Mr. William Reed Huguet

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Kean Miller LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Experience: Representation of energy companies in exploration, production
  operational matters, including all phases of oil
  gas title, due diligence
  curative, purchase
  sale agreements, exploration
  letter agreements, joint operating agreements, farmout agreements, mineral leases, regulatory compliance,
  surface use related agreements involving well pads, roads, pipelines, powerlines, frac ponds
  salt water disposal Representation of energy companies
  owners of mineral rights in dem
  s, disputes
  litigation related to energy related contracts, rights
  legal compliance, including under La. R.S. 30:10, La. R.S. 31:137, La. R.S. 30:103.1, concursus/interpleader, surface use, royalty payments, unleased mineral owners, unitization, continuous operations, shut-in payments, production in paying quantities
  the public records doctrine Representation of companies, l
  owners
  banks in acquisitions
  property management, including acquisitions of both l
  
  minerals/royalty, title matters, curative, leasing, oil
  gas matters, predial servitudes, surface use, farming
  hunting leases,
  trespass
  boundary issues Successful representation of E&P company in suit concerning entitlement to production proceeds attributable to roads annexed into the City of Shreveport, with a favorable ruling ultimately obtained at the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal Obtained Judgment in favor of mineral purchaser under the Louisiana public records doctrine against claim of a potential heir Successful prosecution of suit involving accretion by the Red River
  resulting trespass Accepted as an expert in Title
  Mineral Law
  provided testimony in case filed in First Judicial District, Caddo Parish, Louisiana Assisted with successful representation of E&P company in suit seeking to prohibit the City of Shreveport from regulating oil
  gas drilling
  well locations, with a favorable ruling ultimately obtained at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Assisted with successful representation of operator in claim involving collection of expenses
  counter-claim for damages, with a favorable ruling ultimately obtained at the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal