C Ray Lees
USA Guide 2024
Band 2 : Energy & Natural Resources
Band 2
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Provided by C Ray Lees
Practice Areas
Ray Lees focuses on advising oil and gas companies on corporate transactional and commercial matters, with an emphasis on upstream and midstream oil and gas transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, finance, and real estate. He has advised clients on some of the oil and gas industry’s largest conventional and unconventional oil and gas acquisition and divestiture transactions, including deals with a combined value of more than $100 billion over the last fifteen years. He has also counseled clients in equity commitments from private investors and energy financing transactions involving oil and gas and midstream assets across the country.
Personal
J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1979
B.A., Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 1976
Chambers Review
USA
Ray Lees of Porter Hedges is held in high esteem for his longstanding oil and gas practice. He is well versed in wide-ranging transactions arising from the industry, including joint ventures and acquisitions.