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Mineral Title & Energy Real Estate Law

For almost 100 years, Steptoe & Johnson attorneys have represented clients in the acquisition and divestiture of mineral rights in Appalachia. Our Mineral title and Energy Real Estate attorneys have a sophisticated and detailed understanding of the legal aspects of exploring for, producing and transporting, natural gas, oil, coal and coalbed methane throughout Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Our scalable production model allows our mineral law and energy real estate lawyers, paraprofessionals, abstractors, title analysts and land men to effectively service the needs of energy developers, public utilities, midstream transmission services and commercial lenders in a wide range of mineral title and energy industry real estate transactions, including:

Ownership and pooling of horizontal wells
Zoning and local regulations
Pipeline construction and storage area development
Mergers and acquisitions, and financing

Representative Experience

Lead teams responsible for numerous asset and stock transactions, lease transactions, and land and legal due diligence for acquisitions involving over 120,000 acres of Marcellus shale properties throughout Appalachian region
Assisted multiple clients with the review and analysis of title abstracts involving both coal and oil and gas mineral properties, including the preparation of numerous title opinions identifying (a) the legal risks of mining or developing these properties and (b) recommended cures and mitigation strategies regarding title defects and irregularities
Assisted clients with the performance and preparation of mineral title opinions
Performed due diligence and prepared transactional documents for several multi-million dollar acquisitions of oil and gas assets, involving review of title, environmental issues, property rights, liability and litigation matters, negotiation of contract terms and drafting of necessary documents
Represented Fortune 500 energy client before regulatory agencies and provided key guidance in developing process to establish pooling units for largest active coalbed methane production program in state

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Team Leader:

Flanery, Sharon O.

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