Jones Walker LLP

The energy lawyers of Jones Walker represent Fortune 100 and other energy industry clients in a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, from business formations (including corporations, limited partnerships and master limited partnerships), to debt, equity, and project financing, to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other strategic alliances, as well as in major asset and real estate purchases.

Our M&A team has helped negotiate and close numerous domestic and international energy industry deals ranging in value from the hundreds of millions of dollars to more than $1.1 billion, including the acquisition of natural gas storage facilities, multiple retail facilities, and processing and refining facilities. Among recent projects, we have negotiated fee and servitude acquisitions in connection with pipelines, interconnect facilities, and metering and compressor sites, and review and render title opinions in conjunction with mineral lease acquisitions, ground leases, and acquisitions of pipeline rights-of-way. We also help negotiate coal supply, power purchase, and other significant agreements.

One of our firm's greatest strengths is our commitment to providing coordinated, cross-disciplinary counsel on large-scale matters that involve a range of specific legal disciplines. For example, our tax lawyers advise our energy clients on issues that arise in corporate acquisitions, including federal and state tax liabilities and controversies involving sales and use, franchise, corporate, and property taxes. Our real estate and finance lawyers provide coordinated counsel on all aspects of energy and mining project development, including financing, construction, vendor contracts, and title insurance for a range of oil, gas, electric, and other facilities, and in relation to port, aircraft, and other infrastructure assets.

Diversity Mission Statement

Jones Walker LLP strives to encourage, foster and increase diversity across the firm. To this end, the Diversity Committee has adopted the goal of fostering a work environment that welcomes different perspectives, backgrounds and life experiences and ensures that an individual’s professional growth, experience or advancement is not limited because of gender, race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or other similar factor.

Purposes of the Diversity Committee

• To increase awareness of the importance of diversity within the firm and of the means by which diversity enriches the firm;
• To encourage all lawyers and staff members to develop mutual respect and appreciation for different perspectives and backgrounds; and
• To develop and implement strategies to assist the firm in recruiting, retaining and advancing staff and lawyers from diverse backgrounds.
• Jones Walker values all employees who contribute positively to the firm’s practice, the firm’s environment, and the greater community we serve.

In 2009, Jones Walker was named to MultiCultural Law Magazine’s list of "Top 100 Law Firms for Women," part of a series of listings of the top 100 law firms for diversity. The listings are compiled based on diversity statistics derived from annual surveys that the publication sends to law firms with more than 100 attorneys.

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