McDermott Will & Schulte, a global law firm

Rob is an internationally recognized leader in his practice area and is a frequent speaker at executive compensation and global equity conferences.  He also has authored numerous articles on cross-border issues relating to global plan design, regulatory compliance, and corporate transaction issues.

Rob is dual licensed to practice in both the United Kingdom and California and spends substantial time in Silicon Valley where he maintains a significant start-up practice. He also represents both public and private companies with their day-to-day executive compensation matters and global expansion issues.

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• Assisted software Company with $270M stock option for cash exchange program in 22 countries*

Global Employment / Corporate Compliance

• Provided claw-back advice to food and beverage company in 34 countries*
• Provided on-going employment and local corporate compliance advice in 18 countries for social media company*
• Assisted private biotech company with expansion into 19 jurisdictions including employment agreements/offers and corporate subsidiary maintenance*

Spin-offs

• Provided global regulatory and tax advice for equity awards and employee benefit programs in 81 countries impacting 170,000 employees world-wide in $31B spin-off*
• Assisted technology company with a $26B spin-off in 86 countries with executive compensation and employment advice*
• Assisted consumer goods company with a $13B spin-off including equity award and employment issues in 76 countries*
• Assist entertainment company with spin-off equity award and employee benefit plan issues in 33 countries*

Governance / Advisory

• Provided day-to-day executive compensation advice including tax, securities, proxy disclosure, governance, compensation committee materials, ISS issues, claw-back policy and equity plans for Fortune 500 company*
• Advised public technology company on executive compensation matters, including preparing an equity plan, as well as providing proxy disclosure, global compliance advice and shareholder approval issues*
• Prepared C-Suite employment and severance agreements for public technology company*
• Assisted US public company with day-to-day executive compensation advice including tax, securities, disclosure (proxy, 8-K, and Section 16 issues), corporate governance, 162m, ISS issues, claw-back and equity plans*
• Assisted UK company with implementation of tax-qualified incentive plan awards*
• Provided day-to-day executive compensation advice to public consulting company, including equity plan, disclosure, securities and tax requirements*

Global M&A

• Assisted US semiconductor company with executive compensation and equity awards for a potential $10.6B acquisition*
• Assisted technology company with $1.5B acquisition where responsibilities included global equity awards, employment and corporate subsidiary matters in 51 countries*
• Provided global compensation and benefits, as well as post-acquisition integration advice for biotech company with employees in 36 countries*

Initial Public Offerings

• Assisted French biotech company with executive compensation and equity plan aspects of a $228M IPO on NASDAQ*
• Assisted web storage company with executive compensation issues in IPO on NASDAQ*
• Assisted medical device company with spin-off and IPO on NASDAQ*

Other

• Provided tax, social insurance and employment advice for executive transfer and secondment program to consumer goods company*
• Assisted dual listed semiconductor packaging and test services company with executive compensation and equity plan disclosure requirements in US and Singapore*
• Assisted US Company with de-listing from Euronext Paris and analyzed impact on equity plans*
• Provided US securities law and 409A advice, as well as disclosure materials for UK listed company*
• Assisted start-up company with employment agreements and tax-qualified equity awards*
• Assisted US manufacturing company with recharge agreements associated with $800M in tax deductions related to equity awards*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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