Robyn E. Zolman is Partner-in-Charge of the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she practices in the firm’s Capital Markets and Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance practice groups.  Ms. Zolman represents clients in connection with a broad range of capital markets transactions.  She advises clients with respect to SEC registered and Rule 144A offerings of investment grade, high-yield and convertible notes, as well as initial public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, at-the-market equity offering programs, PIPE offerings and issuances of preferred securities. In addition, she has extensive experience with tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations and corporate restructurings.  Ms. Zolman also regularly advises clients regarding securities regulation and disclosure issues and corporate governance matters, including Securities and Exchange Commission reporting requirements, stock exchange listing standards, director independence, board practices and operations, and insider trading compliance. She provides disclosure counsel to clients in a number of industries, including energy, life sciences, homebuilding, consumer products and telecommunications.

Ms. Zolman was named a 2023 Lawyer of the Year for Securities/Capital Markets Law, Denver by Best Lawyers in America® and as a Top Lawyer: Securities by 5280 Magazine for the last five years.  She has been selected as a “Next Generation Lawyer in Capital Markets: Debt Offerings” by The Legal 500 U.S. and has received accolades from IFLR1000 and Women in Business Law, among others.  She has been named a Top Woman in Energy multiple times by the Denver Business Journal and to its Who’s Who in Energy list, and was one of the Denver Business Journal’s 40 under 40 in 2017.  In 2015, Law360 selected Ms. Zolman as one of eight “Rising Star” capital markets attorneys under 40 to watch nationwide.

Ms. Zolman graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2002, where she served as an Executive Editor of the Harvard Law Review.  She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Environmental Studies summa cum laude from the University of Colorado in 1999.

Representative Transactions:

• The Williams Companies, Inc.
  • $12 billion corporate restructuring involving the dropdown of assets to Williams Partners, L.P.
  • MLP merger and simplification transactions.
  • The spin-off of its exploration and production business into a standalone publicly-traded entity.
  • Numerous issuances, tender offers and exchange offers involving over $50 billion of debt and equity securities, including offerings to finance significant acquisitions.
• Atmos Energy – Issuances of over $8 billion of debt securities and $5 billion of shares of common stock in numerous transactions, including registered debt issuances, at-the-market equity offerings and equity forward sale transactions.
• R. Horton, Inc. – Issuances of over $5.3 billion of debt securities in numerous transactions.
• Vail Resorts, Inc. – $780 million refinancing involving the issuance of new debt securities and repurchase of outstanding debt securities and the issuance of over $1 billion of senior and convertible senior notes.
• Jabil Inc. – Issuances of senior notes, including its inaugural green bond offering.
• Forestar Group Inc. – Issuances of $1.4 billion of debt and equity securities, including through at-the-market equity offering programs.
• VeriSign Inc. – Issuances of over $1.2 billion of debt securities.
• Wolverine World Wide, Inc. – Issuances of over $1.4 billion of debt securities.
• BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Issuances of over $600 million of common stock and pre-funded warrants.
• ViewRay, Inc. – Issuances of over $100 million of common stock.
• Heska Corporation – Issuance of $175 million of common stock.
• Zayo Group – $450 million initial public offering, $600 million follow on common stock offering, the issuance of over $3 billion of debt securities in numerous transactions and a tender offer for $350 million of outstanding debt securities.
• WPX Energy, Inc. – Issuances of $1.75 billion of debt securities and over $500 million of equity securities and tender offers for over $2 billion of debt securities.
• Fox Corporation – Issuance of $6.8 billion of debt securities.
• Spectra Energy Corp and affiliates – Issuances of nearly $6 billion of debt and equity securities.
• Qwest Communications International – Issuances, tender offers and exchange offers involving over $17 billion of debt securities in numerous transactions.