1. OKLAHOMA CITY | TULSA | MCAFEETAFT.COM
Tyler P. Evans
Of Counsel
(918) 574-3017 | tyler.evans@mcafeetaft.com | Tulsa
Overview
Tyler Evans is an energy and corporate attorney who has been
practicing law since 2009, including three years as an energy
lawyer with an Oklahoma-based law firm and nearly four years
as general counsel and corporate secretary of an Oklahoma-
based exploration and production company. As general counsel,
Tyler established a legal department where he managed several
attorneys and guided the legal, land and regulatory functions of
a company with annual drilling budgets in excess of $80 million.
He played a pivotal role in the rapid expansion of the enterprise,
leading dozens of acquisition, divestiture and capital transactions
in excess of $1.5 billion. Tyler’s general counsel experience
provides him with unique corporate and risk management expertise
and a strong working knowledge of substantially all energy-based
agreements and practices.
Tyler concentrates his practice towards a variety of transactions,
mergers and acquisitions, oil and gas title examination, and
general corporate matters, including governance, compliance, and
outside general counsel services. He has substantial experience
in all phases of acquisition and divestiture activities, including the
representation of buyers and sellers of upstream and midstream
energy assets, the organization and execution of due diligence
programs, equity and debt financing structures, and associated
matters. Tyler also devotes a portion of his practice to the litigation
and resolution of disputes involving the energy industry. His
representative clients range from individuals and trusts to publicly
traded energy companies. Tyler is licensed to practice law in
Oklahoma and Texas.
Representative Experience
Energy Transactions and Finance
• Representation of energy companies in numerous purchases of
oil and gas interests, including a recent acquisition comprising
$450 million in asset value from a publicly traded energy
company.
Admissions
Oklahoma, 2009
Texas, 2015
Education
J.D., University of Oklahoma, 2009;
Assistant Note Editor, Judiciary
Committee, Oklahoma Law Review
B.B.A. (Economics and Marketing),
Oklahoma State University, 2006
Professional Organizations
and Memberships
Tulsa County Bar Association
Oklahoma Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Civic Involvement
and Leadership
The First Tee of Tulsa (Board of
Directors)

2. Tyler P. Evans PAGE 2Tyler P. Evans
• Representation of energy companies in numerous dispositions of oil and gas interests, including a recent
divestiture in excess of $30 million in asset value.
• Representation of energy companies in the purchase and sale of midstream interests, including a recent
divestiture of a midstream gathering system for $85 million to an international midstream company, and the
negotiation of associated gas gathering and processing agreements.
• Representation of energy companies in a variety of finance and securities matters, including the
contemporaneous negotiation and execution of a $365 million senior secured notes offering and a $135
million senior subordinated notes offering and associated documentation.
• Representation of an energy company in the negotiation and documentation of a $75 million mezzanine
financing facility and a $50 million mezzanine financing facility, each involving the conveyance of a net
profits and/or convertible royalty interest.
• Representation of an energy company in the negotiation and documentation of a $50 million revolving
credit facility.
• Representation of energy companies in the execution of commodity hedging arrangements with up to $10
million of collateral support, including negotiation and preparation of associated intercreditor agreements.
• Representation of an energy company in the negotiation and documentation of a $5 million secured note,
including a collateral package of oil and gas properties located in several states.
• Representation of energy companies in all phases of contract negotiation, drafting and interpretation,
including master service agreements, confidentiality agreements, oil and gas leases and assignments,
surface leases and damage agreements, easements and rights-of-way, seismic licenses and agreements,
mortgages and deeds of trust, curative documents, acreage swap agreements, pre-pooling agreements,
joint venture and joint operating agreements, and hydrocarbon marketing and midstream agreements.
Oil and Gas Title Examination and Due Diligence
• Representation of energy companies in the preparation of more than 100 drilling title opinions, division
order title opinions, limited acquisition title opinions, and other title reports.
• Representation of energy companies in the design, organization and execution of environmental and title
due diligence programs in association with acquisition activities, including a recent East Texas title diligence
program resulting in the assertion of approximately $26 million of title defects.
• Representation of energy companies as transactional diligence counsel in the review of oil and gas title and
associated matters, including an acquisition of West Texas energy properties for $1 billion.
Governance and Compliance
• Representation of companies in all phases of corporate governance, including oversight and instruction
concerning compliance with organizational documents, advice to boards of directors concerning legal,
governance and risk management issues, preparation of resolutions and consents, development of board
committee charters, and minute-taking and other recordation of corporate affairs.
• Representation of an exploration and production company with annual drilling budgets in excess of $80
million in the performance of all governance, compliance and corporate secretary functions.
Energy Disputes and Risk Management
• Representation of energy companies in various contract disputes, including an appeal before the Oklahoma
Supreme Court regarding a complex oil and gas contract issue leading to the settlement and resolution of a
$10 million judgment against an oil and gas operator.

3. Tyler P. Evans PAGE 3
• Representation of energy companies in various operational disputes, including an oil and gas class action
lawsuit involving oilfield accounting practices utilized by a major oil corporation.
• Representation of energy companies in various title related disputes, including serving as litigation general
counsel regarding the successful defense of oil and gas title indemnity claims in excess of $10 million.
• Representation of an energy company in connection with its risk management strategy, including insurance
risk management and the design of comprehensive upstream environmental, health and safety policies.
Honors and Awards
• Honored with University of Oklahoma College of Law Pro Bono Award for services provided to Legal Aid
Services of Oklahoma, Inc. (2007)