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Paul B. Simon

Counsel

Paul B. Simon

Counsel

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Biography

Paul B. Simon advises oil & gas operators and investors on upstream and midstream acquisitions and divestitures, private equity investments, prospect and field financing and development, and similar strategic transactions.  Paul’s experience includes counsel on the industry’s primary agreements, including JOAs and OOAs, IADC drilling contracts, participation agreements, mineral leases (OGMLs), exploration agreements and farmouts, master service agreements (MSAs), commingling and unitization agreements, production handling and gathering agreements, and assignments.  Paul also advises clients on regulatory issues and represents them before the major federal land & leasing agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), BOEM, BSEE, and ONRR, as well as in appeals before the Department of Interior’s Board of Land Appeals.  Paul’s clients include active onshore in the major downhole basins and shale plays throughout the country (incl. the Permian, Eagle Ford, Marcellus, Utica, Haynesville, and Woodford Basins) and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico on the Outer Continental Shelf.

Paul serves on the Advisory Board of the Institute for Energy Law and on the Advisory Council of the LSU Mineral Law Institute and is an Assistant Examiner in Constitutional Law for the Louisiana Bar Exam.  Prior to joining Burke Law Group, Paul was a partner at a nationally-ranked oil & gas law firm and clerked on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Prior to practicing law, Paul worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in the firm’s Amsterdam office.

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