R. Preston Lanier Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

• Represent upstream and midstream companies in a variety of transactional matters relating to oil and gas exploration, production, distribution and marketing. Focus on acquisitions and divestitures of assets, title.
• Drafted, edited and reviewed hundreds of title opinions covering surface, fee and state-owned mineral, and leasehold assets throughout Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, North Dakota, and several other states. Title.
• Performed acquisition due diligence on more than $3 billion of surface, mineral, and leasehold assets.
• Representative clients include the Texas General Land Office and operators ranging in size from small "mom and pop" operators to several of the largest NYSE publicly traded companies by market cap.

Houston, Texas

Represent clients in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate and general business matters, including title research and title examination. Serve as outside general counsel for technology startup companies. Prepare closing real estate documents for several title companies.

Houston, Texas

• Represented real estate developers, private lenders, commercial landlords and tenants, investors and homeowners in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate. Drafted, negotiated and advised clients.
• Closed the acquisition of a mixed-use condominium development (24 residential and 4 commercial units) with a $4.75MM commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loan, requiring the drafting of condominium declaration.
• Structured and formed a series of Section 3(c)(1) private equity investment funds and represented the funds in the acquisition of existing businesses, creation and operation of numerous start-up businesses (including.
• Represent real estate investors and developers in connection with the acquisition, financing and sale of all types of residential and commercial real estate, including hotels, retail centers, mixed-use projects.
• Represented real estate investors in all aspects of investment ownership, from acquisitions and sales to tenant eviction and litigation of major title disputes.

Houston, Texas

Drafted, negotiated, and advised clients concerning a variety of real estate and commercial matters, including residential real estate lease agreements, residential loan documents, oil and gas leases, livestock grazing agreements, and business entity formation. Represented surface and mineral owners in property ownership and division order disputes..

Houston, Texas

• Examined mineral and leasehold title on complex unitized gas plays throughout the Eagle Ford shale. Researched and interpreted oil and gas leases, farmout agreements, joint operating agreements and all public records.
• Clients: Unit Petroleum Corp., Halcón Resources Corp., and Stephens Production Co., among others

Katy, Texas

• Researched and examined mineral and leasehold title and performed well production and lease checks on large rural tracts throughout South and East Texas. Managed a due diligence project and field crew and trained new.
• Clients: Sequitur East Texas, LLC, SEM Resources, LLC, and Navidad Resources, LLC, among others

Houston, Texas

• Managed, investigated and prosecuted half of the County Court #11 caseload as the intern “No. 3” prosecutor, including DWI, drug possession, assault and other Class A and B misdemeanors. Conducted discovery, evaluated.
• Aggressively negotiated plea deals with defense counsel to help reduce the Court’s docket size by 70% in 4 months
• Successfully argued the sufficiency of probable cause for a search incident to lawful arrest in a dispositive drug suppression hearing

Nacogdoches, Texas

Analyzed critical legal issues surrounding pending cases, drafted informative briefs, and observed pre-trial and trial proceedings for all cases ranging from small civil disputes to felony drug busts and capital murders.

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

Activities and Societies: Christian Legal Society, Oil and Gas Law Society, Hunting and Rifle Association, STCL Energy Alumni Chapter •.

Bachelor’S Degree, Biology And Spanish (Dual-Major), Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: President's list, Alpha Epsilon Delta honors society, Presidential Volunteer Service Award recipient

Diploma