C Peck Hayne Jr

Practice Areas

• Oil, Gas and Energy Regulatory, Transactions, Litigation & Arbitration

• Oilfield Service Company Transactions

• Pipeline, Storage and Transmission

• Renewable Energy

• Business Transactions and Entity Formation and Governance

• Commercial Financing and Secured Transactions

• Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

• Real Estate and Commercial Leasing

• Title Services

• Appellate

• Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights

Career

Peck Hayne’s practice centers on energy-related transactions and regulation and on appellate litigation in energy- and property-related matters, including construction and development issues.

Peck regularly negotiates, drafts and advises clients on complex purchase and sale agreements, operating agreements, mineral leases, carbon sequestration agreements, right-of-way agreements, master service agreements, master time charters, transportation and interconnection agreements, gas storage agreements and production payments as well as settlement agreements in complex litigation and other disputes. He also frequently renders title opinions on complex petroleum titles in Louisiana and on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and assists both lenders and borrowers in the financing of onshore and offshore oil and gas properties. He also frequently represented trustees, debtors-in-possession and creditors in oil and gas bankruptcy cases.

He has represented hundreds of clients in the oil, gas, energy and transportation industries before the BOEM, BSEE, LPSC, and Louisiana Department of Natural Resources among other federal and state agencies. This advice and representation includes transportation, gathering, sale, tariff and pipeline safety issues for both oil and gas; LNG, gas and liquid hydrocarbon storage; accounting audits; audits of unclaimed mineral proceeds; and operations on the OCS for offshore leases and rights-of-way. He has also given expert testimony in federal and state courts on Louisiana title issues. He helped draft the Louisiana Public Service Commission’s general order for oil pipelines.

Peck is the Director of Testing for the Louisiana Supreme Court's Committee on Bar Admission and had been its Examiner for Civil Code I on persons and property. Peck drafted the post-conviction habeas petition that ultimately led to the United States Supreme Court’s setting aside the death penalty for Kevan Brumfield.

Recognition:

• Ranked in Chambers USA, Energy & Natural Resources, 2012 to Present

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Administrative / Regulatory Law, Banking and Finance Law, Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law, and Real Estate Law; listed in Best Lawyers since 2008

• New Orleans CityBusiness Leadership in Law Award, 2021

• Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions – Director of Testing; former Civil Code I Examiner

• Rated Martindale-Hubbell® A-V Preeminent™

• American Bar Foundation, 2015 to Present

• Recipient of the Special Award by Petroleum Landmen's Association of New Orleans, 2016

• Recipient of the Pro Bono Century Award by the Louisiana State Bar Association, 2011

• Recipient of the Pro Bono Publico Award by the Louisiana State Bar Association, 2003

• Named a New Orleans Magazine Top Lawyer - Energy Law; Oil and Gas Law, since 2013

• Selected to Louisiana Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2007, 2008, 2010 to Present

Professional Memberships

• Professional Landmen's Association of New Orleans (PLANO)

• Louisiana Oil & Gas Association

• Institute for Energy Law

• Louisiana Chemical Association / Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance

• The Foundation for Natural Resources & Energy Law

• Regularly represents clients through The Pro Bono Project