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EX-23.4 - EX-23.4 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex234.htm
EX-23.3 - EX-23.3 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex233.htm
EX-23.2 - EX-23.2 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex232.htm
EX-23.1 - EX-23.1 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex231.htm
EX-21.1 - EX-21.1 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex211.htm
EX-10.14 - EX-10.14 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex1014.htm
EX-10.13 - EX-10.13 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex1013.htm
EX-10.12 - EX-10.12 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex1012.htm
EX-10.11 - EX-10.11 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex1011.htm
EX-10.10 - EX-10.10 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex1010.htm
EX-10.9 - EX-10.9 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex109.htm
EX-10.8 - EX-10.8 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex108.htm
EX-10.7 - EX-10.7 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex107.htm
EX-10.6 - EX-10.6 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex106.htm
EX-10.5 - EX-10.5 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex105.htm
EX-4.1 - EX-4.1 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex41.htm
EX-2.1 - EX-2.1 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841dex21.htm
S-1 - S-1 - BJ Services, Inc.d319841ds1.htm

Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO  

811 Main Street, Suite 3700

Houston, TX 77002

Tel: +1.713.546.5400 Fax: +1.713.546.5401

www.lw.com

 
  FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES
  Barcelona    Moscow
  Beijing    Munich

                    , 2017

 

BJ Services, Inc.

11211 FM 2920

Tomball, Texas 77375

 

Re:     Initial Public Offering of Shares of Class A Common

            Stock of BJ Services, Inc.

  Boston    New York
  Brussels    Orange County
  Century City    Paris
  Chicago    Riyadh
  Dubai    Rome
  Düsseldorf    San Diego
  Frankfurt    San Francisco
  Hamburg    Seoul
  Hong Kong    Shanghai
  Houston    Silicon Valley
  London    Singapore
  Los Angeles    Tokyo
  Madrid    Washington, D.C.
  Milan   

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to BJ Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the proposed offer and issuance of up to              shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Shares”), par value $0.001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”). The Shares are included in a registration statement on Form S–1 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 14, 2017 (Registration No. 333–            ) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”). The term “Shares” shall include any additional shares of Class A Common Stock registered by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act in connection with the offering contemplated by the Registration Statement. This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related prospectus contained therein, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.

As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.

Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Shares shall have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the purchasers and have been issued by the Company against payment therefor (not less than par value) in the circumstances contemplated by the form of underwriting agreement most recently filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, the issue and sale of the Shares will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the Company will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the DGCL.


                    , 2017

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LOGO

 

This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters.” We further consent to the incorporation by reference of this letter and consent into any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) with respect to the Shares. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,