Cases
Significant Representations: Middle Market Companies: Bob has represented numerous middle-market companies engaged in manufacturing, distribution, wholesaling, retailing, software, information management
a variety of service industries in all facets of their business operation, ownership
governance. He has experience in the creation of form libraries for client use in the management
operation of their businesses, the creation of suitable ownership agreements for owners
key employees,
succession planning for family-owned companies.
Early Stage
Emerging Growth Companies: Bob has served as general counsel to numerous early stage
emerging growth companies in industries ranging from wireless communications, management information software,
electronics, to Internet services, Internet television,
biotechnology. He has provided counsel to these companies in connection with: (i) start-up capitalization
initial legal infrastructure installation (e.g., employment, shareholder, restricted stock/option agreements between founders, key employees, seed investors, intellectual property protection, etc.)
(ii) closing early
later-stage equity rounds (e.g., venture capital
private placement rounds with angel investors, venture capital firms, corporate partners, mezzanine lenders
merchant bankers)
(iii) development of form libraries for the client's execution of its business model (e.g., employment, confidentiality,
trade secret protection, distribution, manufacturing, marketing, licensing, etc., agreements)
(iv) sale or public offering. He has represented multiple companies from start-up through multiple investment rounds
ultimate sale to publicly owned
other purchasers or public offering.
Mergers
Acquisitions: Bob is an experienced merger
acquisition attorney, having structured, negotiated
drafted agreements for the purchase
sale of numerous businesses in many industries. In addition to representing buyers
sellers in taxable
tax-free transactions, he has experience with structuring earn-outs, terms for the receipt of publicly traded purchaser securities
retained seller equity ownership in privately held purchasers.
Executives
Management Teams: Bob has represented numerous individuals
teams of executives in entrepreneurial-weighted employment/equity arrangements with seasoned companies, venture capital firms
merchant banking firms, including management buyouts
consolidation plays in the specialty chemicals
auto collision repair industries.
Corporate Partnering, Strategic Alliances, Joint Ventures
Technology Licensing: Bob has counseled numerous clients in connection with corporate partnering, strategic alliance, joint venture
licensing transactions with Fortune 500 companies in the wireless communications, software, electronics, chemicals distribution
agricultural areas. Typically, such transactions have included combinations of equity, loan
/or license, distribution, supply, management or other related agreements.
Business Litigation
Dispute Resolution: Bob has had experience with the management
resolution of business litigation
disputes, including large scale litigation. He has counseled in connection with the conclusion of a several year multimillion-dollar federal patent infringement
trade secret misappropriation litigation between his client
a large public company, a two year $28 million office lease litigation, the arbitration of a $100 million plus real estate portfolio dispute among three owners
multiple majority/minority shareholder disputes. In particular, he has accumulated substantial experience serving as co-lead counsel with litigators, bringing to bear his business law discipline to the conduct
resolution of business litigation.
