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Trent Maxwell

Associate

222 South Main Street, Suite 2200, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
P 801.799.5755
OVERVIEW

Trent provides efficient, cost-effective guidance to clients on a variety of natural resources and real estate matters.

He has been involved in a number of small and large transactional projects located in the Mountain West region and nationwide.

Natural Resources Advisor: Trent has valuable experience preparing complex drilling, division order, acquisition, and financing title opinions involving federal, state, and private lands for oil and gas and other mineral interests. Additionally, he has conducted due diligence for multi-million acquisitions and divestitures involving natural resources, such as oil and gas, other minerals, and renewable energy.

Experience in Real Estate Projects: Trent frequently performs due diligence, drafts agreements, and resolves title issues for commercial real estate projects.

EXPERIENCE

Experience

Oil and Gas and Mining Law

Trent represents natural resources clients on a variety of issues:

  • Preparing drilling, division order, acquisition, and financing title opinions
  • Performing due diligence for acquisitions, divestitures, and financing transactions
  • Drafting filings for regulatory agencies
Real Estate Law

Trent assists clients on a broad spectrum of commercial real estate matters:

  • Conducting due diligence
  • Negotiating and drafting agreements
  • Resolving title issues
PRACTICES

Practices

Environmental and Natural Resources
Oil and Gas
Real Estate Development and Finance
Mining
NEWS AND INSIGHTS

Publications

"Uranium Mining and Milling," Environmental Regulation, excerpted from the Second Edition of the American Law of Mining, Chapter 177, Co-Author, 2018
"How Do I Examine Title to a Federal Oil & Gas Lease?," The Oil & Gas Report, October 2017
"Pugh(eee)... Get Those Lands Outta Here: A Look at the Pugh Clause," The Oil & Gas Report, 1/29/16
"The Habendum Clause - 'Til Production Ceases Do Us Part," Holland & Hart News Update, 2/5/2015
"Domestic Asset Protection Trusts: A Threat to Child Support?," BYU L. REV. 477, 2014
EDUCATION AND ADMISSIONS

Education

J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
J.D., 2014
  • magna cum laude
  • BYU Law Review, Senior Editor
  • Order of the Coif
Brigham Young University
B.S., 2011
  • cum laude

Bar Admissions

Colorado
Utah
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

Professional and Civic Affiliations

  • Denver Association of Professional Landmen, Member
  • Utah Association of Professional Landmen, Member
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Member
  • Utah Bar Environmental Law Section, Member
  • Utah Bar Real Property Section, Member
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