Robert Lawrence Bio

Robert L. Lawrence is a managing partner of the Firm and chair the Firm’s Corporate and Securities and General Business Practice Groups. Mr. Lawrence is engaged in the practice of corporate, commercial and securities law. He represents public companies (New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex and NASDAQ listed companies) as well as private companies, venture capitalists, partnerships and individuals. Mr. Lawrence advises public companies, private companies and their respective owners, officers and directors and individuals in commercial, business, securities and personal matters. Mr. Lawrence has extensive experience representing public and private companies (often serving as outside general counsel) in all types of mergers and acquisitions, including stock and asset transactions, tender offers and proxy contests for corporate control, joint ventures, SPAC’s, reverse mergers, licensing, numerous other complex business matters, Hart-Scott Rodino matters as well as negotiating executive employment, shareholder and partnership agreements. Mr. Lawrence also has significant experience in the general representation of public companies and their regulatory compliance with the various securities laws including preparation and filing of registration statements, periodic reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Mr. Lawrence has also represented lenders and borrowers in sophisticated asset based and other credit facilities involving secured and unsecured loans, and issuers and underwriters in initial and secondary public offerings of debt and equity securities in many diverse industries including the medical, retail, manufacturing, consumer goods, aerospace and defense and high technology industries. In addition, Mr. Lawrence advises Boards of Directors and their Special Committees with respect to their fiduciary and other duties in connection with corporate governance issues, takeovers, shareholder activism and similar matters. Mr. Lawrence is an honors graduate of Johns Hopkins University, having received his B.A. degree in 1976. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa. Mr. Lawrence earned his J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law in 1980. Mr. Lawrence has been selected as a Super Lawyer for the New York Metropolitan area for the years 2013-2023. He was elected to the American Bar Foundation in November, 2016.