G. Blane Clark Jr.

Blane Clark is a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller. Blane has more than 35 years of experience in handling complex industrial commercial and health care transactions for clients. He has handled many different types of transactions, including:

• The sale and purchase of hundreds of industrial, commercial and medical businesses in the form of asset deals, equity deals and mergers;
• Onshore and offshore oil, gas and other material pipeline dedication, gathering and transportation agreements;
• Industrial and commercial construction agreements;
• The sale and leasing of mineral interests;
• The formation of entities for use as business operating companies, as joint ventures, as real estate holding companies, as medical, legal, architectural and other professional service providers and other purposes involving the preparation of organizational documents;
• The contracts utilized in the health care industry, such as exclusive services agreements between hospitals and physician groups, agreements between physician groups and third party payers, employment and independent contractor agreements, shareholder and partnership agreements among physician shareholders and partners, and purchase agreements involving the acquisition of health care providers;
• Loan transactions involving loan agreements and collateral documents involving real estate and other assets;
• Employment agreements; and
• Non-competition agreements.In addition to handling transactions for his clients, Blane works with clients in planning their overall corporate structure and in helping with day-to-day issues that surface in the operation of their businesses.

Blane has also advised many shareholders and partners on the relative rights of holders of a majority or minority equity position. He has been recognized for his legal skills by being listed in The Best Lawyers in America(Woodward/White) from 2007-2023 in Corporate Law and M&A and is listed as Lawyer of the Year in Mergers and Acquisitions Law in 2021 and Corporate Law in 2022. Blane is also listed among the top Corporate/M&A lawyers in the State of Louisiana by Chambers USA 2018, 2019 and 2020. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.