Olshan
Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP
ROBERT H. FRIEDMAN
Partner / New York


Mr. Friedman's practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and general business counseling. He has extensive experience representing public and private issuers of debt and equity securities, purchasers and sellers in mergers, stock and asset transactions, and investment funds in their formation, capital raising and investment transactions. Mr. Friedman also has significant experience in the representation of investment banks in their role as underwriters in public offerings, placement agents in private placements and advisors in merger and acquisition transactions. His expertise also includes counseling corporate clients in corporate planning and structuring activities, corporate governance matters, contract negotiations, dealings with stock exchanges and public company compliance matters.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
• Represented Everlast Worldwide Inc., a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of boxing and fitness related sporting goods equipment and worldwide licensor of the Everlast brand, in its $185 million merger with Brands Holding Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sports Direct International plc, a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange.

• Represented Empire Resorts, a gaming and hotel company, in a joint venture with Concord Associates and Louis J. Capelli to re develop the Concord Hotel in upstate New York into a destination resort and gaming center.

BAR ADMISSIONS
1984, New York
1984, New Jersey

MEMBER
American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section)
Contact Information
Park Avenue Tower
65 East 55th Street
New York, NY 10022
Tel 212.451.2220
Fax 212.451.2222
rfriedman@olshanlaw.com
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Practice Areas
Corporate
Securities Regulation
Corporate Financing
Mergers and Acquisitions
Education
J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, 1983
Research Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1982 – 1983

M.Ed., Temple University, 1976

A.B., Rutgers University, 1974
My News
October 21, 2009
Friedman is U.S. Counsel on FirstService Offering
September 30, 2009
Friedman Leads Olshan Team for Empire Resorts
February 7, 2008
Friedman Represents Empire in Joint Venture
September 21, 2007
Everlast Merger Closes
December 15, 2006
Times Reports on Empire's Casino
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October 2009
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