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Robert J. Melgaard

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2003.
4100 First Place Tower, 15 East Fifth Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
(918) 586-5711
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Firm: Conner & Winters, LLP
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Conner & Winters, LLP


Years In Practice


Phone Number (918) 586-5711

Robert J. Melgaard is a partner in the Corporate and Securities practice group. Mr. Melgaard has over 30 years of extensive experience representing issuers in the areas of public and private securities offerings of debt and equity, including initial public offerings, Rule 144A/Reg. S offerings and shelf registrations, compliance with public company reporting and proxy solicitation requirements, the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts, public disclosure obligations, corporate governance, stock exchange listings and compliance, employee benefit plan securities law matters, insider trading, and insider securities ownership reporting and short-swing profit liability. Over the years, he has guided numerous companies on the public offering process and has advised over 30 companies on the business and regulatory aspects of being a publicly-traded company. Mr. Melgaard regularly advises Boards of Directors and Board committees on governance, fiduciary duties and compliance matters. He also conducts training for directors and senior management of public companies on corporate governance and securities compliance, including insider trading. Mr. Melgaard’s corporate governance experience includes providing advice on Board and Board committee practices, structure and composition, including governance guidelines, committee charters and self-evaluations, shareholder activism, takeover defenses, executive officer and director succession planning, risk management, executive officer and director compensation matters, related party transactions, say-on-pay matters and shareholder proposals.

Experience

Representative Transactions/Cases:

  • Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of $300 million of 7.25% senior notes by a NYSE midstream service company and subsequent related registered exchange offer on Form S-4
  • Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of $325 million of 6.375% senior notes by a NYSE midstream service company and subsequent related registered exchange offer on Form S-4
  • Establish up to $300 million at-the-market offering program for a NYSE midstream service company
  • Underwritten public offering of $233 million of common stock by a NYSE midstream service company
  • Private placement of 10.1 million shares of common stock (19.9% of outstanding shares) by a NYSE global contractor specializing in energy infrastructure in exchange for covenant relief by lenders
  • Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of $300 million of 7.5% senior notes by a NYSE midstream service company and subsequent related registered exchange offer on Form S-4
  • Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of $400 million of 6 5/8% senior subordinated notes by a NYSE integrated energy company and subsequent related registered exchange offer on Form S-4
  • Underwritten public offering of $250 million of 6 5/8% senior subordinated notes by a NYSE integrated energy company
  • Issuer tender offer for $59.4 million of outstanding 2.75% convertible senior notes by a NYSE global contractor specializing in energy infrastructure
  • Issuer tender offer for $32 million of outstanding 6.5% convertible senior notes by a NYSE global contractor specializing in energy infrastructure
  • Underwritten public offering of $131 million of common stock, executed as a forward sale transaction, by a NYSE utility holding company
  • Filing of Form 10 with the SEC for a midstream service company and original listing of its common stock and warrants on the NYSE
  • Underwritten public offering of $200 million of 5.875% senior notes by a NYSE utility holding company
  • Underwritten public offering of $180 million of first mortgage bonds by wholly-owned electric utility subsidiary of a NYSE utility holding company
  • Underwritten public offering of $250 million of 9% senior notes by a NYSE utility holding company
  • Corporate reorganization of a NYSE global contractor resulting in a change in its domicile from the Republic of Panama to Delaware, which involved an Agreement and Plan of Merger, the filing of a Form S-4 Registration Statement, a special meeting of stockholders and an SEC no-action letter
  • Private placement of $110 million of first mortgage bonds by wholly-owned electric utility subsidiary of a NYSE utility holding company
  • Underwritten public offering of $268.8 million of common stock by a NYSE global contractor specializing in energy infrastructure
  • Sale of NYSE oil and gas company to another NYSE oil and gas company for approximately $4.0 billion in stock and cash
  • Offering of $52 million of common stock and warrants by a NYSE global contractor specializing in energy infrastructure in a PIPE transaction
  • Offering of $84.5 million of 6.5% convertible senior notes by a NYSE global contractor specializing in energy infrastructure in a PIPE transaction
  • Rule 144A offering of $70 million of 2.75% convertible senior notes by a NYSE global contractor specializing in energy infrastructure
  • Underwritten public offering of $250 million of 6.5% senior notes by a NYSE utility holding company
  • Underwritten public offering of $124.2 million of common stock by a NYSE utility holding company
  • Underwritten public offering of $75 million of first mortgage bonds by wholly-owned electric utility subsidiary of a NYSE utility holding company
  • Underwritten public offering of $94.8 million of common stock by a NYSE global contractor specializing in energy infrastructure and selling stockholders
  • Sale of public oil and gas company to another public oil and gas company for approximately $350 million in stock and cash
  • Underwritten public offering of $175.9 million of common stock by a NYSE utility holding company
  • Sale of public oil and gas company to privately-owned oil and gas company for approximately $50 million in cash
  • Underwritten public offering of $64.1 million of common stock by selling stockholders of a public oil and gas company
  • Acquisition of public oil and gas company by privately-owned oil and gas company for approximately $81.7 million in stock
  • Represented over a 16-year period a NYSE oil and gas company in five public equity offerings, including its initial public offering, two public debt offerings and three Rule 144A/Reg. S debt offerings (and subsequent related exchange offers on Form S-4), all of which raised aggregate net proceeds of approximately $1.2 billion
What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Securities Regulation
Awards
Lawyer of the Year recognition for Robert J. Melgaard
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
Corporate Compliance Law, Tulsa (2020)
Securities / Capital Markets Law, Tulsa (2019)
Corporate Compliance Law, Tulsa (2018)
Securities Regulation, Tulsa (2017)
Securities / Capital Markets Law, Tulsa (2016)
  • Named the Best Lawyers® 2020 Corporate Compliance Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Tulsa
  • Listed in Chambers USA (Oklahoma): Corporate/Commercial
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America©:Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, and Securities Regulation (2003-2020)
  • Best Lawyers’ 2018 Corporate Compliance Law “Lawyer of the Year” for Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Best Lawyers’ 2017 Securities Regulation “Lawyer of the Year” for Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Best Lawyers’ 2016 Securities/Capital Markets Law “Lawyer of the Year” for Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Listed in Super Lawyers (Oklahoma): Securities and Corporate Finance
  • Tulsa County Bar Association Corporate Counsel Section Former Chairperson, 1994-1995
  • Oklahoma Bar Association Business and Corporate Law Section Chairperson, 1998
  • Nebraska Law Review Executive Editor 1984 – 1985 and Member 1983-1985
  • Order of the Coif
  • Beta Gamma Sigma
Education
University of Nebraska - Lincoln, J.D., with distinction
Graduated 1985
Montana State University - Billings, B.S., with honors
Graduated 1982
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (918) 586-5711
4100 First Place Tower, 15 East Fifth Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
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