Bryson R. Manning
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Capital Markets
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Public Company Advisory
- Corporate Governance
- Technology
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Oil & Gas
- Mining, Minerals & Materials
- Projects & Energy Transition
- Solar
- Advises public and private companies on a range of corporate and securities matters.
- Advises public companies in connection with ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission reporting obligations.
Bryson Manning is a counsel in the firm’s corporate practice. Bryson has experience advising clients on a broad range of corporate and securities matters. Bryson represents public and private issuers, investment banks and investors in capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, follow-on and secondary offerings, Rule 144A offerings and private placement transactions. He also advises companies on mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance matters and securities law compliance.
Prior to joining Akin, Bryson was a corporate associate at another global law firm. He received his J.D. magna cum laude from Baylor Law School, where he served as senior technical editor of the Baylor Law Review.
Capital Markets
- Represented WhiteFiber Inc. in connection with its upsized initial public offering and listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
- Represented Bit Digital, Inc. in multiple securities offerings, including its $172 million underwritten offering of ordinary shares, $67 million registered direct offering of ordinary shares and $135 million underwritten offering of convertible notes.
- Represented WhiteFiber, Inc. in its $230 million Rule 144A offering of convertible senior notes.
- Represented co-lead investor in its private investment in a company to initiate a Solana-focused digital asset treasury strategy.
- Represented TC Energy Corporation in its CAD$7.9 billion offering of senior and subordinated notes of South Bow Corporation in connection with the spinoff of TC Energy’s Liquids Pipelines business.
- Represented Ormat Technologies, Inc. in multiple securities offerings, including its $431 million Rule 144A offering of its green convertible senior notes, $338 million underwritten offering of common stock, $297 million follow-on offering of common stock and secondary offerings.
- Represented critical minerals and advanced materials provider in connection with its private placement of common stock and proposed government funding.
- Represented a mining development company focused on critical metals and minerals in multiple private placements of its equity securities.
- Represented the initial purchasers in an oil and natural gas producer’s Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of senior second lien notes.
- Represented the initial purchasers in a midstream oil and gas issuer’s Rule 144A offering of senior notes.
EducationJ.D., Baylor University School of Law, magna cum laude, 2020
B.S., University of Texas at Dallas, cum laude, 2016
J.D., Baylor University School of Law, magna cum laude, 2020
B.S., University of Texas at Dallas, cum laude, 2016
Bar AdmissionsTexas
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