C. David Stinson represents companies and individuals engaged in the business of oil and gas exploration, production, gathering, transportation and marketing. His practice includes stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions; mergers and other business combinations; financing arrangements, including secured and unsecured borrowings, private placements, Rule 144A transactions, and volumetric production payments; exploration, development and operating contracts; partnerships and joint ventures; pipeline and gathering agreements; natural gas and crude oil sale and purchase contracts, including advice concerning hedging strategies; and other matters customarily associated with the general representation of independent oil and gas companies, including advice to management, shareholders and boards of directors. David's achievements earned him top marks by the editors of the Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business and recognition in Oklahoma Super Lawyers (business/corporate, energy and natural resources) and The Best Lawyers in America (natural resources law, oil and gas law). He was named "Best Lawyers' 2012 Oklahoma City Oil and Gas Law Lawyer of the Year," an honor only given to a single lawyer in each legal specialty in each community. Prior to attending law school, David served for over four years as an officer/aviator in the U.S. Army, including one year in South Vietnam where he served as a helicopter gunship pilot with an air cavalry squadron. Representative Experience · Representation of buyers and sellers in corporate stock acquisitions and dispositions by purchase and merger. · Representation of shareholders in stock sale transactions. · Representation of sellers and buyers in asset sale transactions. · Representation of borrowers in multi-million dollar senior secured credit facilities. · Representation of and advice to boards of directors. · Sales of subsidiaries and divisions. · Underwritten sales of senior unsecured notes in Rule 144A transactions. · Acquisitions and dispositions of gathering systems and plant assets. · Formation and structured investments in a series of limited partnerships involved in natural gas gathering and transportation. · Representation of general partner in an institutional investment partnership. · Representations of operators and non-operators in exploration agreements, participation agreements, farmout agreements and joint ventures. · Preparation of consulting, administration and services agreements. · Representation of sellers in gas and crude oil gathering, sales, marketing, transportation and hedging agreements and arrangements. · Development and operating contracts. · General representation of independent oil and gas companies as outside general counsel. Professional Organizations And Memberships · Oklahoma Bar Association · American Bar Association |