Avocats – United States

Robert Bernstein

Partner

Holland & Knight

Robert Blamires

Robert Blamires leads strategic counseling and transactional work on cutting-edge regulatory compliance issues in the firm’s Privacy & Cyber and Data & Technology Transactions Practices. He works with some of the world’s largest and most cutting-edge companies and on some of the most complex, market-making transactions. A seasoned leader, Robert draws on more than two decades of practice, and his multi-jurisdictional qualifications and experience, to guide US and international clients on data privacy, cyber, and related regulatory issues (covering both US federal/state and UK/EU data privacy laws), in the context of: M&A, private equity, IPO, venture capital and other corporate and commercial transactions, including pivotal strategic decisions and structuring, highly bespoke diligence, drafting, and negotiation Compliance strategies and implementation Growth strategies, including international expansion and associated cross-border/multijurisdictional issues Incident response, containment, and management Robert helped grow the firm’s US Privacy & Cyber Group and leads US Transactional Privacy & Cyber. He also sits on the firm’s Technology and Security Committees, is Chair of the Working Group on AI, and is a member of the firm's AI Task Force. As a prominent member of the data privacy and cybersecurity community, Robert regularly writes and speaks on privacy and cybersecurity, as well as on AI and other technology, and is an editor of the firm’s Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog. He maintains multiple International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) certifications, including: Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP) Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) Privacy Law Specialist (PLS) Certified Information Privacy Professional for Europe, US Private Sector, and US Government (CIPP/E, CIPP/US, and CIPP/G) Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) Publications “Oregon and Delaware Join the Surge of US States Enacting General Privacy Legislation,” Latham & Watkins, September 6, 2023 “EU-US Data Privacy Framework Goes Live: What Are the Practical Implications?,” Latham & Watkins, August 1, 2023 “Employee Data Increasingly in the Crosshairs of Data Privacy Enforcement,” Latham & Watkins, July 20, 2023 “California - Sectoral Privacy Overview,” OneTrust DataGuidance, July 1, 2023 “Indiana, Montana, and Tennessee Enact General Data Privacy Laws, Bringing the Total to Nine and Counting,” Latham & Watkins, May 23, 2023 “And Now There Are Six: Iowa Passes New Privacy Law,” Latham & Watkins, April 3, 2023 “Overview of the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Frameworks,” OneTrust DataGuidance, December 1, 2022 “Preparing for the New Data Privacy Landscape,” Latham & Watkins, November 7, 2022 “CCPA Will Now Fully Regulate Personnel and B2B Information,” Latham & Watkins, September 14, 2022 “Due Diligence: The Key Ingredient in Restaurant M&A,” Latham & Watkins, August 16, 2022 “Cyber Risk in Finance: A Q&A With Latham Partners,” Practical Law, March 2, 2022 “Massachusetts: Cybersecurity,” OneTrust DataGuidance, December 1, 2021 Presentations “Vendor Procurement in the age of AI,” International Association of Privacy Professionals KnowledgeNet, March 2024 “An Insider’s Perspective: Global Privacy and Cyber Developments, Trends and Enforcement Strategies,” Latham & Watkins, London, March 2023 “The Future State of M&A: Dealmaking in the Golden Age of Cybercrime,” Aon M&A and Transaction Solutions Symposium, California, January 2023 “Developments in ESG: Opportunities for Privacy Governance,” The Rise of Privacy Technology Data Privacy Week Conference, January 2023 “I’m GDPR compliant: How do I manage US/GDPR privacy risks given the changing landscape?” Privacy Laws & Business 35th Annual Conference, Cambridge, July 2022 “Cyber is Coming to a Loan Near You,” Loan Syndications and Trading Association, October 2021 “Incorporating California’s New Data Privacy Regime into an International Compliance Program,” Privacy & Security Forum, October 2020

Latham & Watkins

Robert Blaustein

Robert Blaustein is a partner in the Investment Funds Practice Group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and recognized as a global leader in the field of private equity fund matters. Robert focuses his practice on advising private equity sponsors on all aspects of their business including the formation, marketing and management of investment products, the launching of new business lines, firm and fund level strategic transaction, as well as operational, legal and regulatory issues. He has counseled sponsors on funds raising over $50 billion in capital and worked with both sponsors and limited partners on spinout transactions, seed investments, the purchase and sale of minority interests in management companies, and co-investment transactions. Robert also routinely works with sponsors on key firm level issues including succession planning, carry plan structuring and corporate governance matters. Client engagements have included fund formations ranging from $100 million to well in excess of $10 billion, and have included PE, hedge real estate and credit funds. Representative clients: ACON, Balbec Capital, Caltius Capital, Greenbriar Equity, Mountaingate Capital, Owl Rock, Sentinel Capital, Shorehill Capital, Siris Capital, TZP Capital, Veritas Capital, Warburg Pincus, Welsh Carson and ZMC.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Robert Blume

Robert Blume focuses on internal investigations, compliance, business crimes, and complex civil litigation. Defends clients in enforcement actions and investigations brought by US DOJ, SEC, World Bank, and state agencies. Expertise in FCPA, False Claims Act defense, export control, and sanctions issues. He has conducted internal investigations in Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle-East, Central and South America. Robert has tried cases in the United States, UK, and Canada. As a strategist and legal advisor, Robert advises boards of directors and management regarding internal investigations, due diligence practices, compliance programs, disclosures, and governance. For more information, please visit https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/blume-robert-c/

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Robert Bodansky

Partner and Chair of Institutional Investors Practice Group

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Robert Bodian

Bob is the managing partner of Mintz, and has received awards and national recognition for his innovative approach to management. Bob also is a seasoned trial lawyer with a very active litigation practice and decades of experience covering a number of areas including employment, commercial disputes, private equity, financial services, insurance, securities, real estate, sports law, and banking. Read full biography.

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Robert Bolger

Venable LLP

Robert Bolger Jr

Venable LLP

Robert Boone

Partner

WilmerHale

Robert Brochin

Leveraging 30 years of trial experience and a decade of high-level public service in state government, Robert M. Brochin represents corporate clients facing complex commercial litigation and regulatory matters in a wide range of areas, from real estate to financial services. Bobby brings a passion for public law and human rights issues, combined with insights into the business regulatory process, to his practice. He is managing partner of Morgan Lewis’s Miami office.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Robert Brunner

Of Counsel - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Robert C. Epstein

Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig

Robert C. Seidel

Partner

Cairncross & Hempelmann

Robert C. White

Gunster

Robert Cantone

Robert is a corporate lawyer at Proskauer, advising clients on transactional, corporate governance and disclosure matters. His practice is broad-based, with particular emphasis on the representation of public companies in the life sciences sector. His transactional practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and strategic alliances structured to advance innovative technologies. Working with management teams and boards of directors, Robert also advises on corporate governance policies, as well as matters relating to activist defense. Robert advises clients on public disclosures regarding a range of important corporate developments.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Robert Carrol

Partner

ArentFox Schiff

Robert Carroll

Partner

Goodwin

Robert Cassanos

Clients value Robert Cassanos’s extensive experience as key counsel on the tax aspects of a range of corporate transactions. Robert’s practice encompasses public and private mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, cross-border acquisitions, fund formations, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, and financing and capital markets transactions. Clients and colleagues depend on Robert’s advice on both private equity and hedge funds, particularly in the fixed income and real estate areas. He previously served as co-chair of our Tax Department.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Robert Cheng

Partner

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Robert Cleary

Bob Cleary is Of Counsel in Patterson Belknap’s Litigation department and is a member of its White Collar Defense and Investigations practice. Prior to private practice, Bob had a lengthy and distinguished career as a federal prosecutor, including service as the U.S. Attorney both in the District of New Jersey and in the Southern District of Illinois. Bob concentrates his practice on white collar criminal defense, SEC and related enforcement matters, securities litigation, complex civil litigation, tax controversies, and internal investigations. He has extensive experience in international criminal matters, including money laundering investigations and foreign extradition proceedings. In March 2024, Bob was appointed to serve as the independent Examiner in the FTX Trading Ltd. bankruptcy case. As Examiner, he was tasked with compiling a report to summarize the findings and status of all prior investigations into FTX’s collapse and to recommend future investigations. Bob was also directed to investigate potential conflicts of interest related to the retention of a prominent law firm as counsel to FTX and to determine whether FTX employees who played a role in the widespread fraud that came to light after the bankruptcy are still employed by the company. Bob filed his initial 210-page Examiner Report in May 2024. In it, he recommended that the court authorize him to conduct three additional investigations relating to FTX. Upon obtaining the court’s approval, Bob conducted those investigations and summarized his findings in a 119-page Report, which he filed in September 2024. Bob has over 40 years of courtroom experience as a trial lawyer and appellate advocate and has also been retained in numerous high-profile corporate criminal matters. The American College of Trial Lawyers recognized Bob’s trial expertise by inducting him as a Fellow in 2014. Prior to joining Patterson Belknap, Bob served in various senior management positions of a major international law firm, including as Co-Chair of the firm’s global Litigation Department and as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. In his capacity as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey and the Southern District of Illinois, Bob was the chief federal law enforcement officer in those districts, responsible for all federal prosecutions and lawsuits filed against the federal government. Prior to his appointment as U.S. Attorney, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, ultimately becoming the Chief of the Major Crimes Unit. During his tenure as First Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of New Jersey, he was appointed the lead prosecutor in the Unabomber case, United States v. Theodore J. Kaczynski. Mr. Cleary began his prosecutorial career as a trial attorney for the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Robert Cohen

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Robert Cohn

Senior Counsel

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Robert Collins

Rob Collins’ practice focuses on public finance, in particular tax-exempt financings. He serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and disclosure counsel in financing transactions for cities, counties, school districts, economic development corporations, venue projects, water districts and special districts. Rob also advises clients in connection with economic development incentives for public/private projects.He has successfully represented several cities and special districts in expedited declaratory judgment actions filed in response to or in anticipation of certain legal challenges asserted against the clients' proposed issuance of bonds and/or projects to be financed with bond proceeds.

Bracewell LLP

Robert Collins

Robert Collins represents companies in complex commercial litigation, particularly involving class action defense and high-stakes business-to-business disputes. Robert advises clients in bet-the-company litigation, including related to: Multijurisdictional class actions and proceedings before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Product liability, including allegations of product defects and false marketing and labeling Consumer protection, including claims of violations of state consumer protection statutes Data security and information privacy, including with respect to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and the California Consumer Privacy Act Breach of contract and breach of warranty Alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and class waivers He draws on extensive knowledge of class action defense and courtroom experience across the country to devise strategies that help clients achieve successful outcomes. Robert distills technical legal concepts for clients, both before and during litigation, to facilitate informed business decisions and mitigate potential risk. Robert maintains an active pro bono practice and has represented children with disabilities, prisoners, domestic violence victims, and asylum applicants. He has served on the firm’s Pro Bono, Legal Professionals and Paralegal, and Business Development Committees, and co-leads his local LGBTQ+ Affinity Group. Robert also serves on the Chicago Bar Foundation’s Young Professionals Board.

Latham & Watkins