Areas of Practice
- Business & Commercial Transactions
- Energy
- Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
- Gaming
- Project Development & Finance
- Telecommunications & Utilities
Practice-Specific Experience
Education
- Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, J.D., 1982; Louisiana Law Review
- Yale University, B.A., 1977
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1982
David Hunter is a partner in the Energy Practice Group and has been practicing law for over twenty years. His practice focuses on the energy industry, primarily on oil and and gas development on the offshore.
Mr. Hunter advises producers, offshore operators, service companies, and pipelines with respect to BOEMRE regulatory requirements, including compliance issues. More specifically, he consults clients on BOEMRE orders and NTLs, qualification, bonding, and abandonment requirements, the issuance and assignment of leases and rights-of-way, approval requirements for assignments, and continuing liabilities under the BOEMRE regualatory scheme.
Mr. Hunter has handled numerous transactions involving the sale, purchase, and collateralization of offshore properties, including a $1.1 billion transaction involving the sale of more than 200 OCS leases and the associated rights-of-way. He has also worked with a company proposing to convert an offshore lease facility into an NGL import/export facility, which has involved assessments of BOEMRE regulation of gas storage and the creation of a FERC-approved single-purpose transportation pipeline.
Mr. Hunter teaches a course at Tulane Universiy Law School on offshore oil and gas operations, which covers elements of BOEMRE oversight and regulation.
Noteworthy
- Recognized in "Chambers USA – America's Leading Layers for Business" in the area of Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas (2011)
- AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
News
- Jones Walker Receives Unmatched Rankings in Chambers USA
- Jones Walker Presents Banking Oil Spill Seminar
- Hunter and Jones Walker Host EBA Speakers' Dinner
- Hunter Presents at Oil and Gas Law Conference
- Jones Walker Names Five New Partners
- Jones Walker Hosts Reception for American Association of Professional Landmen, Hunter Speaking on Force Majeure
Presentations
- "The Oil Spill: What Will it Mean to Banks in the Region?", August 31, 2010
- "Doing the Deal: Buying and Selling Offshore and Onshore Oil and Gas Properties", February 22, 2008
Publications
- "OCS Due Diligence"
Oil and Gas Developments on the Outer Continental Shelf, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 1998
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Energy Bar Association (Past President, New Orleans Chapter)
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
