F. Rivers Lelong, Jr. - Lawyer in New Orleans, LA

Rivers Lelong is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group and amember of the Jones Walker board of directors. He has a broad-rangingtransactional practice representing clients across several industries. Riverspractice involves a variety of commercial transactions comprising securedfinance, real estate, acquisitions and divestitures of privately held companiesand their assets, and the negotiation of sophisticated commercial contracts. Heis also general outside counsel to an international consumer packaged goodscompany as well as to other smaller private businesses. In the commercialcontracts practice area, Rivers has drafted and negotiated complex jointventure agreements, major industrial development project agreements, highdollar supply contracts, commodity and equipment sales contracts, distributionagreements, master service agreements, and professional services agreements. Inthe real estate practice area, Rivers has worked with developers and banks inthe negotiation and documentation of commercial loans, represented tenants andlandlords in the negotiation of commercial leases, and represented investors inthe purchase and sale of commercial property. In his role as corporate counsel,Rivers has managed the day-to-day contracting needs, corporate planning, andthe allocation of work to other counsel in specialized areas of practice, suchas commercial litigation.