Avocats – United States

Robert Stark

Partner

Brown Rudnick LLP

Robert Starling

Rob Starling provides strategic and results-oriented counsel to clients navigating the complexities of federal procurement law. Rob’s litigation-focused practice draws on his deep expertise in bid protests before the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Rob has represented a wide range of clients, from Fortune 500 contractors to small businesses entering the federal marketplace.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Robert Stebbins

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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Robert Stern

Partner

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Robert Sutton

Robert Sutton is a partner of Proskauer's Private Funds Group and a member of the Corporate Department. He is a seasoned practitioner with over 20 years of experience counseling managers and advisers of private funds on regulatory matters, as well as regulatory issues related to the formation and operation of private equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure, hedge and other private funds. Rob has a deep knowledge of the market practice of asset managers and in particular, as it relates to Advisers Act-related issues. From some of the largest and most sophisticated firms in the global asset management industry to start-ups and mid-sized firms, Rob’s experience includes a wide spectrum of funds and asset classes across their life cycles. Rob regularly advises on matters in connection with: U.S. investment adviser registration and regulation; Advisers Act and other U.S. securities law issues relating to the formation, marketing and offering of private funds; Identifying and managing conflicts of interest, and addressing related Advisers Act risks, SEC examinations, and exam readiness preparation; Design and implementation of investment adviser compliance policies and procedures; U.S. regulatory issues relating to purchases and sales of investment advisory businesses (minority stake and control stake transactions, buy-side and sell-side representations); Advisers Act and other U.S. regulatory issues relating to private fund restructurings and recapitalizations, strip sales, continuation fund formations and similar transactions; Advisers Act issues relating to the formation of SPACs by investment advisers; and, Investment Company Act status analyses of private fund structures, investment transaction structures and other non-registered investment company structures.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Robert T. Buday

Finance Partner

Latham & Watkins

Robert Tananbaum

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Robert Tannenbaum

Bartlit Beck LLP

Robert Targ

Founding Partner

Diaz Reus International Law Firm

Robert Thompson

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Robert Townsend III

Robert I. Townsend, III is Co-Chair of Cravath's Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. His practice focuses primarily on all types of M&A transactions, corporate governance matters and activist defense. Mr. Townsend’s clients have included ADT, altafiber, AmerisourceBergen, Anheuser‑Busch InBev, Aon, Atlas Air, Brink’s, Brunswick, Cable One, Canadian National Railway, City Brewing, Conduent, Crown Castle, DiaSorin, Frontier Communications, GreenSky, J.D. Power, Johnson & Johnson, Kenvue, Light & Wonder, MacAndrews & Forbes, Martin Marietta, Nestlé, Olin, Oshkosh, OUTFRONT Media, Pinnacle Foods, Quest Diagnostics, Stanley Black & Decker, Univision, US Foods and Valvoline.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Robert Tuchman

Counsel - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Robert Tunheim

Co-Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr's Private Equity Group

Ballard Spahr LLP

Robert Van Kirk

Williams & Connolly LLP

Robert Van Voorhees

Of Counsel - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Robert Villani

Robert Villiani has extensive experience in structured capital markets. He has been involved in traditional and novel asset-backed and mortgaged-backed offerings as well in offerings of both traditional and novel structured credit products, investment funds and other financial instruments. Robert's experience includes representation of underwriters, issuers, credit enhancers, warehouse providers and other transaction parties in securitizations and repackagings of commercial real estate loans, leveraged loans and other corporate debt instruments, automobile and equipment loans and leases, corporate fleet leases, trade receivables, health care receivables, and securities and asset-backed securities. Many of these transactions were among the first of their type. Robert has also advised participants in the creation and maintenance of several investment funds and asset-backed commercial paper programs, particularly those focused on the acquisition of distressed assets, and has substantial experience working with derivatives and related products.

Clifford Chance

Robert W. Warnement

Counsel

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Robert Wagman

Bob Wagman has experience representing U.S. and foreign companies of all sizes in a broad range of industries in all facets of conducting business with the government including government contracts, grants and other federally-funded projects. His experience ranges from representing companies in litigation matters before courts and administrative tribunals to advising clients in transactional matters and regulatory compliance. Bob has represented numerous companies in civil False Claims Act (qui tam) matters ranging from representing companies at the early stages of DOJ/Inspector General investigations, to securing dismissal of qui tam complaints, to defending firms in jury trials. He has conducted internal investigations on behalf of companies and boards of directors and advised on self-disclosure obligations. Bob also has represented companies and individuals in suspension and debarment matters. He has experience in representing government contractors in criminal investigations involving alleged misconduct on government programs. In the bid protest arena, he has successfully represented both protesters and intervenors in bid protest matters at the GAO, the Court of Federal Claims and before agencies. He has prosecuted claims on behalf of companies and also represented companies in prime/sub disputes.

Bracewell LLP

Robert Waldman

Venable LLP

Robert Ward

Robert J. Ward focuses his practice on commercial and securities litigation. Bob has represented major corporations, commercial banks, investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds and other business entities in complex commercial and securities litigation, in federal and state courts, in New York and elsewhere. He has defended and prosecuted claims of breach of contract, fraud, accountants liability, securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence by corporate officers and directors, breach of covenants not to compete, professional malpractice and intellectual property infringement. He also has extensive arbitration and mediation experience. Recent significant representations include Black Diamond and Spectrum in connection with litigations involving Allied Systems, Ruane Cunniff in connection with class actions and derivative claims, GEMS Education in connection with litigation arising out of a lease agreement with a New York property developer, Boston Properties in several real estate matters, Starwood Capital and Starwood Hotels on a variety of commercial and securities law cases, Credit Suisse in a case involving a complex debt restructuring, Merrill Lynch & Co. in a case involving the Seminole tribe in Florida, a subsidiary of Pfizer in a lengthy confirmation hearing in bankruptcy court, real estate developer Millennium Partners in various tax matters, and several mutual fund companies in ‘40 Act claims in federal court. Bob was selected by Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, The Legal 500 US and New York Super Lawyers as one of New York’s leading litigators. He is the co-author of the “United States — New York” and “United States — Federal Law” chapters in Getting the Deal Through – Dispute Resolution, published by Law Business Research Ltd., and the author of “Breach of Duty: Classical Theory,” a chapter in the Insider Trading Law and Compliance Answer Book, published by Practising Law Institute. He is a member of the bars of New York, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Federal Circuits.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Robert Ward

Partner

Shartsis Friese LLP

Robert Ware

Rob helps clients anticipate and resolve critical supply chain and distribution problems. He frequently litigates business disputes and negotiates contractual arrangements among manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and customers. He also advises clients regarding avoidance of risk and legal compliance regarding their supply and distribution networks. Rob has 30 years of experience litigating and arbitrating contract, trade secret, unfair competition, copyright infringement, civil antitrust, false advertising and other complex business cases throughout the United States. While much of his litigation experience involves supply chain and distribution issues, he also has represented financial institutions, construction companies, nonprofits and design professionals, among other clients, in a variety of competition-related matters. Apart from litigation, Rob has assisted manufacturers and other clients regarding domestic and international product distribution and logistics arrangements, competitive issues arising from joint ventures and other collaborations, and licensing and transfers of intellectual property.

Thompson Hine LLP

Robert Welp

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson is Of Counsel in the Tax practice and is based in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Wilson regularly advises private fund sponsors and investment managers in all aspects of structuring, offerings, and operations of private investment funds (credit, private equity, and real estate). He also focuses his practice on analyzing tax issues with respect to mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, structured credit (with an emphasis on collateralized loan obligation transactions), real estate investment trusts, and regulated investment companies. Mr. Wilson received his J.D., with honors, from Georgetown University Law Center in 2017. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Notre Dame in 2011. Mr. Wilson is admitted to practice law in New York.

Paul Hastings LLP