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) |
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Practice Areas |
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Corporate
Securities Regulation
Corporate Financing
Mergers and Acquisitions |
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Education |
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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 |
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My Articles |
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October 2009
Co-Author, Client Alert, Recent Changes to New York Power of Attorney Law Could Have Unintended Consequences, October 2009
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