The Hunton & Williams LLP Immigration practice, part of the firm's Labor and Employment Team, is concentrated in two major areas. First our work involves advising American and foreign businesses about obtaining the most appropriate temporary and permanent work visas for executives, professionals, and other skilled foreign workers. Careful planning and documentation are necessary to ensure the greatest chance of success. We also represent our clients in any negotiations or administrative...
Practice Expertise
- Banking and Finance
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Corporate Governance and Board Advisory
- Corporate
Areas of Practice
- Banking and Finance
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Corporate
- Corporate Governance and Board Advisory
- Hotel REITs
- Lodging/Resorts REITs (Hotel REITs)
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mortgage REITs
- Real Estate Capital Markets View More
Profile
Rob serves as the head of the firm’s Real Estate Capital Markets practice and Co-Head of the firm’s global Capital Markets practice. Rob’s practice focuses on capital markets, M&A transactions, and general corporate and securities matters, with a focus on REITs and other real estate-focused companies.
Rob is an experienced, nationally recognized lawyer with over 20 years of experience in advising public and private real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other real estate companies on a broad range of capital markets, M&A, securities, governance and SEC compliance matters. Rob has represented parties related to many different types of REITs, including mortgage, retail, office, data center, health care, self-storage and industrial REITs. Rob has represented both issuers and underwriters in numerous capital markets transactions, including IPOs, follow-on offerings, 144A offerings and other private placements, as well as several REIT M&A transactions.
Rob is recognized as a leading lawyer in Chambers USA 2021-2024 for REITs. He is also recommended by Legal 500 US, 2017-2019 and 2022-2024, for REITs.
Additionally, since 2017, Rob has acted as outside corporate counsel on a pro bono basis to Project Destined, a national, real estate-focused non-profit organization dedicated to furthering education and diversity in underserved cities.
Bar Admissions
Education
JD, SUNY Buffalo Law School, magna cum laude, Note and Comment Editor, The Buffalo Law, 2001
BA, St. Bonaventure University, cum laude, 1998
Areas of Practice
- Banking and Finance
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Corporate
- Corporate Governance and Board Advisory
- Hotel REITs
- Lodging/Resorts REITs (Hotel REITs)
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Mortgage REITs
- Real Estate Capital Markets
Professional Career
Articles
- Real Estate Capital Markets Newsletter – Spring 2023
- Real Estate Capital Markets – 2022 Year in Review
- Real Estate Capital Markets – 2023 Year in Review
- Real Estate Capital Markets – 2021 Year in Review
- Real Estate Capital Markets Quarterly Report – 2022 Q1
- Real Estate Capital Markets Newsletter – Summer 2022
- Real Estate Capital Markets Newsletter – Fall 2022
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