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Real Estate Development, Financing, and TransactionsMineral & EnergyCorporate & SecuritiesEnvironmentalBrian Wells concentrates his practice in the area of general business law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate lending transactions, commercial leasing, and contract drafting and negotiation. He has also represented a variety of clients in commercial litigation matters before both state and federal courts. Mr. Wells is a member of the Corporate and Securities Service Team and is the Co-Service Team Leader of the Firm’s Natural Resources & Environmental Service Team.
Mr. Wells has been included in Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® since 2013 and has been listed as a Rising Star in Kentucky Super Lawyers since 2015.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Lead counsel to an energy exploration and production company in connection with a syndicated lending transaction involving a national bank.
- Lead counsel to a mining company in connection with a syndicated lending transaction involving an international bank in excess of $45mm.
- Counsel to a real estate holding company relating to the drafting and negotiation of commercial leases in multiple states;
- Lead counsel to an energy exploration and production company in connection with the acquisition of reserves and producing assets in excess of $40mm from a private equity firm.
- Lead counsel to a family-owned business in connection with the acquisition of a company that is in the business of importing goods from Asia.
- Representation of a land holding company in lease dispute concerning the failure to pay rents and royalties.
- Representation of a land holding company in connection with a right-of-way dispute with a publicly-traded transportation company.
- Representation of a regional bank in a variety of lending and banking law issues.
EDUCATION
- LL.M., Georgetown University, 2005
- J.D., University of Louisville, 2004
- B.A., University of Kentucky, 2001
ADMISSIONS
- United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky
- United States Tax Court
HONORS
- Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® Lawyer of the Year Mining Law, 2018, 2022
- Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® Mining Law, 2013-present
- Recognized in Kentucky Super Lawyers® as a Rising Star, 2015-2018
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities: Natural Resources, 2016-2020
- Best Appellee Brief; Tax Moot Court Competition, 2002
- Brandeis Inn of Court, Pupil, 2003
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Board of Directors, Kentucky Oil and Gas Association
PUBLICATIONS
- Selected issues in the Law of Co-Tenancy, 2007
- Restraints on Alienation in Coal Leases, 2012
PRESENTATIONS
- Sale/Purchase of Coal Mines and Reserves, NBI Kentucky Coal Law Seminar, June 2015
- Acquisition of Distressed Assets, Ecology and Environment, Inc. Coal Conference, 2013.
- Restraints on Alienation in Coal Leases, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, 33rd Annual Institute, 2012.
- Contract Mining Agreements – What You Do and Don’t Want, Energy and Mineral Foundation, 33rd Mineral Law Conference, 2008.
- Selected Issues in the Law of Co-Tenancy, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, 28th Institute, 2007.
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