Robert has guided companies through all stages of the corporate life cycle, from formation to sale. His extensive M&A experience includes complex cross-border transactions, sophisticated for-profit/non-profit joint venture arrangements, leveraged buyouts, minority investments and sales to both strategic and financial acquirers. He has counseled numerous companies on day-to-day corporate matters, including SEC compliance, commercial contracts, debt financing, and the negotiation and drafting of employment agreements and incentive awards.

A 2014 cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Robert joined Block & McNeill in 2021 after working in the Chicago and Dallas offices of two international law firms.  Prior to law school, Robert had a distinguished 11-year career as a police officer and was an adjunct professor of criminal justice.  He has been an invited speaker and trainer on both the legal and practical aspects of policing for many years.