Anthony Shoemaker

Anthony Shoemaker is an associate in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP where he practices in the firm’s Corporate Transactions Practice Group.

Mr. Shoemaker focuses on representing clients in connection with public and private corporate finance transactions, including initial public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, and investment grade, high-yield and convertible debt offerings. He is also experienced in tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations, corporate restructuring transactions and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, Mr. Shoemaker regularly advises clients on securities regulation and disclosure issues and corporate governance matters.  He also maintains an active pro bono practice, with experience counseling numerous tax-exempt organizations, and represented the regional Girl Scout councils of West Texas and Eastern New Mexico in their merger as part of the Girl Scouts of the USA’s national restructuring and realignment.

Mr. Shoemaker earned his law degree in 2007 from the University of Chicago Law School. While at the University of Chicago, he participated in the Housing Initiative, providing pro bono legal representation to affordable housing organizations on the South and West sides of Chicago. He also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Abilene Christian University where he graduated summa cum laude.

Mr. Shoemaker is admitted to practice in the State of Texas.

Recent Representative Transactions

• The Williams Companies/WPX Energy – separation and spinoff of The Williams Companies’ exploration and production business (WPX Energy), and the issuance of $1.5 billion of debt securities of WPX Energy.
• Williams Partners L.P. – merger with Williams Pipeline Partners L.P., another publicly traded master limited partnership, and the related registration and issuance of Williams Partners L.P. common units as consideration in the acquisition.
• The Williams Companies – 2010 corporate restructuring transactions valued at $12 billion, including debt tender offers and consent solicitations, issuances of new debt securities, and asset contributions to Williams Partners L.P.
• Williams Partners L.P. – issuances of $4.1 billion of debt securities and over $825 million of equity securities.
• D.R. Horton – issuance of $450 million of convertible debt securities, debt exchange offer and consent solicitation for over $100 million of debt securities, and numerous other corporate, securities and acquisition-related matters.
• Dresser-Rand Group – tender offer and consent solicitation for $370 million of debt securities and other corporate, securities and financing matters.
• Atmos Energy – issuance of $400 million of debt securities.
• Stater Bros. Holdings – issuance of $255 million debt securities and related refinancing matters.
• Vail Resorts – tender offer and consent solicitation for $390 million of debt securities.
• BioCryst Pharmaceuticals – issuances of approximately $55 million of common stock and other securities matters.
• Qwest Communications International – tender offer for over $1.2 billion of debt securities.