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Louis J. Davis

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Louis Davis serves as chair of the Firm’s North America Oil & Gas Practice and focuses entirely on oil, gas, and mineral law. Louis is Board Certified in oil, gas and mineral law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is an active member of the office’s Business Development/Marketing Committee. He is admitted to practice in Texas and Pennsylvania and is a Steering Committee member of the Firm’s Global Oil & Gas practice.

Louis has been recognized as a notable practitioner by Chambers USA 2015 and has consistently been named a Texas Super Lawyer in his area of practice by Super Lawyers, and was likewise included in the Houston Business Journal’s List of Who’s Who in Energy in Houston, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Energy and Natural Resource Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America for Natural Resources Law, Energy Law and Oil and Gas Law.

Louis is highly seasoned in representing oil and gas companies with respect to exploration, production and title matters, in the acquisition and divestiture of producing and non-producing properties, and related property and due diligence matters and issues.

His practice includes the preparation and/or review of all types of oil and gas exploration and production related agreements and documents, including purchase and sale agreements and related closing documents and exhibits, joint operating, participation, exploration, farmout, area of mutual interest, confidentiality, land services, transition services, logging, seismic license and seismic permit agreements, oil and gas leases, assignments and conveyances of leasehold, mineral, royalty, overriding royalty, production payment, and net profits interest, surface, subsurface and pipeline easements, and title opinions.

Much of his practice also includes advising and assisting land management and in house counsel of oil and gas exploration companies with respect to lease acquisition and prospect development matters. He also has an active practice representing real estate owners and developers, and ranch owners on oil and gas leasing matters.

Education:

  • University of Houston Law Center (JD Order of the Barons, Delta Theta Phi) (1976)
  • Southwestern University (BA) (1974)

Admissions:

  • Pennsylvania~United States (2010)
  • Texas~United States (1976)

Representative Legal Matters:

  • Represented a privately held client in the acquisition of producing properties in Crockett County, Texas, which closed for USD 13.5 million.
  • Represented a privately held client in the acquisition of oil and gas properties in Loving County, Texas, which closed for USD 22.5 million.
  • Providing various on-going advice to a privately held client in regards to its South Texas exploration and production acquisitions and operations.
  • Represented Tokyo-based Toyota in its CAD 602 million acquisition of a 32.5 percent royalty on Canadian oil and gas properties from Encana Corp.
  • Represented JGC Corporation, regarding Nexen Inc. selling of a 40 percent working interest in its shale gas lands in the Horn River, Cordova and Liard basins in northeast British Columbia to Japan’s Inpex Corp. and JGC Corp. as part of a joint venture agreement, for CAD 700 million (USD 680 million).
  • Acted as lead oil and gas counsel in USD 103 million dollar acquisition of producing oil and gas assets out of bankruptcy.

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