Shelley A. Barber
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036
Shelley has extensive experience in capital markets and securities offerings, merger and acquisition transactions, and general corporate matters, with a particular emphasis on the energy industry.
In the capital markets area, she represents issuers and investment banking firms in public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities, including initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on and secondary public offerings, private offerings, and PIPE offerings. Related to mergers and acquisitions, she represents clients in public company mergers, negotiated acquisitions and divestitures, spin-off transactions, and corporate reorganizations.
Shelley regularly advises clients on corporate governance matters and general corporate law matters, including compliance with the federal securities laws, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002-related corporate governance and compliance matters, and compliance with the NYSE and NASDAQ rules.
Experience Highlights
Bonanza Creek Energy in its business combination with Extraction Oil & Gas to form Civitas Resources and Civitas’ subsequent acquisition of Crestone Peak Resources, creating a $4.5 billion combined company
Pioneer Natural Resources Company in its $1.3 billion 144A offering of convertible senior notes with a capped call and its concurrent cash tender offers for existing senior notes
CrownRock, L.P. in its $185 million offering of senior notes; its $1 billion offering of senior notes and its $475 million Series A perpetual preferred equity investment from funds managed by Magnetar Capital and EIG Global Energy Partners
Underwriters to Pattern Energy Group Inc. in its $352 million initial public offering of common stock; its $351 million public offering of Class A common stock; its $125 million public offering of common stock; its $270 million public offering of common stock; its $215 million public offering of common stock and its $225 million offering of senior notes
Underwriters to Pattern Energy Group Inc. in its $350 green bond offering
Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp. in its $1.75 billion business combination with Fisker Inc., a developer of eco-friendly electric vehicles
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc., an ESG-focused crypto asset mining company focused on bitcoin, in its $146 million initial public offering of Class A common stock
Breitburn Energy Partners LP in its private and public offerings of equity and debt securities and acquisition transactions, including a $1 billion strategic investment by EIG Global Energy Partners, its acquisition of oil and gas assets from NiMin Energy Corp., a Canadian public company, and its $860 million acquisition of upstream and midstream assets in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas from Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation
Encana Corporation in its $7.1 billion acquisition of Athlon Energy
Forest Oil Corporation in the $195 million initial public offering of common units of Lone Pine Resources, Inc., and the subsequent spin-off of the company
Routinely advises publicly traded companies on 1933 Act and 1934 Act compliance, listing exchange requirements, and ESG matters (including corporate governance and board of directors matters)
Underwriters to Cactus, Inc., in its $173 million public secondary offering of Class A common stock by certain selling stockholders; its $308 million public secondary offering of Class A common stock by certain selling stockholders; and its $321 million public offering of Class A common stock
Underwriters to Unitil Corporation in its $29 million public offering of common stock and its $46 million public offering of common stock
Breitburn Energy Partners LP in its private and public offerings of equity and debt securities and acquisition transactions, including a $1 billion strategic investment by EIG Global Energy Partners, its acquisition of oil and gas assets from NiMin Energy Corp., a Canadian public company, and its $860 million acquisition of upstream and midstream assets in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas from Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation
DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. In its dual listing on The Nasdaq Global Select Market and the Toronto Stock Exchange
CrownRock, L.P. in its $185 million offering of senior notes; its $1 billion offering of senior notes and its $475 million Series A perpetual preferred equity investment from funds managed by Magnetar Capital and EIG Global Energy Partners
Pioneer Natural Resources Company in its $1.3 billion 144A offering of convertible senior notes with a capped call and its concurrent cash tender offers for existing senior notes
Pioneer Natural Resources Company in its $1.1 billion public investment grade offering of senior notes
Bonanza Creek Energy in its business combination with Extraction Oil & Gas to form Civitas Resources and Civitas’ subsequent acquisition of Crestone Peak Resources, creating a $4.5 billion combined company
Bonanza Creek Energy in a merger to acquire HighPoint Resources Corporation that was valued at approximately $376 million, and included a registered exchange offer, consent solicitation, and simultaneous registered solicitation of a prepackaged plan of reorganization under chapter 11, which was followed by two subsequent out-of-court mergers and acquisitions by the combined company, resulting in a company with total expected enterprise value of $4.5 billion
Cloud Peak Energy in the sale of substantially all their operating assets to an affiliate of the Navajo Nation as part of its chapter 11 cases involving approximately $350 million in funded debt and over $750 million in total liabilities
Credentials
- University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors, 1990 (awarded the Wilson W. Herndon Memorial Award in Antitrust Law)
- University of Virginia, B.A., History, 1986
- Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023–2025
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), Energy Law (New York), 2025
- Member: American Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association
- New York
- Texas
- Rankings & AwardsFebruary 25, 2025
- Deals & CasesAugust 21, 2024
- Deals & CasesApril 26, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsMarch 17, 2023
- “Retail Preferred Offerings Expand Outside of the Traditional E&P MLP Space,” V&E MLP Update E-communication, October 12, 2015 (co-author)
- “SEC Issues Final Rules Regarding Mine Safety Disclosure Requirements Under the Dodd-Frank Act,” V&E Financial Reform Update E-communication, January 11, 2012 (co-author)
- “Expanded Disclosure Requirements for Oil, Gas, and Mining Companies,” V&E Financial Reform Update E-communication, August 19, 2010 (co-author)