Areas of Practice
- Banking & Financial Services
- Biotechnology & Life Sciences
- Corporate & Securities
- Health Care Reform Resource Center
- Investment Management Legal Services
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
Practice-Specific Experience
Education
- The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1979, with honors
- University of Delaware, B.A., 1976, magna cum laude; Distinction in History
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1984
- Pennsylvania, 1979
- Texas, 1982
Curt Hearn is the practice group leader of the firm's Corporate & Securities Practice Group, and has handled numerous mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, as well as capital raising transactions, for a variety of publicly traded and privately held companies, as well as representing private equity and venture capital firms. He has particular experience in the energy, energy service, transportation, logistics, and manufacturing sectors. Mr. Hearn is ranked in the first band (top tier) in the area of Corporate/M&A in the 2009 edition of "Chambers USA – America's Leading Lawyers for Business."
Mr. Hearn also provides corporate and boardroom advice to a variety of public and private companies in the energy sector, including advising them on compliance with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure laws and Sarbanes-Oxley; preparing proxy materials and rendering advice in proxy contests; implementing anti-takeover defenses, including stockholder rights plans; drafting contracts; and advising clients on corporate governance matters.
Representative Clients and Transactions
- Cal Dive International, Inc.
Secondary offering of 23,194,964 shares of common stock
Secondary offering of 22,600,000 shares of common stock
- McMoRan Exploration Co.
Public offering of 15,547,000 shares of common stock
Public offering of 86,250 shares of convertible perpetual perferred stock
Conversion of 6% senior notes
Redemption of 5% convertible perferred stock
Public offering 11.875% senior notes due 2014
Public offering of 16,887,500 shares of common stock
Public offering of 2,587,500 shares of 6.75% mandatory convertible preferred stock
Formed K-MC Venture I LLC, a joint venture with k1 USA Energy Production Corporation, a subsidiary of K1 Ventures Limited Singapore
- Tidewater, Inc.
Acquisition of eight offshore vessels from Sanko Steamship Co., Ltd.
Noteworthy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the areas of Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, and Venture Capital Law (listed annually since 1995)
- Named "New Orleans Best Lawyers Securities/Capital Markets Law Lawyer of the Year" 2012
- Recognized in "Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business" in the area of Corporate/M&A (annually since 2004; top band since 2009)
- Listed in the 2012 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions (also listed 2007–2009, 2011)
- AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
News
- Fifty-Six Jones Walker Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2012
- Thirteen Jones Walker Attorneys Receive “Lawyer of the Year” Honors from The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
- Eighty-Two Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
- Jones Walker Receives Unmatched Rankings in Chambers USA
- Forty-Two Attorneys Named to Louisiana Super Lawyers 2011
- Six Jones Walker Attorneys Receive Lawyer of the Year Honors from The Best Lawyers in America® 2011
Presentations
- "Mergers and Acquisitions—What Corporate Counsel Needs to Know", September 24, 2010
- SEC Hot Topics Institute, April 24, 2008
Memberships
- American Bar Association (Member, Section on Business Law, ABA Task Force on Public Company Mergers)
- Louisiana State Bar Association
Teaching
- Tulane University Law School, Mergers and Acquisitions (Adjunct Professor)
