Energy

How do we help energy companies navigate complex assets and transactions?

Across oil and gas title examinations, other acquisition and divestiture due diligence, and energy financing and transactions, we combine a sophisticated understanding of the industry with a practical, pragmatic approach. This allows us to identify key issues early and efficiently, appreciate their significance, and move clients towards the closing table with clarity and confidence.

No “over-lawyering,” or unnecessary obstacles

Able to distinguish details that require attention from those that simply create noise, we focus on those factors that can materially affect a client’s project economics, timing or ability to proceed. When we uncover a problem, we explain what it means and all options available to resolve it. The result is sophisticated legal work that protects the client without losing sight of the ultimate objective: getting the deal done.

Teams built around, and specifically curated for, you.

It takes years to develop the judgment to recognize subtle complexities and potential challenges in the oil & gas space, and to hone strategies best suited to address them. That’s why we maintain a deep bench, with a high concentration of partners, managing attorneys and senior-level associates. Taking the scope, complexity and timing of each engagement into account, we assemble the right team, with a senior lawyer leading the matter and all appropriate resources deployed to support them.

Equipped to handle major projects at scale.

Our practice is designed to handle projects of any size and scope, including those involving substantial acreage and capital, demanding timelines and the most complex ownership structures. Having arguably seen it all, our project leaders know the issues most likely to arise based on the specific assets, geography and ownership structure involved, allowing us to address areas of higher risk early. By concentrating resources where they matter most, we help clients manage time and cost for even the largest projects, without ever sacrificing the quality or depth of the work.

Title and transactional counsel under one roof

Many large law firms outsource their oil & gas title examination work, often to us. By contrast, competitors of our size may have healthy title practices, but little to no transactional capabilities. We offer both, connecting those underlying asset issues to the client’s broader business objectives.

Energy experience across major producing regions

Our lawyers have substantial experience in:

• West Texas/New Mexico and the Permian, Delaware, and Central Platform Basins
• East Texas and the Haynesville
• North Texas and the Barnett
• South Texas and the Eagle Ford
• North Dakota/Montana and the Bakken formation in the Williston Basin
• Oklahoma and the Mid-Continent
• Ohio and the Utica
• Colorado/Wyoming and the Rockies.

That geographic depth matters because ownership histories, recording practices and legal requirements vary significantly by jurisdiction and basin, and sometimes even within individual states.

“Energy work requires you to be several kinds of lawyer at once. You have to understand the property, the contracts, the ownership, the business, and how all of those disparate pieces and practices affect what the client is actually trying to accomplish. Comfortable moving across these disciplines, connecting the critical dots, that’s the kind of lawyers we are.”