Rob Scheffy is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group, focusing
on real estate, and a member of the Energy, Environmental & Natural
Resources Industry Team. Rob Scheffy has provided businesses with a steady,
guiding hand through all phases of the economic cycle, from booms to busts and
everything in between. Often described as a “hybrid” lawyer, he draws on his
years of private practice and his service as in-house counsel for an interstate
gas pipeline company to advise pipeline companies and exploration and
production companies in connection with the development, purchase, and sale of
producing properties. Rob is also a licensed title agent representing a number
of the National Title Insurance Companies. Due to his diverse practice
footprint, he is often called on by real estate developers, lenders, and
E&P companies to resolve matters involving surface use issues and/or to
offer advises on title insurance coverages. Recently, he has been called
on to offer such advises to companies involved in the alternative energy world.
Rob’s broad commercial real estate practice includes representing lenders,
borrowers, and developers on matters such as extensive title examination, and
negotiating loan agreements and other collateral documents for lenders and
borrowers. He also provides counsel to lenders and borrowers on land use issues,
including zoning, coastal use permitting, Section 404 permitting, and
environmental site assessments. Rob has also been involved in project
development work in connection with commercial real estate development,
industrial plant operations, and the development of underground storage
facilities. He has provided counsel to clients with regard to developing
commercial shopping center sites and residential developments, as well as with
structuring the relationships between chemical plants for the sharing of
facilities, utilities, and services, and the granting of reciprocal servitudes
for operations. Rob has also worked on the financing of such transactions. In
addition, Rob has handled similar arrangements between electrical power
generators, exempt wholesale generators, and electrical transmission companies,
and has worked on and drafted the necessary servitude (easement) agreements to
bring power and/or fuel to such facilities, as well as to deliver product from
such plants. In conjunction with these matters, he has been involved in land
use planning issues, environmental regulatory issues, and financing issues
involving commercial real estate projects, industrial projects, and power
generation projects. Rob’s energy practice includes the representation of pipeline
companies and exploration and production companies in connection with the
development, purchase, and sale of producing properties. He
has also been involved with matters related to the acquisition and
permitting for the storage of natural gas in salt dome caverns and depleted
hydrocarbon reservoirs, as well as the acquisition of producing properties. Rob
has extensive experience in connection with the representation of exploration
and production companies, including title review activities such as preliminary
drill site title opinions, division order title opinions, and financing title
opinions. He has also represented pipeline companies in connection with the
acquisition of rights of way and the planning of pipeline alignment.
Lawyer Profile
Robert W. Scheffy, Jr.
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Recognized Since:2005
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Recognized in:Energy LawNatural Resources Law...
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Law School:Louisiana State University Law Center
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Location:Suite 800445 North BoulevardBaton Rouge, LA 70802
Rob Scheffy is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group, focusing
on real estate, and a member of the Energy, Environmental & Natural
Resources Industry Team. Rob Scheffy has provided businesses with a steady,
guiding hand through all phases of the economic cycle, from booms to busts and
everything in between. Often described as a “hybrid” lawyer, he draws on his
years of private practice and his service as in-house counsel for an interstate
gas pipeline company to advise pipeline companies and exploration and
production companies in connection with the development, purchase, and sale of
producing properties. Rob is also a licensed title agent representing a number
of the National Title Insurance Companies. Due to his diverse practice
footprint, he is often called on by real estate developers, lenders, and
E&P companies to resolve matters involving surface use issues and/or to
offer advises on title insurance coverages. Recently, he has been called
on to offer such advises to companies involved in the alternative energy world.
Rob’s broad commercial real estate practice includes representing lenders,
borrowers, and developers on matters such as extensive title examination, and
negotiating loan agreements and other collateral documents for lenders and
borrowers. He also provides counsel to lenders and borrowers on land use issues,
including zoning, coastal use permitting, Section 404 permitting, and
environmental site assessments. Rob has also been involved in project
development work in connection with commercial real estate development,
industrial plant operations, and the development of underground storage
facilities. He has provided counsel to clients with regard to developing
commercial shopping center sites and residential developments, as well as with
structuring the relationships between chemical plants for the sharing of
facilities, utilities, and services, and the granting of reciprocal servitudes
for operations. Rob has also worked on the financing of such transactions. In
addition, Rob has handled similar arrangements between electrical power
generators, exempt wholesale generators, and electrical transmission companies,
and has worked on and drafted the necessary servitude (easement) agreements to
bring power and/or fuel to such facilities, as well as to deliver product from
such plants. In conjunction with these matters, he has been involved in land
use planning issues, environmental regulatory issues, and financing issues
involving commercial real estate projects, industrial projects, and power
generation projects. Rob’s energy practice includes the representation of pipeline
companies and exploration and production companies in connection with the
development, purchase, and sale of producing properties. He
has also been involved with matters related to the acquisition and
permitting for the storage of natural gas in salt dome caverns and depleted
hydrocarbon reservoirs, as well as the acquisition of producing properties. Rob
has extensive experience in connection with the representation of exploration
and production companies, including title review activities such as preliminary
drill site title opinions, division order title opinions, and financing title
opinions. He has also represented pipeline companies in connection with the
acquisition of rights of way and the planning of pipeline alignment.
Lawyer Bio
Education:
- Louisiana State University Law Center, JD, graduated 1974
- Louisiana State University, BS, graduated 1971
Bar Admissions:
- Louisiana, Louisiana
Court Admissions:
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
- US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Affiliations:
- American Bar Association, Sections of Environment, Energy and Resources, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law - Member
- American Bar Foundation - Fellow
- Baton Rouge Association of Petroleum Landmen, Founding Member and Founding Board Member - Current Board Member
- Baton Rouge Bar Association - Past President, Young Lawyers Section
- Baton Rouge Community College - Advisory Board Member, Paralegal Program
- Baton Rouge Property Lawyers Association - Member
- Louisiana Bank Counsel Association - Member
- Louisiana State Bar Association, Baton Rouge Bank Counsel Association, Section of Mineral Law; Past Council Member, Section of Mineral Law, LSBA; Section of Trusts, Estate, Probate & Immovable Property Law; Section of Environmental Law; Section of Corpora - Member
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:
- Energy Law, Baton Rouge (2020)
- Energy Law, Baton Rouge (2018)
- Energy Law, Baton Rouge (2013)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:
- Energy Law
- Natural Resources Law
- Oil and Gas Law
- Real Estate Law
Special Focus:
- Administrative
- Contract
- Energy
- Gas
- Minerals
- Oil and Gas
- Pipeline
- Project Development
- Real Estate
- Regulatory
- Title Matters
- Transactions
Firm Details
Jones Walker LLP
https://www.joneswalker.com
Headquarters
201 Saint Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70170-5100
(504) 582.8000
13
Office Locations
in 1
Country
Lawyer Case History
EnCana Oil and Gas (USA), Inc.
Extensive work in preparing Oil and Gas Title opinions relative to the Haynesville Play in north Louisiana.
HM Captial Partners
Producing property due diligence in connection with the acquisition of producing properties in 2008 and 2009.
Chesapeake Energy Corporate
Extensive work in preparing title opinion in the Haynesville Play in Louisiana.
Sonoran Energy Financings
Counsel to client in connection with acqusition and financing producing properties in Louisiana in 2007 and 2008
QEP Energy Company
Extensive title work and division order title work.
Kinder Morgan
Regulatory advises regarding gathering system.
Expropriation advises regarding pipeline project.
Expropriation advises regarding pipeline project.
Caddo Parish Holdings
Acquisition of Producing Properties involving substantial number of wells.
Cameron LNG
Local Counsel to lender in connection with issuing title insurance with mineral endorsements for largest title insurance transaction in Louisiana.
Hilcorp
Delivery of leasehold title opinions and division order title opinions.
Halcon
Delivery of Division Order Title Opinions.
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