Practice Areas

• Real Estate
• Oil and Gas Transactions
• Business and Commercial Law
• Salt Dome Transactions

Professional Experience

As lead counsel for the real estate practice group, he is regularly called upon to represent clients in the following types of transactions:

• Real estate acquisitions and sales
• Acquisition and financing of oil and gas properties
• Real estate financing representing lenders and borrowers
• Residential title transactions, with emphasis on representing national relocation companies
  

Representative Matters

REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS AND SALES

Represented NYSE Company in real estate aspects of acquisition of $89,000,000.00 Plant Site in Southeast Louisiana

Represented NYSE Company in multi-million dollar transactions in both acquisition and sales of plant sites in Lake Charles Petro-Chemical Complex

Represented NYSE Company in real estate aspects of multi-million dollar re-financing of plant site in Lake Charles Petro-Chemical Complex

Represented National Banks and Borrowers in real estate aspects of acquisition and financing of shopping centers, national brand restaurants, hospitals and allied health care facilities, nursing homes and assisted living facilities, industrial sites and related port facilities

Represented fortune 500 Company in leasing and constructing airport facilities for the retrofitting of aircraft for the United States Air Force

Represented principals in the acquisition and financing of 65,000 acre tract in River Parishes of South East Louisiana

Represented Pinnacle Entertainment in acquisition of $350,000,000.00 resort complex site in Lake Charles, Louisiana

Represented NYSE Company in real estate collateralization and issuance of title insurance in $750,000.00 financing

ACQUISITION AND FINANCING OF OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES

Represented principals in acquisition of 12,500 acre oil and gas property in southwest Louisiana

Represented owner in the financing of 25,000 acre oil and gas property in southwest Louisiana

Represents independent operators in preparation of leasehold, drill-site and division order title opinions

REAL ESTATE FINANCING REPRESENTING LENDERS AND BORROWERS

Represents national banks on real estate title and title insurance aspects of multi-site, multi-state transactions

Represents National Banks and Borrowers on secured transactions involving the acquisition and financing of commercial and industrial properties

RESIDENTIAL TITLE TRANSACTIONS

Represents national relocation companies in the transfer of residential properties

Represents individuals in the acquisition and financing of residential properties with local and national mortgage companies and mortgage departments of national and state chartered banks

Represented principals of realtor group in acquisition of competing firm to form largest real estate agency in southwest Louisiana

Represents developers and home builders of residential subdivisions, condominiums, apartment complexes

Jointly represented owner/developer of golf course resort with multiple community neighborhoods

CONSERVATION

Represented developer in acquiring multiple sites for wetland mitigation banks

Represents landowners in wetland delineations

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

Continuing Legal Education speaker at numerous real estate seminars

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