Reid A. Godbolt

Bar / Professional Activity

• Colorado
• Member, Council of Corporations, Banking and Business Law Section, Colorado Bar Association, 1993-94
• Chairman, Securities Law Subsection, Colorado Bar Association, 1992
• Member, Archdiocese of Denver Finance Council (2008 - Present), Chairman of Compensation Committee (2012-present).
• Member, Denver Bar Association

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• Completion of sale of field services company, 2011
• Completion of a $5.5 million secondary public offering - oil services company, 2016
• Issuer's counsel for $154 million public offering of an oil and gas company, 2011
• Completion of insurance company acquisition, 2011
• Issuer's counsel for $20 million public offering - nutritional supplement company, 2012
• Purchaser's counsel to institutional investor with respect to over $400 million in interests in over 30 hedge funds, 2009-2016
• Completion of $465 million sale of a publicly traded oil & gas company, 2005
• Buyer’s counsel in connection with insurance holding company acquisition, 2015
• Issuer's counsel for $125 million public offering of an insurance holding company, 2007
• Completion of several acquisitions of life insurance companies as well as completion of registered public stock offerings in connection with the transactions, 1995-2005
• Completion of a merger of two Top 100 accounting firms (2017).
• Issuer's counsel for $20 million in PIPE transactions, 2004-2005
• Issuer's counsel for $20 million public offering - nutritional supplement company (2012).
• Completion of $1 billion oil and gas company merger with SEC registered stock and cash, 2012
• Completion of a $54 million secondary public offering - oil company, 2016
• Completion of combination of two public oil and gas companies, 2011
• Completion of a $10.5 million public oil and gas prefferd stock offering, 2014
• Purchaser's counsel on more than $600 million of interests in over 85 private equity funds, 2003-2016
• Completion of a $110 million merger of a publicly traded oil & gas company and two private companies, 2007
• Completion of a $90 million energy company merger, 2016
• Issuer's counsel for $34.5 million PIPE -oil and gas company, 2008
• Completion of $85 million cash acquisition of an insurance company, 2004
• Completion of an $810 million public exploration company merger (2017).
• Issuer's counsel for $30 million in private placements of common stock of a bank holding company, 2004-2007
• Completion of $1 billion SEC reporting company merger with SEC registered stock and cash (2012).
• Completion of an $11 million underwritten public offering - oil company (2017).
• Led internal investigations by boards of directors of public companies, 2004-2006
• Completion of a $4 million acquisition - life insurance holding companies (2014).
• Completion of sale of retail distribution company, 2011
• Completion of a $268 million oil and gas company SEC registered stock merger, 2014
• Issuer's counsel for $31 million public offering of an oil and gas company, 2009
• Completion of management led LBO of a medical practice billing company, 2009
• Completion of a $109 million oil and gas company merger, 2016
• Purchaser's counsel relating to numerous high technology multimillion dollar venture capital investments, including optical, ebusiness portals, water filtration, electrostatic manufacturing equipment, wireless video networking, data online management, advanced broadband wireless access, medical instrumentation, electronic design construction software, and radio frequency identification development, 2003-2012
• Completion of sale of a regional broker-dealer company, 2005
• Buyer's counsel to a $370 million oil and gas company SEC registered stock merger, 2014
• Issuer's counsel for numerous hedge funds and private equity funds, 1995-2012
• Completion of the sale of a bank holding company with assets of $1 billion to a public bank holding company in exchange for SEC registered stock, 2001
• Completion of the sale of an investment advisory firm (2018).
• Led internal investigation on behalf of Audit Committee of Fortune 500 company
• Completion of a $370 million combination pursuant to an SEC registered offering - oil and gas (2014).

Honors

• "Securities Offering Liability Revisited – Officers and Directors," 34th Annual Rocky Mountain Securities Conference, May 17, 2002
• "Saving Time And Money In The Going Public Process," Financing Public and Private Oil and Gas Companies
• Martindale-Hubbell - AV Preeminent - 25 years
• Presenter – “Recent Developments in Public and Private Offerings of Securities – SEC Regulation A and Reg D” - Colorado Business Law Institute CLE Event, October 28, 2015.
• Moderator - 49th Annual Rocky Mountain Securities Conference, May 5, 2017.
• Best Lawyers® - Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law, 2006-2018
• Presenter - "Dodd-Frank Act - Securities Law Aspects," 20th Annual GHP SEC Reporting Conference, October 2010
• Presenter and Panel Member - "Capital Raising", 41st Annual Rocky Mountain Securities Conference, May, 2009
• "Practical Suggestions for Audit Committee Members," 15th Annual GHP SEC Reporting Conference, October 2005
• Program Chair, "2002 Colorado Hedge Fund Symposium – Formation, Operation and Management."
• "Liability of Financial Officers in Securities Offerings – A Primer," Financial Executives International, October 10, 2001
• Presenter and Moderator  - "Corporation Finance Update," 44th Annual Rocky Mountain Securities Conference, May 2012
• 5280 Magazine - Top Lawyers (2014-2018).
• Best Lawyers®, Lawyer of the Year, Securities Regulation (2018, Denver).
• Best Lawyers®, Lawyer of the Year, Securities/Capital Markets Law, 2012 and 2017, Denver
• Best Lawyers® - Securities/Capital Markets Law, 2006-2018
• Presenter and Moderator - "Corporate Finance Update," 45th Annual Rocky Mountain Securities Conference, May 2014.
• "New SEC Executive Compensation and Related-Party Disclosure," 16th Annual GHP SEC Reporting Conference, October 2006
• "Sarbanes-Oxley Act," 14th Annual GHP SEC Reporting Conference, October 2004
• "Registration, Regulation, and Compliance for Investment Advisers," Cascade Financial Management, Inc. Private Client Wealth Management CPA Continuing Education Course, May 31, 2002
• "Conducting An Internal Investigation – A Primer For Securities Practitioners," Securities Subsection Luncheon Business Law Section – Colorado Bar Association, April 20, 2000
• Presenter and Moderator - "JOBS Act - Emerging Growth Company Financings, Reg D General Solicitation and Crowdfunding," 45th Annual Rocky Mountain Securities Conference, May 2013
• Presenter - "Understanding Employee Incentives and Perks" - Colorado Business Law Institute - September 15-16, 2016
• Presenter - “Mergers & Acquisitions - Best Practices in M&A” - Denver Business Journal, February 23, 2018.
• Best Lawyers® - Mutual Funds Law, 2007-2018
• Best Lawyers® - Securities Regulation, 2011-2018
• Presenter and Panel Member - "Recent Developments in Corporate Finance," 43rd and 42nd Annual Rocky Mountain Securities Conference, May 2011 and 2010
• "Staying Atop the 8-K Tightrope - The Modern Highwire Act for SEC Reporting Companies," 37th Annual Rocky Mountain Securities Conference, May 2005
• Co-Author, "Negotiating and Drafting Acquisition Agreements in Colorado," National Business Institute, January 2004

Educational Background

• The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law (1980).
• University of New York, B.A., With Honors, 1977

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Co-Author, "Negotiating and Drafting Acquisition Agreements in Colorado," National Business Institute, January 2004.
• Co-Author, "Mergers and Acquisitions in Colorado: The Art of Doing Deals," NBI, Inc., 2000.

• Community Banks
• Energy
• Insurance
• Investment Advisers
• Private And Public Funds
• Technology

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