Practice Areas

Legal guidance for property, ownership, development, energy, and the decisions that move clients forward.

How We Help

The right legal guidance changes what’s possible.

Brown & Purser works with individuals, families, landowners, developers, investors, and businesses across Louisiana. We help clients understand risk, recognize opportunity, and resolve the real estate, title, land, and energy issues that can affect a transaction, project, or long-term investment.

Buy & Sell Property

Every property transaction has moving parts. Brown & Purser helps buyers, sellers, families, and businesses move through purchases and sales with a clear view of the legal issues that can shape the deal.

  • Commercial and residential property transactions
  • Farm, land, and investment property sales
  • Purchase agreement review and negotiation
  • Title review and ownership questions
  • Boundary, access, and property-use concerns
  • Closing-related issue spotting and resolution

Build & Develop

Development depends on more than a good plan. Our firm helps developers, builders, investors, and growing communities address the legal details that can affect land, ownership, permitting, and project momentum.

  • Developer, builder, and investor representation
  • Land acquisition and site-control support
  • Commercial development transactions
  • Land use, zoning, and permitting matters
  • Environmental compliance coordination
  • Ownership and title diligence before development

Clear Ownership

Ownership questions can stall a closing, complicate a project, or create conflict long after a deal is signed. Brown & Purser helps identify and resolve title, record, succession, and land issues so clients can move forward with greater certainty.

  • Title opinions and curative work
  • Corrections of acts and legal descriptions
  • Probate and succession issues
  • Prior transfer authority and community property issues
  • Uncancelled mortgages, liens, and encumbrances
  • Tax sale and adjudicated property issues
  • Boundary disputes and land-use conflicts

Energy

Louisiana energy work is tied closely to land, title, minerals, and ownership. From oil and gas matters to solar and renewable development, our firm provides practical counsel for transactions, due diligence, leasing, and disputes.

  • Title examination and abstracts
  • Oil, gas, solar, and infrastructure leasing
  • Mineral due diligence and mineral rights disputes
  • Landowner representation
  • Lease, royalty, division order, and pooling issues
  • Environmental, land use, zoning, and permitting support
  • Representation before Louisiana mineral and energy boards