Kevin W. DeHart provides counsel to business entities and individuals in corporate, real estate and energy transactions. His clients include both public and private companies ranging from individually owned businesses to large corporations. Kevin also has a deep background in representing clients active in the oil and gas and mining industries on a variety of matters from the leasing and acquisition of rights through the production, processing, transportation and sale of oil, gas and minerals. Kevin regularly advises clients on:
- Buy and sell side M&A transactions including asset acquisitions and divestitures, trades and joint ventures;
- Permitting, drilling, spacing, pooling, unitization, processing, sales, other regulatory and mineral owner payment issues relating to oil and gas production;
- Leasing, contracting, production, transportation and storage issues in the mining, oil and gas industries;
- Negotiating, drafting, interpreting and enforcing oil and gas and mining leases, contracts and other related agreements;
- Litigation strategies, settlement options and arbitration issues relating to the acquisition and operation of businesses;
- Business risk mitigation, practical business solutions and corporate governance matters;
- Negotiation and preparation of contracts, leases, options, and various other business-related agreements across multiple industries;
- Development and maintenance of systems for tracking and managing contract life cycles and regulatory compliance;
- Large scale commercial real estate development and operation;
- Navigation of the unique dynamics of individual and corporate relationships with partners, investors, legislators, regulators and the public; and
- Business and corporate formation, governance and dissolution issues and procedures.
Education & Credentials
Education
West Virginia University College of Law
J.D., Law, 2009West Virginia University
B.S., Business and Economics, 2006
cum laude
Bar Admission
Prominent Assignments
- Represented both buy and sell side clients in closing over 400 M&A transactions.
- Represented a forestry client in divesting over 400,000 acres of timber rights.
- Assisted an energy subsidiary regarding an ash beneficiation project, including drafting the contracts for the construction and operation of the processing plant and related infrastructure, harvesting the ash, and the sale of ash to end users.
- Served as project counsel to an environmental holdings company in waste to value projects, including handling all diligence, real estate, financing, contracts, negotiations, and drafting that was integral to the projects.
- Represented a real estate and private equity firm in the sale of a granite and tile company to a developer and manufacturer of high-quality engineered surfaces.
- Retained by a family-owned forestry operation and will assist the client as they consider a proposal to lease a portion of the forest to a mining company.
- Retained by a company to assist with raising capital and acquiring funeral homes, crematoria, and cemeteries across multiple states.
- Represented a foreign electric battery manufacturer in negotiating and forming joint ventures with a major U.S. automotive manufacturer.
- Representing the client in connection with the financing and development of a branded, mixed-use development project, including overseeing the real estate acquisition and equity financing capital raises for the project.
- Retained by a foreign company specializing in manufacturing controllers for flight simulators, including conducting a freedom-to-use review and assisting the company in the formation of their U.S. entity.