Paul Monsour
Partner
Overview
Paul Monsour is a corporate attorney in Holland & Knight's Houston office. Mr. Monsour represents public and private companies in securities regulation and corporate matters.
Mr. Monsour guides clients through securities regulation, capital markets transactions, corporate governance matters, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other general corporate issues. He has a deep understanding of the intersection between securities law disclosures and financial reporting and is particularly experienced with the disclosure and reporting requirements specific to oil and gas companies.
In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Monsour maintains an active certified public accountant (CPA) license.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Monsour was an attorney for a multinational law firm in its Houston office. Previously, he served as an attorney-adviser in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance, reviewing registration statements and other SEC filings for compliance with the securities laws. Prior to that, Mr. Monsour served as a senior staff accountant in the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance, reviewing SEC filings for compliance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) accounting rules. Before serving at the SEC, Mr. Monsour was an auditor for two of the Big Four accounting firms.
Representative Experience
- Represented Contango Ore Inc., a gold exploration and mining company, in its $30 million secondary offering of common stock
- Represented a public exploration and production (E&P) company in connection with its Rule 144A offering of senior notes
- Represented a public entertainment company in connection with its notes offering and related credit facility
- Represented a public E&P company in connection with the establishment of an "at the market" offering program for its common stock
- Represented a private healthcare technology company in connection with the issuance of preferred stock to a private equity fund
- Represented an investment management fund in connection with a private investment in public equity (PIPE) offering subscription agreement for the purchase of common stock of a public Chinese technology company as part of that company's private placement offering
- Represented an investment management fund as selling stockholder in connection with an underwritten secondary public offering of American depositary shares (ADSs) of a public French telecommunications company
- Represented a public midstream energy company in connection with its Rule 144A offering of senior notes
- Represented a public E&P company in connection with its registered offering of new senior notes and a concurrent cash tender offer and consent solicitation for its existing senior notes
- Represented global investment bank as underwriter in connection with a follow-on offering of common stock by a public E&P company
- Represented a public exploration and production (E&P) company in connection with its purchase of producing properties and concurrent sale of working interests
- Represented a public E&P company in connection with its all stock acquisition of another public E&P company
- Represented a public E&P company in connection with its purchase of producing properties from a private E&P company
- Represented a public E&P company in connection with its acquisition of another public E&P company in a cash and stock transaction
- Represented a public midstream energy company in connection with its initial public offering (IPO) of common units
- Represented a public E&P company in connection with its merger with a private E&P company in an all-stock transaction
- Represented the conflicts committee of a public midstream energy company in connection with its acquisition by public midstream energy company in an all stock-for-unit transaction
Credentials
- The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, J.D.
- Louisiana State University, B.S.
- Louisiana State University, B.S.
- District of Columbia
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Texas
- Society for Corporate Governance
- Houston Bar Association
- American Bar Association