Ken G. Hedge is a Partner in the Bismarck office. He is a member of the Oil and Gas Practice Group. Ken has been with the firm for more than 25 years and formerly Co-Chaired the firm’s Oil and Gas Practice Group and served as the Contact Partner for the Bismarck office. He is a member of the firm’s executive committee.
Ken represents and advises public and private companies and their owners in a variety of sectors. He has been actively involved in many aspects of the Bakken formation development in Montana and North Dakota since its inception in 2002.
Ken has centered his practice at the intersection of land and business, principally offering counsel in title examination for oil and gas exploration and development, due diligence title review, industrial water issues, surface mineral (sand, gravel and scoria) ownership and development, and general real property advice for North Dakota’s businesses and farmers and ranchers. Ken has spent a significant part of his practice representing private equity companies in the acquisition of non-operated oil and gas leasehold interests, mineral interests and other assets in the Bakken formation.
Ken is a North Dakota Reporter for The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law Newsletter, providing case summaries of newly-issued opinions affecting oil, gas and mineral law, and related real estate law, for the State of North Dakota. He enjoys teaching at public and private seminars, both to sophisticated oil and gas audiences and practitioners looking to expand their knowledge of oil and gas and real estate law. He looks forward to, and finds special satisfaction in, advising and counseling non-profit entities in their formation and day-to-day operations.
In his free time, Ken is a passionate golfer and an avid reader and writer. He is currently working on his debut historical fiction novel.
Great Plains Super Lawyers®, 2017-Present
Chambers and Partners, Real Estate Law, Band 2, 2019-Present
AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™
American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Fellow
American Bar Foundation, Fellow
Landman’s Association of North Dakota
North Dakota Title Standards, Committee Member
State Bar Association of North Dakota
The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law
The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law Newsletter, Reporter
Wyoming Law Review, Managing Editor (1998-1999)
Representation of private equity firm in nine figure acquisition of non-operated oil and gas leasehold interests in the Bakken formation principally involved in the area of due diligence title review and defect curative.
Representation of private equity firm in eight figure acquisition of non-operated oil and gas leasehold interests in the Bakken formation principally involved in the area of due diligence title review and defect curative.
Representation of private landowner in the leasing of real property for a crude rail trans-load facility.
Representation of a large national corporation in the acquisition of a liquefied petroleum gas terminal and storage facility.
Representation of numerous oil and gas developers and operators-primarily in rendering drilling and division order title opinions and advice on title and operations concerns.
Representation of a small business owner in a seven figure asset acquisition of a home improvement business.
Advice and representation to start-up entrepreneurs in the selection and organization of appropriate business entities day-to-day operational advice and asset acquisitions and divestiture related to the growth of the business.
Estate – wealth – mineral and business succession planning for North Dakota’s small business and farm and ranch families.
Chambers and Partners, Real Estate Law, Band 2, 2019-Present
AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™
American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Fellow
American Bar Foundation, Fellow
Landman’s Association of North Dakota
North Dakota Title Standards, Committee Member
State Bar Association of North Dakota
The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law
The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law Newsletter, Reporter
Wyoming Law Review, Managing Editor (1998-1999)
Representation of private equity firm in nine figure acquisition of non-operated oil and gas leasehold interests in the Bakken formation principally involved in the area of due diligence title review and defect curative.
Representation of private equity firm in eight figure acquisition of non-operated oil and gas leasehold interests in the Bakken formation principally involved in the area of due diligence title review and defect curative.
Representation of private landowner in the leasing of real property for a crude rail trans-load facility.
Representation of a large national corporation in the acquisition of a liquefied petroleum gas terminal and storage facility.
Representation of numerous oil and gas developers and operators-primarily in rendering drilling and division order title opinions and advice on title and operations concerns.
Representation of a small business owner in a seven figure asset acquisition of a home improvement business.
Advice and representation to start-up entrepreneurs in the selection and organization of appropriate business entities day-to-day operational advice and asset acquisitions and divestiture related to the growth of the business.
Estate – wealth – mineral and business succession planning for North Dakota’s small business and farm and ranch families.
