LEO E. MANUEL is a Partner in the Gulfport office. His practice focuses primarily in the areas of public utility law, general commercial transactions and general civil practice. Leo's experience includes energy and utility litigation; energy regulation and transactions; water and sewer utility regulation, transactions, and litigation; economic development legal support; business entity selection, formation, and operation; corporate finance; contract negotiation and administration; corporate mergers and acquisitions; procurement and bid law; corporate compliance, governance and controls; eminent domain; and real estate transactions.