Claire Sergent Walls Legal Group is an innovative business and industry-focused transactional law firm dedicated to delivering efficient solutions to both entrepreneurs and established enterprises within sectors including energy, real estate and hospitality. Through the use of current technologies and efficient practices, we are able to effectively serve our clients remotely in diverse jurisdictions.
Trust Earned by Consistent Performance
We have one goal: complete client satisfaction.
The Firm was founded in 2008 by Claire Sergent Walls in the entrepreneurial spirit. Foundationally, the firm was established over the backdrop of the past decade’s push to innovate the development of energy sources such as natural gas and renewables. Experience serving public and private energy clients allowed the firm to develop the skills and acumen to offer its experience and enhanced services to a wider range of businesses, which now includes the hospitality industry, mineral and real estate investment sectors and entrepreneurs in varied pursuits.
A Solid Foundation
- Energy and Mineral Law Foundation (EMLF)
- American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL)
- Michael Late Benedum Chapter of AAPL
- West Virginia State Bar Association
- Pennsylvania State Bar Association
- Ohio State Bar Association
Claire is the owner and principal attorney of the Claire Sergent Walls Legal Group. She started the firm in 2008 and maintains a multi-jurisdictional commercial practice in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida.
Her practice serves a range of commercial clients from corporate energy and real estate developers and investors to small and medium-sized businesses including professional service providers and the hospitality industry.
She is licensed to practice law in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida.
Meghan H. Heberling is a Senior Attorney with Claire Sergent Walls LLC. Meghan graduated from the Honors Program at American University in Washington, DC with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Minor in Literature in 2009. Meghan obtained her Juris Doctorate from University of Pittsburgh in 2012.
Meghan has over a decade of experience in advising private and public energy companies in their exploration and production operations, with an emphasis on title examination and transactional matters. Her current practice focuses on examination of land, mineral and leasehold title and drafting title opinions and transactional documents. Meghan counseled the land department of a private oil and gas company with 100,000 net acres in Southwestern Pennsylvania. She also worked in-house in an attorney role assisting the land and permitting departments at a public oil and gas company, formerly coal company, with a stated 3.81 trillion cubic feet equivalent of natural gas reserves in the Appalachian Basin. She has extensive experience drafting, interpreting, and negotiating contractual provisions in oil and gas related contracts, curative instruments, and joint operating agreements. Meghan has advised clients during the acquisition and divestiture process of mineral and leasehold interests. Meghan has extensive experience working as an attorney with a law firm with offices in all 50 states as well as regional and boutique law firms. She has assisted clients in civil litigation and transactions in hospitality, construction, and domestic relations in state, federal and appellate courts within Pennsylvania. Meghan is admitted to practice in the State of Pennsylvania.
Meghan is currently a member of the Women’s Energy Network Pittsburgh Chapter. Meghan is trained in Collaborative Law and conflict resolution through the Collaborative Law Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
“Northeast Natural Energy has consistently relied on the services of Claire Sergent Walls Legal Group, PLLC, [since 2013]. For a natural gas exploration & production company to succeed in the highly competitive and volatile energy industry, reliability, accuracy, attention to detail and speed are required. We have found all four of those important qualities in CSW’s certified title opinions.”
— Jeannie Morgan Johnson, Former Vice President – Land Operations, Northeast Natural Energy
Accuracy Guided by Focused Insight
We strive to ensure predictable outcomes by performing a consistently thorough analysis.
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Boutique Business Services
Our Boutique Business Services are designed to serve businesses and entrepreneurs in all phases: start-up of a new venture, expanding an existing business or establishing ancillary businesses..
We provide:
- Complete entity formation services, including advice on choice of entity, state and federal registrations and drafting and negotiation of operating agreements for limited liability companies, partnerships or corporations
- Negotiation, review, drafting and closing of purchase and sale agreements, commercial lease agreements and ancillary agreements for office space real estate, goods, equipment and services
- Advice on proposed business operations and operating requirements, including state and local ordinances and regulations
- Provide referrals to qualified Certified Public Accountant in order to ensure that tax ramifications are addressed and, if desired, maintain ongoing relationship with CPA in order to facilitate cohesive services
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Real Estate and Mineral Investment Services
Our Real Estate and Mineral Investment Services are designed to provide investors in commercial real estate and minerals with support for all phases of acquisition including preliminary due diligence, negotiation and curative measures and execution of closings.
We provide:
- Efficient title due diligence process using only professionals who are experienced in the nuances and challenges of title of ownership and leasehold
- Development of form documents for transactional purposes, including deeds, leases, top leases, affidavits and agreements that can be modified for in-house use
- Advisory opinions on oil and gas deed language and chain of title ambiguities unique to specific jurisdictions, including the counties of central and north central West Virginia
- Remote closing services using remote notaries, electronic signatures and electronic banking transfers
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Alcohol and Hospitality Services
Our Alcohol and Hospitality Services provide regulatory and operational compliance services for bars and restaurants and other retail providers of alcoholic beverages, including COVID-19 regulations.
We provide:
- Alcohol business licensing and permitting, including application process, purchase, sale and transfer of liquor licenses and on-premises obligations
- Drafting and negotiating of management and employee agreements and entity operation agreements
- Commercial lease negotiation, drafting, review and ongoing performance of terms for landlords and tenants of restaurants, bars and related hospitality services
- Complete entity formation services, including advice on choice of entity, state and federal registrations and drafting and negotiation of operation agreements for limited liability companies, partnerships or corporations
- Negotiation, review, drafting and closing of purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements and ancillary agreements for retail and restaurant real estate, goods, equipment and services
- Advice on proposed business operations and operating requirements, including state and local ordinances and regulations
- Provide referrals to qualified Certified Public Accountant in order to ensure that tax ramifications are addressed and, if desired, maintain ongoing relationship with CPA in order to facilitate cohesive services
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Corporate Energy Land Services
Our Corporate Energy Land Services exist to provide specific land-related services to renewable and mineral energy developers.
We provide:
- Instruments required for complex land transactions involving commercial and industrial use between multiple parties that effectuate acreage trades, complex surface use agreements, temporary and permanent easements for rights of ways and workspaces, and simple conveyances
- Advice regarding state and federal land use regulations and permitting
- Development of form documents for transactional purposes, including deeds, leases, top leases, affidavits and agreements that can be modified for in-house use
- Title services for surface and subsurface property interests using only professionals who are experienced in the nuances and challenges of title of ownership, leasehold and surface use documentation
- Certified title opinions, limited title opinions and division order title opinions rendered by attorney with 15 years of experience rendering thousands of such opinions
- Advisory opinions on deed language and chain of title ambiguities unique to specific jurisdictions, including the challenging counties of central and north central West Virginia
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15 Apr 2021
CSW Commercial Real Estate Services
Buying and Selling Purchase and sale agreements set the rules of the game when it comes to real estate deals, and in most instances, terms are negotiable. We represent clients from the outset of negotiations and ensure that agreements and contracts are drafted to reflect the agreed-upon terms between the parties with no ambiguity. We analyze and advise clients on risks inherent in title, survey, and zoning issues where necessary and...
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Location
1200 N. Federal Hwy., Suite 200
Boca Raton, FL 33432
(By Appointment Only)
Phone
Office - (304) 216 0270
Cell - (304) 319 1291