Ryan Newburn

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.

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California

State Bar of California

ID Number: 254298

Since 2007

Colorado

Colorado Supreme Court

ID Number: 43373

Since 2011

President

Newburn Law, P.C.

2013 - Current

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)

2013 - 2016

Responsibility for all public filings, M&A activity and corporate governance.

Associate

Beatty & Wozniak P.C.

2012 - 2013

Represented energy companies, upstream, midstream and downstream, in corporate governance issues, debt and equity issuances and merger and acquisition activities.

Associate

Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

2010 - 2012

Represented public and private businesses in initial public offerings, corporate governance issues, debt and equity issuances, public company disclosures and merger and acquisition activities.

Associate

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2006 - 2010

Represented public and private businesses in initial public offerings, corporate governance issues, debt and equity issuances, public company disclosures and merger and acquisition activities.

James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona

J.D. (2007) | Corporate Law

2003 - 2007

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)

University of Arizona

MBA (2007) | Finance and Entrepreneurship

2003 - 2007

Honors: Top 10% of Class, Intel Case Competition Second Place

University of Arizona

B.A. (2003) | Economics

1998 - 2003

University of Arizona

B.A. (2003) | Philosophy

1998 - 2003

University of Arizona

B.S. (2003) | Agriculture and Resource Economics

1998 - 2003

State Bar of Colorado  # 43373

Member

2010 - Current

State Bar of California  # 254298

Member

2007 - Current

Impact of Recent Bankruptcies on Midstream Contracts, 2021 AICPA & CIMA | PDI Oil & Gas Conference, Denver, Colorado

November 10, 2021

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