Rob’s clients value his keen understanding of the intricacies of establishing and growing a business venture.
Overview
Rob serves as outside general counsel for several Kansas City-based companies, providing assistance on a range of matters such as acquisitions and sales, real estate transactions and commercial leasing and general corporate matters. He’s well known for his work with entrepreneurs and startup companies, as well as closely held businesses.
He regularly represents venture capital and other equity investors who structure and provide debt and equity financing to facilitate growth and expansion of businesses at all stages. Rob counsels them on all types of general corporate and business matters including contracts, real estate, taxation and other day-to-day legal and business issues. Rob also represents telecommunications clients in the acquisition and leasing of their communications facilities.
Experience
Rob assisted in the formation of a joint venture involving the conveyance of production, transportation and pipeline assets valued at $650 million.
Rob is primary counsel for a wireless communications service provider in the acquisition of sites for wireless communication facilities on a regional basis, including transactions in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana.
He has served for extended periods as on-site interim counsel for his client companies.
Rob regularly advises several venture capital firms in both the acquisition and divestiture of portfolio companies.
Rob represented an aerospace components manufacturer in a cash merger valued at $98 million.
Rob is a graduate of the Centurions Leadership Training Program, a program dedicated to training the emerging business and civic leaders in Kansas City.
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Recognitions
Recognitions
Graduate of the Centurions Leadership Training Program, a program dedicated to training the emerging business and civic leaders in Kansas City
Past recipient of the Kansas City Business Journal’s “Up & Comers Award”
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for venture capital law
Professional & Civic Activities
Professional & Civic Activities
Spirit 2000 Gala Steering Committee
American Bar Association, Corporate Law Committee
Kansas Bar Association, Corporate Law Committee
The Missouri Bar, Corporate Law Committee
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- Missouri, 1989
- Kansas, 1990
Education
University of Kansas, J.D., 1989
University of Kansas, B.S., Business Administration, 1986
