Melissa Gambol

About Melissa Gambol

Experienced attorney with broad international and domestic experience in capital markets…

Experience

1. Assistant Corporate Secretary and Senior Counsel, Securities and Finance

   Corning Incorporated

   Jan 2018 — Present

   As Assistant Secretary of the Corporation: advise the Corporation on governance matters, securities laws and regulations including compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, the Exchange Act of 1934 and New York Stock Exchange rules; draft and review corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including Forms 14DEF (proxy statements), 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and SEC correspondence; secretary of the Finance and Audit Committees of the Board of Directors; assist with executive compensation matters, disclosures and filings; advise on Reg FD matters and consult on investor relations and proxy advisor interactions; monitor ratings and reviews by proxy advisors and other corporate governance and ESG ratings for impact on corporate governance practices and disclosures; advise and implement ESG and sustainability disclosures and best practices; establish and draft committee charters, internal policies and best practices; global subsidiary establishment, management and corporate governance. • As Senior Counsel, Securities and Finance: manage all public and private capital markets transactions; negotiate and draft internal and external credit agreements (including $1.5 syndicated revolver) and financing documents (including internal financings); negotiate and draft share repurchase agreement documents, including 10b5-1/10b-18 programs and accelerated share repurchases; establish and monitor commercial paper program; negotiate and draft guarantees, letters of credit, and other credit support documents; negotiate ISDA Master Agreement schedules and confirmations (+15 banks); draft and negotiate bilateral hedging arrangements; advise on commodity purchases; advise on venture capital investments, acquisitions and equity investment structures and agreements; advise and support real estate leasing, sale and purchase; provide general corporate business transactional advice in a wide variety of general corporate matters.

Education

• Harvard University

  BA, History

  1995 — 1999

• University of Cambridge

  MPhil, History of Art in Wartime

  1999 — 2000

• Stanford Law School

  JD, Law

  2001 — 2004

Skills

• Mergers
• Distressed Debt
• Securities
• Structured Products
• Securities Law
• Equities
• Joint Ventures
• Debt
• Recapitalizations
• Ipo
• Private Placements
• Private Equity
• Restructuring
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• 144a
• Legal Research
• Securities Regulation
• Corporate Law
• Securities Exchange Act of 1934
• Securitization
• Corporate Governance
• Derivatives
• Asset Backed Financing
• Capital Markets
• Structured Finance