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Matthieu Robért is an attorney in Fishman Haygood’s Business Section.

Matt’s practice focuses in the area of corporate law and real estate, including acquisitions and sales, private equity investments, corporate financing, and other general business matters.  He assists clients with structuring, negotiating, and closing commercial transactions.

Matt received his JD/MBA degree, cum laude, from Tulane University Law School and the A.B. Freeman School of Business and was a member of the Tulane Law Review and Freeman Consulting Group.  He earned his MBA with a specialization in Real Estate and Finance.  He received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Business Economics & Public Policy from George Washington University where he was also a member of the baseball team.

Matt is a member of the American Cancer Society’s Shuck Cancer Team, an annual fundraising initiative dedicated to raising money for Access to Care lead by young professionals in the greater New Orleans area.

Lance currently serves as Knowledge Manager at Gasology, a local New Orleans software startup transforming how motor fuels are bought and sold. Before Gasology, Lance worked for Schlumberger as a Field Engineer operating directional drilling and formation logging equipment in the Gulf of Mexico for six years. Lance recently completed his Masters of Management in Energy at Tulane University and is a 2012 graduate of Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering.

Annie Birkentall currently serves as Project Manager in the Asset Management division of Enhanced Capital’s Renewable & Federal Historic Tax Credit Finance team. Before joining Enhanced Capital, she was a Project Coordinator for Jones Lang Lasalle’s Hotels & Hospitality and a Supply Chain Master Data Analyst for Chevron Oronite’s downstream supply chain & logistics planning petrochemicals team. Annie is a registered Project Management Professional and a member of the Project Management Institute since 2017. Originally from Chicago, she graduated Tulane University in 2011 with a BSM Legal Studies in Business and in 2013 with a Masters in Finance.

Matt Schovee currently serves as Principal at Black Bay Energy Capital, an energy private equity firm focused on the North American oilfield service sector. Matt is involved with the firm’s efforts in sourcing new investments, executing transactions, and monitoring active portfolio companies. Prior to co-founding Black Bay, Matt was an Associate at NGP Energy Technology Partners and Senior Analyst for Halliburton Company’s in-house M&A and Corporate Development group. Matt holds a B.B.A. in Finance and a Concentration in Energy Management from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, where he was also a two-time Academic All-American and Captain of the Men’s Division I golf team.

Corey Platt is a 2013 graduate of the University of Mississippi with a Bachelors of Business Administration, consisting of a triple major in Risk Management/Insurance, Managerial Finance, and Real Estate. Upon graduation, Corey took a position with a global insurance brokerage in Houston Texas where he handled  business development, client service, and marketing for numerous Fortune 100 and 500 companies. In 2015 Corey joined Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. in New Orleans, Louisiana as a producer in their Specialty Division focusing on the Energy and Marine Sector.

Carson is an attorney at Fishman Haygood, LLP, where he practices in the firm’s corporate transactional group.  He represents energy and business clients in a variety of commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, real estate, private equity investments, debt financings, and securities offerings.  Carson is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and the Louisiana State University Law Center.