Olshan Law: Attorney Profiles: Robert L. Frome

ROBERT L. FROME
Partner / New York

Mr. Frome is a corporate and securities lawyer. He is experienced in a wide variety of capital raising transactions representing issuers, investors and investment banks, as well as various parties in mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Frome has been selected as a Super Lawyer by the publisher of Law and Politics Magazine for 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Mr. Frome is widely known for his familiarity and creativity in various financing techniques, including PIPEs, SPACs, reverse mergers, as well as for using his extensive relationships in the investment community to introduce clients to sources of capital. He is the co-author of "Raising Capital: Private Placement Forms & Techniques."

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
• Represented parties in M&A transactions.

• Represented investors in shell merger with operating company and simultaneous private placement.

• Represented public company in a series of M&A transactions implementing a roll up strategy.

• Represented activist shareholders and non-activist investors in obtaining shareholders rights, improving governance and influencing management.

• Represented issuers in registered direct transactions.

• Represented investors and issuers in PIPE transactions.

• Represented issuers and underwriters in SPACs.

• Represented privately-held issuers in private placements.

• Represented issues in successful IPOs.

• Represented underwriters in IPOs.

• Advised dissatisfied stockholders with respect to obtaining board representation.

• Firm represented and Mr. Frome provided strategic advice to a defendant in a $500,000,000 corporate derivative action.

• Supervised preparation of numerous periodic SEC filings and proxy statements.

• Represented a private company in a reverse merger with a cash-rich Nasdaq company.

BAR ADMISSIONS
New York Bar

DIRECTORSHIPS
HealthCare Services Group, Inc. (NASDAQ-GS) The nation's largest provider of housekeeping, linen and laundry services to long term care facilities.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, Inc.