Oil & Gas Title Attorney

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August 22

🌪️ Oklahoma – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Attorney

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Oliva Gibbs LLP

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Energy • Legal • Compliance

Oliva Gibbs LLP is a law firm specializing in complex legal issues within the oil, gas, and mineral sectors. The firm offers a wide range of legal services, including corporate solutions and M&A, litigation and arbitration, regulatory matters, and title and surface use. With a presence in several cities across the United States, such as Columbus, Houston, Lafayette, Midland, and Oklahoma City, Oliva Gibbs serves clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to startups in the energy industry. The firm's attorneys are licensed in 13 states and bring extensive industry-specific knowledge to their practice, making them well-equipped to handle transactions and legal challenges in the highly regulated energy sector.

11 - 50 employees

⚡ Energy

📋 Compliance

📋 Description

• Oil & Gas Title Expertise: Conduct title examinations to determine ownership related to oil and gas properties. Identify and analyze relevant documents such as deeds, leases, and contracts to establish ownership rights. Draft title opinions highlighting any defects, liens, or other issues that may impact the ownership or use of the property. Conduct due diligence reviews for clients involved in oil and gas transactions including mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures. Provide guidance on legal risks, potential liabilities, and strategies for mitigating legal issues related to oil and gas transactions. • Contract Negotiation and Drafting: Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements and contracts including leases, joint operating agreements, purchase, and sale agreements. Ensure that contracts protect the interests of the client and comply with relevant laws. • Regulatory Compliance: Stay updated on relevant federal, state, and local laws and regulations. • Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Collaborate with litigation attorneys if legal action becomes necessary. • Team Collaboration: Work collaboratively with all team members fostering a spirit of teamwork through honesty, hard work, and trust, while ensuring seamless execution of complex legal transactions • Meet quarterly billable requirement of 450 hours. • Actively pursue continuous learning opportunities. • Support other activities and projects as assigned or dictated by business priorities.

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active license with at least three years of experience drafting title opinions covering lands in Oklahoma • Familiarity preparing large, unit-wide division order ownerships with tract and allocation factors • Exceptional commitment to ethical practice and client confidentiality • Excellent interpersonal communication skills • Passion for embracing a growth mindset, actively pursuing avenues for professional development and skill enhancement • Strong organizational skills, proven ability to multi-task, prioritize, analyze, organize, attend to detail, and follow through • Candidates with less than three years of relevant work experience may be required to report to an Oliva Gibbs office on a hybrid schedule. • Oliva Gibbs offers opportunities for in-office and hybrid work environments if you live in close proximity to one of our offices.

🏖️ Benefits

• Excellent benefits including healthcare (health, dental, vision and more) and additional insurance options • flex holidays • 401K match program • Quarterly, team-based bonus system • A commitment to employee satisfaction and a culture that values our employees lives inside and outside of the office with options for a hybrid/remote work environment • a progressive PTO policy