Dean Cazenave is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He has more than 18 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).

Representative Experience

• Lead outside counsel of a publicly traded advertising company in connection with various acquisitions of outdoor advertising businesses.(transactions aggregating more than $100 MM since January 2004).
  
• 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 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 J.D. from Loyola University, cum laude, in 1990 where he was a member of the Loyola Law Review. He earned his B.S., summa cum laude, from Louisiana Tech University in 1987.

Admissions

• Admitted, Texas and Louisiana, 1991

Memberships

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana State and American Bar (Business Law Section) 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

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

Lecturer

• Choosing a Business Entity: Practical Considerations, 2002
• Negotiating Commercial Leases, 2002
• Basic Corporate Law in Louisiana, National Business Institute, 1998