Louis Buatt
USA Guide 2023
Band 2 : Environment
Band 2
About
Provided by Louis Buatt
Practice Areas
Energy & Natural Resources Law
Energy Litigation
Environmental Regulatory
Environmental Business & Transactional
Career
Lou Buatt is a highly-regarded business lawyer who helps energy, petrochemical, and industrial clients navigate and deal with complex environmental and energy laws and regulatory programs throughout the Gulf Coast. Clients benefit from Lou’s training and experience as a geologist along with his fifteen plus years of working inside government environmental and energy regulatory agencies. A primary focus of Lou’s practice is devoted to representing and assisting major industrial clients with environmental and energy related issues associated with developing, acquiring and divesting chemical manufacturing facilities, refineries, and other high-profile energy related facilities. He also represents and assists major industrial clients resolve complex environmental and energy related permitting and enforcement matters.
Professional Memberships
Louisiana State Bar, Environmental Law Section
Louisiana State Bar Association - Member, 1989–present