Due Diligence: It’s Not Just for First Year Associates Anymore

The oil and gas leasing, exploration, and production landscape has become more competitive and further reaching now that prices are up and new fields in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere are coming online. Are your clients wanting to enter this world by entering into a lease for new mineral property? If so, you need to stress the importance of conducting sufficient due diligence to protect their interests. Review our practice note on due diligence in upstream oil and gas lease transactions; to do otherwise isn’t just unwise—it may cost your client millions of dollars.

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