GableGotwals is pleased to announce the return of Douglas J. May, following more than a decade as general counsel of a publicly-traded energy company. As a Shareholder in the Tulsa office, Doug will focus on contracts, securities, finance, mergers and acquisitions, governance, energy, and commercial law.
GableGotwals acted as local counsel to ONE Gas Inc. in its $300 million public offering of 5.10% Senior Notes Due 2029. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. acted as joint book runners.
GableGotwals acted as local counsel to ONE Gas Inc. in its $300 million public offering of 5.10% Senior Notes Due 2029. The corporate securities team was led by Shareholders Jordan Edwards and Thomas Hutchison.
On October 31, 2023, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Fifth Circuit”) held in Chamber of Commerce of the USA v. SEC, that when the SEC adopted the Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization rule (the “Repurchase Rule”), the “SEC acted arbitrarily and capriciously, in violation of the APA, when it failed to respond to the petitioners’ comments and failed to conduct a proper cost-benefit analysis.”
The SEC has adopted a number of substantive new rules that will require new disclosures as soon as December 18, 2023 for material cybersecurity incidents on Form 8-K.
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, for the 13th consecutive year, announced the "Best Law Firms" rankings. GableGotwals is ranked in the 2024 list regionally in 71 practice areas.
Benchmark Litigation, a guide that provides analysis of commercial and financial litigators and law firms in the United States, named GableGotwals as a "highly recommended" law firm for Dispute Resolution in their 2023 rankings. Nine GableGotwals attorneys were also recognized.
On October 10, 2023, the SEC adopted final rules governing beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These sections, along with Regulations 13D and 13G, require an investor who beneficially owns more than 5% of a covered class of equity securities to publicly file either a Schedule 13D (investors with control intent) or a Schedule 13G (investors without a control intent).
