Ashley Burns Muehlberger
Associate
Ashley is an Associate in the Corporate section of the Houston office. Ashley's practice focuses on general corporate and securities matters. Ashley assists clients in public and private mergers and acquisitions and U.S. capital markets transactions. She advises clients regarding periodic SEC reporting, corporate governance and compliance matters.
Representative Experience
- Representation of large oil refiner in a $7 billion merger of equals
- Representation of Houston-based drilling company in its sale of its land drilling division for $510 million
- Representation of large oil company in its $3.9 billion acquisition of an offshore oil company for cash and stock consideration
- Representation of one of the world's largest automakers in the acquisition of one of the nation's leading independent auto finance companies in connection with a $3.5 billion all-cash transaction
- Representation of energy-focused private equity firm in its acquisition of all of the Series A interest in the GP of a publicly traded MLP for approximately $100,000,000
- Representation of Issuer in private placement of $115 million of Convertible Senior Notes and concurrent registered public offering of common stock
- Representation of Underwriters in follow-on offering by MLP of $650 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Notes due 2021 for $650,000,000
- Representation of Issuer in registered public offering of 4,140,000 shares of common stock for $125,500,000
- Representation of issuers and underwriters in numerous public equity and debt financings, including master limited partnerships (MLPs)
- Assists clients with Section 16 and Section 13 reporting and compliance
Publications
- Recent Ruling Allows a Shareholder Lawsuit to Proceed After a Negative Say-on-Pay Vote: Quirk or Harbinger? (October 6, 2011)
- DC Circuit’s Proxy Access Decision to Stand, but SEC to Allow “Private Ordering” of Proxy Access (September 20, 2011)
- Oil and Gas Companies Should Expect Increased SEC Scrutiny of Operations and Reserves (September 6, 2011)
- PCAOB Floats Possibility of Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation Financial Fraud Report (January 2012) (August 31, 2011)
- DC Circuit Panel Vacates Proxy Access Rule (July 28, 2011)
- PCAOB Considers Changes to Standards for Auditors’ Reports on Audited Financial Statements Financial Fraud Report (November/December 2011) (July 6, 2011)
- SEC Proposes Rules for Compensation Committees and Compensation Advisers (April 21, 2011)
- SEC Proposes Rules to Implement the Dodd-Frank Act’s Mine Safety Disclosure Requirements (January 25, 2011)
- SEC Proposes Disclosure Rules for Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers (January 13, 2011)
- SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance Regarding Liquidity and Capital Resources Disclosures (October 20, 2010)
- SEC Proposes Enhanced Short-Term Borrowing Disclosure Rules (October 20, 2010)
- SEC Proposes Amendments to Issuer Repurchase Rule (February 16, 2010)
