Ryan M. Newburn’s practice areas include corporate formations, corporate governance, commercial contract negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, energy and natural resource law and contract general counsel services. Ryan’s clients have ranged from startups to billion dollar established enterprises and he has served as a key executive in numerous companies including as Vice President and General Counsel of ARB Midstream, LLC, Chief Commercial Officer and General Counsel of Black Canyon Midstream, LLC, contract General Counsel of Taproot Energy Partners, LLC and Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of American Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: AMID).
Mentored by the titans of corporate law during his time at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Ryan has successfully consummated over $16 billion in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; closed over $13 billion in debt and equity financings; and negotiated hundreds purchase and sale, non-disclosure, master service, employment, license, letter and similar agreements. This first-hand experience, combined with his knowledge of corporate law and his formal business education, has earned Ryan the trust of investors, executive teams and boards of directors nationwide.
Ryan received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the James E. Rogers School of Law, at the University of Arizona, where he was Articles Editor for the Arizona Law Review and Captain of the Jessup International Moot Court Team. Ryan also has an MBA, from the Eller School of Management, a B.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics and B.A.s in Philosophy and Economics, from the University of Arizona.
Ryan is admitted to practice in Colorado and California.
- James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona
- J.D. (2007) | Corporate Law
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- Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Top 15% of Class, Order of the Coif, Phi Delta Phi
- Activities: Law Review Articles Editor, Jessup International Moot Court (team captain)
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- University of Arizona
- MBA (2007) | Finance and Entrepreneurship
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- Honors: Top 10% of Class, Intel Case Competition Second Place
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- University of Arizona
- B.A. (2003) | Economics
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- University of Arizona
- B.A. (2003) | Philosophy
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- University of Arizona
- B.S. (2003) | Agriculture and Resource Economics
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- Newburn Law, P.C.
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- Newburn Law lawyers include highly trained executives with formal business educations. Our attorneys have extensive experience working with companies to develop corporate strategies, manage day-to-day activities, and guide businesses at every stage of their life cycle.
- Vice President and Assistant General Counsel
- American Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE AMID)
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- Responsibility for all public filings, M&A activity and corporate governance.
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- Beatty & Wozniak P.C.
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- Represented energy companies, upstream, midstream and downstream, in corporate governance issues, debt and equity issuances and merger and acquisition activities.
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- Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
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- Represented public and private businesses in initial public offerings, corporate governance issues, debt and equity issuances, public company disclosures and merger and acquisition activities.
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- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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- Represented public and private businesses in initial public offerings, corporate governance issues, debt and equity issuances, public company disclosures and merger and acquisition activities.
- Impact of Recent Bankruptcies on Midstream Contracts, 2021 AICPA & CIMA | PDI Oil & Gas Conference, Denver, Colorado
- Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
- Presentation concerning the monumental changes to the midstream oil and gas industry from the various federal bankruptcy counts' rejections of covenants running with the land
- State Bar of Colorado # 43373
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- State Bar of California # 254298
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- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 254298
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- Colorado
- Colorado Supreme Court
- ID Number: 43373
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- Free Consultation
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