Services

Litigation

• Property disputes

• Mineral right ownership and concursus proceedings

• Residential, commercial and mineral lease disputes

• Products liability actions

• Breach of contract

• Indemnity and defense obligations

• Succession proceedings

• Legacy lawsuit defense

• Ownership of water bottoms

• Swamp Lands Act

• Sixteenth Section lands

• LA State and Federal Court experience

Transactions

• Commercial transactions

• Surface and mineral title opinions

• Mortgage and public records searches, including SONRIS and Clerk of Court Offices

• Curative title amendments

• Servitudes and rights of way

• Mineral right conveyances

• Mineral lease and oilfield property conveyances

• UCC Title 9 and immovable property security interests

• Government and civil construction contracts

• Domestic and International master service agreements, subcontracts and labor supply agreements

• Upstream and downstream contracts

• Intellectual property and proprietary information advice

• Franchise, confidentiality, non-disclosure and noncompete agreements

• Consulting and employment agreements

• Onshore and offshore fabrication, transportation and installation contracts

• Contracts for security, including parent company, bank and advance payment guarantees

• Due diligence requests; analysis and advice for investments or divestitures

State Agency

• Unit Applications and Hearings

• Cooperation with and appeals to LA DEQ and DNR

• Assistance with and response to Compliance Orders

• Compulsory and voluntary contamination clean-up

• Experience with Act 312 and Statewide Order 29-B