 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 PIPE, SPACs, reverse mergers and securitizations, 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 NuCO2 Inc., the leading and only national provider of bulk CO2 products and services to the U.S. fountain beverage industry, in connection with the acquisition by Aurora Capital Group. The transaction was valued at approximately $487 million.
• Represented Open Acquisition Corp., a SPAC and served on its board in a $125,000,000 initial offering.
• Represented Exploriam, a long/short investment LLC (hedge fund) specializing in medical, pharmaceutical and healthcare stocks in its formation and sale of its LLC interests.
• Diamond Design Inc. — Represented jewelry company in private placement.
• China Evergreen — Represented underwriter in sale of $32,000,000 of units in a SPAC making acquisitions in China.
• Firm represented and I 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 investors in PIPE transactions.
• Represented issuers in PIPE transactions.
• Hansen Trust LLC — Represented issuer a private placement.
• Represented the underwriters in a SPAC offering of $55,200,000 by Aldabra Acquisition Corp.
• Represented NuCO2 Inc. in its $124,000,000 public offering on The Nasdaq National Market.
• Represented a private company in a reverse merger with a cash-rich Nasdaq company.
• Represented publicly traded Nasdaq companies in connection with PIPE financings.
• Represented privately held companies in reverse acquisitions related to PIPE financings and stock based acquisitions.
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. |
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Corporate Finance
Securities
Mergers and Acquisitions
Securities Regulation
Venture Capital |
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Healthcare
Technology
Media and Entertainment |
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Education |
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LL.M., New York University School of Law
LL.B., Harvard University School of Law
B.S., New York University |
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My News |
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January 29, 2010
Wolosky and Frome Speak at Activist Conference
January 8, 2010
Frome Leads Paneltech Offering
October 5, 2009
Sixteen Olshan Lawyers Selected by Super Lawyers®
September 12, 2008
Ten Olshan Lawyers Selected as Super Lawyers®
July 11, 2008
Frome Moderating Tonkin's SPAC Conference
May 29, 2008
NuCO2 Inc. Finalizes Merger
May 9, 2008
Frome Serves as Panelist at SPAC Conference
January 30, 2008
NuCO2 Inc. Agrees to Merger with Aurora
December 1, 2007
Frome Quoted on M+A Deals
September 24, 2007
Olshan "Super Lawyers"
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My Articles/Lectures |
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January 2010
Panelist, "The Accidental Activist," The Activist Investor Conference 2010 sponsored by DealFlow Media.
2009, Moderator, What Happens When The Deals Go Bad?
2008, Moderator, Discovering alternative structures to SPACs: Panel Discussion; Fall 2008: The Future of the SPAC Market Conference
2008, Structuring Alternatives: Trusts, Voting & Bankers Compensation, The SPAC Conference 2008
2001, Internet Lecture: Using Corporate Shells
1981, Co-Author: "Raising Capital Forms and Techniques" Harcourt,Brace
1972, Co-Author: "Sales of Securities by Corporate Insiders" Harcourt,Brace
1972, Co-Author: "Sales of Securities by Corporate Insiders — The Impact of the 140 Series" Harcourt,Brace |
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