Leech Tishman’s Oil and Gas attorneys are equipped to serve companies throughout the oil and gas supply chain, and possess a depth of knowledge in matters ranging from land acquisition and corporate finance, to employment and environmental issues.
Our Oil and Gas team is comprised of a group of business lawyers with deep expertise in the oil, gas, and energy sectors. Understanding the industry—from the start with title work, to the end with sales, distributions and refining—enables our attorneys to provide sound legal and business counsel to our clients and, when necessary, to efficiently utilize our other practice areas, such as litigation, labor and employment, environmental, and OSHA.
Our Oil and Gas team spans multiple practice groups and understands the numerous and ever-changing legal issues encountered throughout the industry. Our clients routinely look to us for practical business advice when making complex decisions related to land and title, transportation and water services, corporate strategy, financing, litigation, and navigating employment, environmental, and health and safety regulations.
- Business formation and entity selection
- Capital structuring and restructuring
- Equipment, supply and vendor contracts and transactions
- Investment strategies and risk management
- Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures
- Private equity and venture capital investments
- Securities issuance, reporting and compliance
- Taxation
- Employment contracts, handbooks and benefits consulting
- Employment discrimination litigation
- Independent contractor classification
- Unemployment compensation defense
- Wage and hour issues, and Department of Labor audits
- Compliance with national and state enforcement
- Defense against enforcement actions brought by the EPA, OSHA, and state agencies
- Development of wetland mitigation and banking credits
- Due diligence
- OSHA enforcement defense and preventative audits
