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Robyn Zolman

Robyn
Zolman

Partner

CONTACT INFO

rzolman@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 303.298.5740

FAX:+1 303.313.2830

Denver

1801 California Street, Suite 4200, Denver, CO 80202-2642 USA

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PRACTICE

Capital Markets Energy Energy, Regulation and Litigation Life Sciences Mergers and Acquisitions Oil and Gas Power and Renewables Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance

BIOGRAPHY

Robyn E. Zolman is Partner-in-Charge of the Denver office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she practices in the firm’s Corporate Transactions Practice Group.  Her practice is concentrated in securities regulation and capital markets transactions.  Ms. Zolman represents clients in connection with public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations and corporate restructurings.  She also 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, telecommunications, homebuilding, consumer products and biotechnology.

In 2015, Law360 selected Ms. Zolman as one of eight “Rising Star” capital markets attorneys under 40 to watch nationwide.  She was named a Top Woman in Energy by the Denver Business Journal in 2015 and 2017 -2020 and to its Who’s Who in Energy list in 2019, and was one of the Denver Business Journal’s 40 under 40 in 2017.  Ms. Zolman was selected as a “Next Generation Lawyer in Capital Markets: Debt Offerings” by The Legal 500 U.S. in 2018 -2020 and as a Top Lawyer: Securities by 5280 Magazine in 2018-2020. Ms. Zolman was named a 2021 Lawyer of the Year for Securities/Capital Markets Law, Denver by Best Lawyers in America®.

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.
    • The merger of publicly-traded Williams Pipeline Partners into Williams Partners.
    • The spin-off of its exploration and production business into a standalone publicly-traded entity.
    • Numerous issuances, tender offers and exchange offers involving over $16 billion of debt and equity securities, including offerings to finance significant acquisitions.
  • Williams Partners L.P. – Issuances of over $12 billion of debt securities and $6 billion of equity securities in numerous transactions, including offerings to finance significant third party acquisitions and parent company dropdowns.
  • 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.
  • Atmos Energy – Issuances of $1.8 billion of debt securities and $600 million of equity securities in numerous transactions.
  • D.R. Horton, Inc. – Issuances of over $2.8 billion of debt securities in numerous transactions.
  • Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company – Issuances of over $2 billion of debt securities in numerous transactions.
  • Northwest Pipeline GP – Issuances of over $750 million of debt securities in numerous transactions.
  • WPX Energy, Inc. – Issuance of $1.5 billion of debt securities and over $500 million of equity securities.
  • Dresser-Rand Group Inc. – $750 million refinancing involving the issuance of new debt securities and repurchase of outstanding debt securities.
  • CityCenter Holdings, LLC – Issuances of over $1.7 billion of debt securities.
  • Vail Resorts, Inc. – $780 million refinancing involving the issuance of new debt securities and repurchase of outstanding debt securities.
  • Qwest Communications International – Issuances, tender offers and exchange offers involving over $17 billion of debt securities in numerous transactions.

EDUCATION

Harvard University - 2002 Juris Doctor

University of Colorado - Boulder - 1999 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

Colorado Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Webcasts - May 19, 2022 | Webcast: The Role of ESG in Capital Markets
Firm News - January 21, 2021 | Beau Stark and Robyn Zolman Named Denver’s Top Lawyers 2021
Webcasts - September 24, 2020 | Webcast: Raising Capital in the Current Environment V: ATM Programs and Rights Offerings
Webcasts - September 9, 2020 | Webcast: Raising Capital in the Current Environment IV: Five Things to Know for Your Debt Offerings
Firm News - August 20, 2020 | 13 Gibson Dunn Partners Named Lawyers of the Year
Firm News - July 6, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2020 U.S. Legal 500
Firm News - April 27, 2020 | Robyn Zolman Named Among Denver’s Top Women in Energy 2020
Firm News - January 7, 2020 | Beau Stark and Robyn Zolman Named Denver’s Top Lawyers
Firm News - November 22, 2019 | Jerry Farano, Beau Stark and Robyn Zolman Named to Denver Business Journal’s Who’s Who in Energy
Firm News - August 15, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Lawyers Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America® 2020
Firm News - July 11, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2019 U.S. Legal 500
Firm News - March 14, 2019 | Robyn Zolman Named Among Top Women in Energy
Firm News - June 18, 2018 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2018 U.S. Legal 500
Client Alert - November 15, 2016 | The Trump Presidency: Selected Initial Observations and Considerations
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