REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE Bob has particular experience in handling transactions and strategic relationships involving technology, e-commerce and services businesses. His experience includes:
- Acquisitions, dispositions and strategic relationships involving businesses engaged in the payment card industry, electronic commerce and software businesses.
- Acquisitions and corporate governance matters including architectural, engineering and technology-related services businesses.
- Fund formation and acquisition transactions involving investments in commercial timberlands by institutional investors.
- Capital formation and M&A transactions, including securities offerings, for businesses engaged in a variety of industries.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Honored with BTI Consulting Group's 2011 Client Service Award for delivering unsurpassed client service (2011)
- Named among the “Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend magazine (2004)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2004–2006, 2008–2011)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of mergers and acquisitions law (2007–2011)
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of Georgia
- Former Chairman, Business Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
- Member, The Florida Bar
- Member and Former Legal Counsel, Atlanta Bar Association
- Former President, Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Southeastern Chapter
- Former Legal Counsel, Atlanta Bar Foundation
RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Speaker, Negotiated Corporate Acquisitions seminar, Georgia Bar (March 2, 2011)
- Speaker, The M&A Advisor Conference and 5th Annual Awards Dinner (December 11–12, 2006)
- Speaker, Corporate Law for Intellectual Property Lawyers Workshop (June 16, 2006)
- Speaker, Georgia Bar’s Business Law Section—Forms of Legal Entities and Capitalization (February 2, 2006)
- Speaker, Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals 2005 Annual Meeting and Conference (May 12–15, 2005)
- Speaker, State Bar of Georgia—Business Law Section (February 2, 2005)
- Speaker, American Society of Corporate Secretaries’ Fall Regional Conference (October 28–30, 2004)