Rachel Evans is a corporate attorney whose practice is concentrated in business and commercial transactions, corporate and securities, and real estate law. A significant portion of her practice is devoted to representing energy, oil and gas companies in a broad range of transactional matters, including those involving asset sales and acquisitions, joint operating agreements, oil and gas and mineral leases, marketing agreements, equipment leases and other contracts.
Rachel is an honors graduate from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. While pursuing her Juris Doctor, she served as the assistant managing editor for the Oklahoma Law Review and is the author of "Variations in the Marketable-Product Rule from State to State," 60 Oklahoma Law Review 769 (2007). In addition to being awarded the Nathalie Pierrepont Comfort Scholarship, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation Scholarship, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Scholarship, and Mineral Lawyers Society of Oklahoma Scholarship and being recognized as a Kerr-McGee Scholar, she earned American Jurisprudence Awards in Civil Procedure II, Oil & Gas Law, and Mineral Title Examination.
Rachel was a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society and Phi Delta Phi legal honor fraternity and was co-founder and vice president of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators OU Student Chapter. Her involvement with the University of Oklahoma College of Law earned her the John B. Cheadle Award for Outstanding Service. She currently donates her time to the Junior League of Oklahoma City and the Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club.
Representative Experience
· Representation of businesses and individuals in asset sales and acquisitions, stock sales and acquisitions, mergers and other business combinations.
· Representation of oil and gas companies in acquisitions and sales of producing and non-producing properties and related assets.
· Negotiation, preparation and interpretation of energy industry contracts, including oil and gas leases, brine and other mineral leases, joint operating agreements, farmout agreements, participation agreements, marketing agreements, surface damage agreements, pipeline right-of-way agreements, equipment leases, and master service agreements.
· Advise clients on Oklahoma Corporation Commission and Oklahoma Water Resources Board permitting and application procedures.
· Representation of clients in Oklahoma Corporation Commission proceedings.
· Advise clients on compliance with federal and state law affecting oil and gas operations, telecommunications carriers, and utilities.
· Representation of financial institutions and borrowers in a broad range of commercial, oil and gas, and real estate financings.
· Representation of landlords and tenants in all aspects of commercial leasing transactions, including single-occupant leases and multi-tenant office and shopping center leases.
· Representation of clients in sales and acquisitions of unimproved and improved real property, including: negotiation and documentation of purchase and sale agreements; title and survey diligence; regulatory compliance; and land use issues.
· Acquisitions, sales, and financings of automobile dealerships and dealership facilities.
Attorney Articles
· Oklahoma's Oil and Gas Owners' Lien Act of 2010
McAfee & Taft AgLINC Newsletter - December 2010
· Variations in the Marketable-Product Rule from State to State
Oklahoma Law Review Vol. 60, No. 4 - 2007
Professional Organizations and Memberships
· Oklahoma County Bar Association
· Oklahoma Bar Association
· Oklahoma City Mineral Lawyers Society
Civic Involvement and Leadership
· Junior League of Oklahoma City
· Leadership Oklahoma City - LOYAL Class VII
· Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club