• Represented a global methanol supplier as real estate counsel in a deal to acquire an indirect minority equity interest in a $1,850,000,000 methanol production facility in Louisiana. The client will construct, own, and, operate the methanol terminal assets associated with the production facility, in addition to having the exclusive methanol off take rights from the new facility.
• Representation of a global energy and refining company with regard to all aspects of the $550,000,000 expansion in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Project local counsel for a $10,000,000,000 Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The facility will process 1.7 billion cubic feet per day. Kean Miller represented the owner in the transaction as Louisiana real estate counsel, Louisiana energy regulatory counsel, and Louisiana and federal environmental counsel
• Representation of a regional bank in a financing transaction where a real estate company issued Taxable Variable Rate Securities: The bonds were secured by an irrevocable direct-pay letter of credit issued by the bank
• Representation of a development corporation in acquisitions, mortgages and sales of shopping center properties: The company’s holdings place it in the top rankings of grocery anchored strip shopping center developers in the United States

Admissions

• Admitted, Louisiana, 1982

Memberships

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; American College of Mortgage Attorneys (Fellow), Council of the Louisiana State Law Institute

Publications

• 20th Institute on Real Estate Law, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Co-Chair and Presenter, 2012
• 18th Institute and 19th Institute on Real Estate Law, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, Co-Chair, 2004, 2007
• Current Developments in Federal & State Laws Affecting the Real Estate Practice, 14th Institute on Real Estate Law, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
• Real Estate Practice Update, Professional Education Systems, Inc., 1998, 2000
• Recent Developments in Sales, Leases and Property Law, Louisiana State University, 1995, 1998, 2000
• Evicting Tenants in Troubled Times, American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law, 1993 Annual Meeting
• Purchase and Sale Agreements, Institute on Real Estate Law, Louisiana State University, 1993
• Basic Real Estate Law in Louisiana, National Business Institute, 1992
• Advanced Real Estate Law in Louisiana, National Business Institute, 1991