Omer F. ”Rick” Kuebel is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Insolvency practice group. He has extensive experience in oil, gas, and energy related bankruptcies and corporate restructuring solutions.
Rick has represented numerous energy companies in business litigation, arbitration matters and regulatory disputes involving oil and gas exploration, development, transportation, refining and marketing.
Rick has acted as counsel in numerous commercial disputes arising from offshore exploration projects including Macondo (Deepwater Horizon), Atlantis, Thunder Horse, Petronius, Mad Dog, West Delta and the Cook Inlet. Rick has represented numerous exploration and production companies with respect to regulatory disputes with BOEM, BSEE, and numerous state regulatory agencies.
He has represented major energy companies in a number of energy or energy-related industry restructurings and bankruptcies, including Lyondell Basell, SemCrude, Flying J, Enron (North America), Getty Petroleum Marketing, ATP, Black Elk Energy, Energy XXI, Northstar Energy, VENOCO, Shoreline Energy, RDT, Dune Energy, EOTT, Panaco, Contour Energy, TDC Energy, Virgin Oil/Offshore, Watson Energy, TransTexas Oil and Gas, Forcenergy, WRT, Alma and Equinox, Rand Energy, NARCO, AP Green, Farmland Industries, PG&E, Babcock and Wilcox, Bethlehem Steel, and Friede Goldman Halter.
In addition, he has formed or represented unsecured creditor committees in a number of reorganizations including: Evans Industries, the Fairgrounds, WRT Energy, Jitney Jungle, Delchamps, Forcenergy, Friede Goldman Halter, Orion Refining, Lundy Enterprises, Valentine Paper and WFA (West Feliciana Paper Mill).
Rick also provides counseling for distressed transactions, including distressed asset acquisitions and divestitures, joint operations, regulatory implications, and other financial risks. Additionally, he represents creditors in commercial collection litigation, property litigation, enforcement of security rights and bankruptcy litigation.
Professional Affiliations :
- Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
- Member, Turnaround Management Association
Education :
- J.D., Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans, 1992
- B.A., Economics, Tulane University, 1986
Admissions : Louisiana, 1992
Admitted To Practice :
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
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