving state and federal permitting and regulatory approvals, helping clients advance projects efficiently from initial structuring through construction and ongoing operations.

A significant portion of Tyler’s practice focuses on energy transition and decarbonization initiatives. He is actively involved in CCS projects, advising on CO₂ transportation and storage infrastructure, pore space and land rights, permitting strategy, and stakeholder engagement for large-scale sequestration developments.

He also works closely with power generators, midstream companies, and infrastructure developers on projects involving pipelines, power generation, and large facilities, including data centers and other high-demand users navigating evolving energy and regulatory frameworks.

Prior to joining Fredrikson, Tyler served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps and as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.

Transactional

• Draft and negotiate credit agreements, mortgages, promissory notes, security agreements, and personal and corporate guarantees
• Serve as North Dakota local counsel to regional and national lenders, including preparing enforceability, mortgage, UCC, and real estate opinions
• Draft and negotiate purchase agreements for real property and assets
• Advise clients on corporate matters including entity formation and dissolution, start-up fundraising, and preparation of corporate and limited liability company organizational documents.
• Draft and negotiate easements, surface use, access, and lease agreements for commercial, industrial, and energy related projects

Regulatory and Legislative

• Advise operators, non-operators, and other stakeholders on local, state, and federal regulatory matters, including the permitting of energy conversion facilities, pipelines, transmission lines, and carbon capture and sequestration facilities
• Represent developers in CCS projects involving CO₂ transportation and storage infrastructure, pore space leasing, permitting, and stakeholder engagement
• Work with clients and advocacy groups on legislative and regulatory initiatives affecting the energy industry
• Advise developers of power generation, industrial, and data center projects on regulatory strategy and permitting

Litigation and Administrative Proceedings

• Represent operators, non-operators, and other stakeholders in administrative and regulatory proceedings before state agencies, including the North Dakota Industrial Commission and Public Service Commission. 
• Represent clients in matters involving breach of contract, lien foreclosures, quiet title actions, and related disputes
• Represent banks and lenders in enforcing remedies under loan documents

Title

• Prepare drilling and division order title opinions and advise operators on title curative matters

Education

• University of North Dakota School of Law, J.D., 2009, with distinction
• Bunkyo Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, 2004
• St. John’s University, B.A. Political Science, 2006
• Naval Justice School, Newport, RI, 2011
• The Basic School - U.S. Marine Corps, Quantico, VA, 2011
• Officer Candidates School - U.S. Marine Corps, Quantico, VA, 2007

Admissions

• North Dakota, 2009
• Article 27(b) Uniform Code of Military Justice, 2011

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