Dean Cazenave is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller.  He has more than 21 years of experience in corporate, business and real estate law. Dean represents clients in a variety of corporate, finance, and commercial real estate transactions. These transactions include general commercial contracts, such as license agreements, employment agreements, supply agreements, and strategic alliance agreements. Dean also has experience in specialized transactions such as mergers and acquisitions and private placements.

Dean is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Mergers and Acquisition Law, 2009-2012) and Super Lawyers (Real Estate, Business/Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, 2011).  He is listed by Best Lawyers as the Baton Rouge Lawyer of the Year in Mergers and Acquisitions Law for 2012.

Representative Experience

• Lead outside counsel of a publicly traded advertising company in connection with various acquisitions of outdoor advertising businesses
  
• Lead outside counsel for a publicly traded Fortune 1000 company in connection with various acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures
• Served as local counsel for the seller in connection with the sale of pipelines and certain industrial facilities
• Representation of financial institutions in connection with production lending and tax credit financing
  
• Representation of a privately held grocery cooperative in various corporate matters and commercial contracts, including transportation agreements, maintenance and services contracts, equipment leases, facility leases, and license agreements
• Representation of various banks in connection with secured finances, including construction loans and asset-based loans
• Representation of a paper mill in various commercial contracts, including supply agreements and loan agreements
• Representation of a chemical company in connection with a fabrication agreement for specialized vessels with a foreign fabricator
• Representation of various start-ups and early stage businesses in connection with capital raising transactions including private placements
• Represented owners of closely held companies in connection with the sale of various businesses
  

Education

Dean earned his B.S., summa cum laude, from Louisiana Tech University in 1987.  He earned his J.D., cum laude, in 1990 from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law where he was a member of the Loyola Law Review.

Admissions

• Admitted, Texas and Louisiana, 1991

Memberships

• Member, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American (Business Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas

Articles, Publications and Presentations

• Business Notes, March 2004
• Business Notes, February 2005
• Choosing a Business Entity: Practical Considerations
• Negotiating Commercial Leases
• Post-Katrina Louisiana Contracts and the Doctrine of Impossibility
• Basic Corporate Law in Louisiana, National Business Institute, 1998.

Community Service

• Past-President, Board of Directors, Riverbend Homeowners Association
• Metro 3 Planning and Zoning Citizen's Advisory Council
• Member, Baton Rouge Area Foundation
• Member, Baton Rouge Symphony Young Patrons Organization
• Youth athletics coach, YMCA, CYO and BREC
• Member, Rotary Club of Baton Rouge