Tobin (Toby) Nelson Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Hired by Chief Legal Officer and Chief Financial Officer for a newly created position to build and lead a corporate legal function for a $2B+ revenue data and technology company focused on the retail and CPG industries. Serve as Legal Department lead for robust M&A growth strategy and corporate legal support (including governance, capital markets, corporate legal support for jurisdictions in 20+ international markets and mergers and acquisitions).• Played a lead role on the M&A team that led to the signing of two definitive agreements to acquire media assets from Nielsen Media (signed within 60 days of date of hire).• Provide commercial legal support for Circana’s financial services business.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Oversaw corporate governance, securities (including 1933 and 1934 Act filings) and NYSE compliance, mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation and general corporate legal support of international publicly-traded retailer.• Advised executive leadership team and board of directors on governance, securities compliance, strategic, compliance, executive compensation and ESG matters.• Recruited to strategically insource corporate work and provide higher level of legal service to the finance, accounting, investor relations, ESG and human resources teams, contributing to multimillion-dollar annual savings on outside counsel spend.• Served as the legal lead on ESG Steering Committee and assisted with ESG strategy/execution, including BBWI’s inaugural ESG report.• Served on leadership team for activism defense matters related to Third Point LLC and led a cross-functional team in a modernization project for BBWI’s annual proxy statement.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Managed corporate governance, securities and NYSE compliance, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic transactions, capital raising activities, debt agreement compliance, executive compensation, employee benefits and general corporate support for $5B+ natural gas pipeline spin-off from EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT)• Advised the executive leadership team and made recommendations to the board of directors, its committees and the executive management team involving legal, governance and disclosure topics.• Built, integrated and trained legal team in connection with ETRN’s spin-off from EQT, including recruiting talent to fill out ETRN’s legal function as an independent public company; involved in recruiting and retaining key finance, human resources and communications personnel.• Served as Corporate Secretary with primary governance responsibility for three public company boards of directors and six public company board committees at the time of the spin-off (i.e., ETRN and then two separate publicly-traded master limited partnership (MLP) subsidiaries). • Led legal team to “roll up” the two publicly-traded subsidiaries within ~18 months of the spin-off.

Acquired by EQM Midstream Partners, LP in January 2019.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Acquired by EQM Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: EQM)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Mba, Finance

Jd, Summa Cum Laude

B.S., Summa Cum Laude, Accounting & Finance

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Doctor Of Law - Jd