Lawyers in United States

Robert Frederickson

Partner

Goodwin

Robert Freedman

Robert Freedman is co-chair of the Energy and Infrastructure practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. He focuses on finance and development, asset acquisitions and dispositions, and complex work-outs and restructurings of infrastructure assets across the breadth of infrastructure sectors, including power, renewables and sustainable development, and transportation. In finance matters, Rob regularly represents parties in the many different types of markets utilized in the current E&I sector, including construction and back-leverage financings, Term Loan A, Term Loan B, acquisition financings, mezzanine financings and private placement financings. Rob’s clients include banks and financial institutions, major corporations, private equity and other institutional investors.

Paul Hastings LLP

Robert Freeman

Robert E. Freeman is a partner in Proskauer's Corporate Department, co-head of the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group and a member of the Sports Law Group. Rob began his career as an antitrust and intellectual property litigator before transitioning to a corporate transactional attorney. For almost three decades, Rob has helped to structure and negotiate the transactions that shape the way consumers access and view content. Today, Rob leads a team of attorneys focused on media, sports, entertainment and technology transactions, representing clients such as Warner Bros. Discovery, Cox Communications, FanDuel, The Big Ten Conference, The Big 12 Conference, TMRW Sports, ForgeLight, Minute Media, Ziff Davis, Seminole Hard Rock Digital, 776 Management, X Games, League One Volleyball, and NFL Media, among many others. Rob’s work for these clients includes a broad array of corporate transactions ranging from industry-specific mergers and acquisitions, minority and control investments, the negotiation of complex media and sports rights and content distribution agreements, and the creation of joint ventures, strategic alliances, and complex commercial licensing arrangements. Rob also has advised multiple clients on first-of-their-kind transactions related to sports betting. More recently, Rob has led the launch of emerging sports leagues such at TGL (initially a joint venture between TMRW Sports and PGA TOUR), the X Games League, LOVB (women’s professional volleyball league) and ATHLOS (a proposed women’s professional track league), which has included corporate structuring, team sales, media rights, arena development and leasing, and sponsorship. Other examples of Rob’s work include representing Discovery in connection with its merger with Warner Media to form Warner Bros. Discovery, The Big Ten Conference and The Big 12 Conference in the negotiation of their media rights deals, ForgeLight LLC in its acquisition of a majority stake in Univision Holdings, Inc, the leading Hispanic media company in the U.S.; Discovery in its $2 billion+ contractual joint venture with the PGA Tour to form “GOLFTV” and subsequent acquisitions of Golf Digest and Golf Channel Latin America; Cox Communications in the negotiation of all of its largest content acquisition and distribution deals, including with The Walt Disney Company, Paramount, NBCU, and FOX; and The Stars Group in its groundbreaking partnership with FOX Sports, which included the launch of sports betting platform FOX Bet and an equity investment by FOX of over $240 million in The Stars Group. Rob is a frequent lecturer on sports, media, intellectual property, licensing, emerging technology, digital rights and sponsorship issues and is the editor of Proskauer’s “Three Point Shot” sports e-newsletter. He is a longtime member of the Board of Directors of the T. Howard Foundation, whose mission is to increase diversity in the media and entertainment industries. Rob has also chaired the Golf Committee for the March of Dimes’ annual golf outing in the NYC area.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Robert Frenchman

Partner

Dynamis LLP

Robert Friedman

Partner

Holland & Knight

Robert G Reedy

Rob's practice focuses on established and emerging public and private companies that are building their business through mergers, acquisitions and financings. He currently serves as Chair Emeritus, focusing on client development and special projects. Rob previously served as the Firm’s Managing Partner from 2009-2022 and the Co-Managing Partner – External Affairs from 2022-2023. Rob has represented clients in energy exploration, production, service and transmission, alternative and renewable energy, energy industry technology, biotech, and the manufacturing and distribution of a variety of products. He has also represented investment banking firms in various financings and merger and acquisition transactions primarily in the energy industry. He has extensive experience in: Mergers, acquisitions and dispositions of public and private entities Private equity fund acquisitions/divestitures Representation of management teams in start-up companies funded by private equity Formation, structuring and financing of new ventures Joint venture and partnership formations and financings Venture capital transactions Preparation of SEC filings and registration statements of all types Public and private offerings of equity and debt securities Executive employment agreements and compensation Corporate governance and board and board committee issues

Porter Hedges LLP

Robert Gerber

Managing Partner

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Robert Giordanella

Partner. Bob concentrates on succession planning and estate and trust administration. He also handles significant commercial transactions, including the purchase and sale of publishing and other media related companies and businesses involved in the sale, distribution or manufacture of various consumer products. He represents individuals and businesses before the IRS and state taxing authorities (particularly in cases involving residency, sales tax issues and matters relating to the cable TV and communications industry).

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, PC

Robert Goedert

Robert Goedert concentrates his practice in capital markets transactions and public company mergers and acquisitions. Robert has extensive experience in all types of public and private securities transactions, including initial public offerings, block trades, high yield and investment grade debt offerings, tender offers and exchange offers. Robert also regularly advises both public companies as well as private equity funds on complex corporate transactions involving public companies, including going-private transactions, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. In addition, Robert regularly advises publicly traded corporations and their executive officers and directors on corporate governance, SEC compliance and disclosure matters, stock exchange listing requirements, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, Section 16 reporting, stockholder activism and proposals, executive compensation and fiduciary duties of directors and officers.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Robert Goldberg

Partner

Mayer Brown

Robert Goodin

Rob Goodin is a partner in the Houston and Austin offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Rob’s practice focuses on complex and strategically important transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, divestitures, joint ventures and corporate governance, with a particular focus on the infrastructure and energy sectors. Rob is also an adjunct professor at The University of Texas School of Law where he teaches a course on transactional law and related skills entitled “Doing Deals.”

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Robert Grammig

Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight

Robert Greeson

Norton Rose Fulbright

Robert Griffin

Mr. Griffin advises investment fund managers in the United States and internationally on structuring investment fund complexes, conducting private placements and complying with various regulatory regimes. His clients can be found in private equity and other global funds, and he also advises sovereign wealth and other government-backed investors on their global investments. With a deep understanding of the international funds business and regulatory landscape, Mr. Griffin helps clients develop practical solutions to complex challenges. He has assisted with regulatory and legal compliance issues raised in multiple jurisdictions—including Brazil, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and Abu Dhabi—and in harmonizing compliance policies with respect to each jurisdiction. In his decade-long tenure of service in the U.S. Air Force, Mr. Griffin honed leadership and project management skills that prove valuable in managing large, complex international transactions. To learn more about Mr. Griffin, please visit his full profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/robert-m-griffin.html

Akin

Robert Gruendel

Partner; Global Co-Chair of DLA Piper's Energy and Natural Resources Sector; Chair of DLA Piper's US Shipping and Maritime Sector

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Robert Gunther

Partner Vice Chair, Litigation/Controversy Department

WilmerHale

Robert H Thomas

Bob Thomas is a former Co-Chair of the firm’s Energy Section. His practice principally consists of representing domestic and international oil and gas companies in all phases of the energy business, with emphasis on the upstream and midstream segments. Although Bob is principally involved in energy transactions, his practice includes representation of energy companies involved in disputes, whether mediation, arbitration, or litigation, including serving as an expert witness in complex energy cases. His practice also includes the following: Acquisition, divestiture, and financing of midstream and upstream assets Mergers and acquisitions Acquisition and development of gas storage facilities Upstream and midstream agreements including drilling agreements, marketing agreements, gas, liquids and crude oil purchase, transport, and gathering agreements Farm out and participation agreements, farmout of general and limited partnership agreements, seismic shoot agreements, data acquisitions and seismic licenses, executive compensation agreements, surface and subsurface easements, and oil and gas leases Drop-down transactions for upstream and midstream master limited partnerships Prior to joining Porter Hedges, Bob was Division Attorney for Mesa Petroleum Co. in Houston, Texas and in-house counsel for Gulf Oil Corporation in Midland, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Porter Hedges LLP

Robert H. Bernstein

Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig

Robert H. McWilliams, Jr.

Partner

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Robert H. Pees

Bob Pees’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and domestic and international arbitration arising from securities offerings and corporate transactions. He has extensive experience in the area of class actions, including securities class actions, derivative actions and multidistrict litigation and has served as counsel in many large, complex lawsuits, including high-profile, multidistrict litigation and significant arbitration. His clients include Fortune 500 corporations, financial services firms, broker-dealers, insurance industry intermediaries, investment funds, and real estate limited partnerships. He also frequently counsels investment funds and others regarding counter party risks. To learn more about Bob, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/robert-h-pees.html

Akin

Robert Hagan

Rob Hagan has extensive experience in structured capital markets, focusing primarily on the acquisition, financing, management, disposition and securitization of residential and commercial mortgage assets.

Clifford Chance

Robert Hale

Partner

Goodwin

Robert Hamburg

Partner

Mayer Brown

Robert Harrell

Partner

Mayer Brown