Matthew C. Meiners
Phone: 225.382.3416
Fax: 225.388.9133
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Matthew Meiners is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2009 and practices in the business and corporate group. Matthew has experience in the drafting and negotiation of numerous industrial service and purchase agreements. He also has experience representing numerous individuals and small businesses in connection with acquisitions and divestitures of their respective businesses and with formation of new entities, including drafting organizational documents and planning of overall corporate structure.
Articles, Publications and Presentations
Community Service
Representative Experience
- Represented major Louisiana gas processing plant in the drafting and negotiation of numerous industrial service and purchase agreements
- Represented major pipeline company in the acquisition of gas pipeline and related servitudes and rights of way in Louisiana
- Represented publicly traded company in major corporate restructuring project, including mergers, conversions and creation of subsidiaries
- Represented numerous individuals and small businesses in connection with acquisitions and divestitures of their respective businesses.
- Represented numerous individuals and small businesses in connection with formation of new entities, including drafting organizational documents and planning of overall corporate structure
- Represented numerous clients in the preparation and negotiation of security agreements, pledge agreements, guaranties and other security devices, and the perfection of security interests
- Prepared employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, and non-competition/non-solicitation agreements
- Represented numerous banks in connection with secured finances, including construction loans and asset based loans
Education
Matthew earned his B.S. in International Trade and Finance with a minor in Economics from Louisiana State University in 1998. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from the LSU Law Center in 2009.Admissions
- Admitted, Louisiana, 2009
Memberships
- Baton Rouge (Co-Chair, Business and Corporate Section) and Louisiana State Bar Associations
Articles, Publications and Presentations
- Statutory Employer: A Louisiana Primer, Louisiana Law Blog, May 25, 2017
- Successor Liability: Considerations When Structuring Your Acquisition, Louisiana Law Blog, May 22, 2017
- Louisiana Business Corporation Act Replaces Louisiana Business Corporation Law, Louisiana Law Blog, August 7, 2015.
- Ownership of Attorney-Client Privilege Following Merger, Louisiana Law Blog, February 2014
- Personal Liability of Members of an LLC - Louisiana Supreme Court Provides Guidance, Louisiana Law Blog, February 2014
- Piercing the Veil of an LLC - The Fourth Circuit Weighs In; Kean Miller Business Newsletter, July 2010
- State Tax Nexus Issues; Lagniappe, Louisiana CPA publication, November 2010
Community Service
- Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Green
