Jeff's clients consist primarily of financial institutions, large and small businesses, and individual and corporate trustees, all in business and commercial matters. His practice includes commercial loan documentation and workouts, purchase and sale transactions involving both real and personal property, loan enforcement and foreclosures. He also represents various small businesses in their business planning and structure and individuals and corporate trustees in certain estate and trust matters.
Jeff has won many honors, including being named as an Oklahoma Super Lawyer in banking and as one of The Best Lawyers in America in banking law, bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law and commercial litigation. Jeff is a member of the American Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Oklahoma Bar Association, and Tulsa County Bar Association. He has also been very involved in a variety of community organizations, including the Rotary Club of Tulsa, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra and Committee of One Hundred - Tulsa.
Jeff's recent experience includes:
Representation of an oil & gas company borrower in the negotiation and closing of a $100 million credit facility secured by oil & gas properties in other states
Representation of ONEOK Partners, L.P. in the negotiation and documentation of its new $1.2 billion unsecured revolving credit facility extended by a group of lenders
Representation of a lender who financed the purchase of an aircraft and related equipment and assets
Representation of a client in the purchase of the assets comprising a significant part of a fractionation facility in Kansas, along with related equipment. The purchase price was $84 million
Representation of ONEOK, Inc. in the negotiation and documentation of its new $1.2 billion unsecured revolving credit facility extended by a group of lenders
Representation of the lender to a tribal-related entity in the negotiation and documentation of a loan used to pay off existing debt
Representation of the lender in the negotiation and documentation of an $18 million term and revolving loan facility to a local publicly-traded borrower
Representation of a group of companies that sold all their assets associated with a wholesale lumber operation, with locations in several states
Representation of the agent bank and a group of lenders in the negotiation and documentation of a $20 million domestic revolving credit facility and a $25 million export-related revolving credit facility guaranteed in part by the Export-Import Bank of the United States
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
American Bankruptcy Institute
Oklahoma Bankers Association
Oklahoma Bar Association
Tulsa County Bar Association