Robert B. Stebbins

Bob is a member of the American Bar Association and its M&A Committee, a member of the New York City Bar Association, and a member of the Society for Corporate Governance. He serves on the Board of Advisors of the Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance at New York University School of Law and is a frequent speaker at law schools, conferences and continuing education seminars. In 2022, he was named as a Fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel.

• On October 17, 2024, Bob will be the keynote speaker at a forum hosted by the Fordham Corporate Law Center at Fordham Law School, together with the newly-launched Research Center for Retail Investors and Corporate Inclusion.
• On September 19, 2024, Bob spoke at the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee in Washington D.C. on shareholder proposals and “tracing” in Section 11 litigation.
• On June 13, 2024, Bob spoke to The Business Roundtable in Washington D.C. as to shareholder proposals and related matters.
• On April 10, 2024, Bob testified in front of the Financial Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives as to the Climate Rule adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.    
• On February 7, 2024, Bob participated in a fireside chat (together with John Coates from Harvard Law School) at the Annual Institute on Corporate Governance of The American College of Governance Counsel.
  
   

Bob has advised on the following selected significant transactions.

• Advised the Special Committee of The Westaim Corporation (TSXV: WED) in connection with the creation of an integrated insurance and asset management platform by CC Capital and The Westaim Corporation
• West Palm Golf Community Trust in various matters relating to The Park West Palm. Mr. Stebbins serves as counsel to the Board of Directors of West Palm Golf Community Trust
• A minority investor in a buyer group’s acquisition of a majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets from Michael Jordan
• Morgan Stanley as financial advisor to Horizon Therapeutics in its $27.8 billion acquisition by Amgen
• Varroc Engineering Ltd. in its €600 million sale of Varroc Lighting Systems to Plastic Omnium
• Point72 Asset Management in the sale of its Bermuda-based reinsurance business, S.A.C. Re Ltd., to Hamilton Reinsurance Group
• Riverstone Holdings LLC, one of the major investors in Vantage Energy, in the sale of Vantage Energy I and II to Rice Energy, Inc.
• PayScale, Inc., a Warburg Pincus portfolio company, in its merger with MarketPay
• RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. in its acquisition of common shares of Kingstone Companies, Inc. through a private placement
• Morgan Stanley as financial advisor to Allergan in connection with the proposed combination with Pfizer
• RegionalCare Hospital Partners, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company, in its acquisition by Apollo Global Management
• RenaissanceRe Ltd. and its subsidiary, RenaissanceRe Finance Inc., in the subsidiary’s agreement to sell in an underwritten public offering $300 million aggregate principal amount of 3.700% senior notes, guaranteed by RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
• DaVinci Re, a joint venture of RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., in a Rule 144 A debt offering
• Select Equity Group, L.P., a major shareholder in Shake Shack, in connection with Shake Shack’s IPO and follow-on offering. Also represented Select Equity Group in its initial investment in Shake Shack
• The management team of Legg Mason Investment Counsel & Trust Co., N.A. (LMIC) in Legg Mason’s sale of LMIC to Stifel Financial Corp.
• RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. in the sale of RenRe Energy Advisors Ltd., its U.S.-based weather and energy unit, to Munich Re
• A cornerstone investor in BTS Group Holdings PCL's $2.13 billion initial public offering, the largest-ever IPO in Thailand
• A subsidiary of XL Group plc in connection with an investment in a newly formed investment manager and an investment in certain feeder funds managed by this entity
• XL Investments Ltd. in its investments in Five Oaks Investments Corp., a mortgage-based REIT which consummated its initial public offering
• Highbridge Capital Management’s multi-strategy fund in the sale to two investor groups of the fund’s equity interests in Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy, LLC, a joint venture formed by the Louis Dreyfus Group and Highbridge Capital Management’s multi-strategy fund
• Bidding group in the auction for the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Varroc Group in its acquisition of Visteon Corp.’s automotive lighting business
• Morgan Stanley in connection with Linde’s $3.8 billion acquisition of Lincare
• Fiat in its acquisition of the equity interests in Chrysler of The United States Department of the Treasury and the Canadian government
• Fiat in its acquisitions from Chrysler of additional equity interests in Chrysler, raising Fiat’s percentage ownership of Chrysler above 50%
• RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. in the sale of its U.S. insurance business to QBE Holdings, Inc.
• Minority investors in the purchase of equity interests in the New York Mets
• RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. in various offerings of common stock, senior notes and preference shares
• Sbarro, Inc. in its acquisition by MidOcean
• Shurgard Storage Center in its merger with Public Storage
• Major League Baseball as to the sale of the Washington Nationals franchise
• Carrix, Inc. in connection with an investment by Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners Inc.
• New Plan Excel Realty Trust in the sale of community and neighborhood shopping centers to Galileo America LLC
• Simon Property Group in its acquisition of Chelsea Property Group
• Simon Property Group in its proposed tender offer to acquire shares of Taubman Centers
• Developers Diversified Realty Corporation in its acquisition of JDN Realty Corporation
• Major League Baseball in its purchase of the Montreal Expos baseball franchise
• Simon Property Group in the acquisition by Simon, The Rouse Company and Westfield America Limited Partnership of Rodamco North America, N.V.
• Warburg Pincus in the sale of portfolio company Fame Information Services
• Warburg Pincus in the sale of portfolio company Kiodex
• Major League Baseball in its satellite radio contract with XM Satellite Radio
• The Atlantic Coast Conference in its football television and basketball contracts with ESPN
• The United States Golf Association as to matters involving the International Golf Federation
• Investors in connection with National City Corporation’s $7 billion capital raise
• Warburg Pincus in connection with investments in various companies, including Dude Solutions, PayScale Holdings, BlueGrace Group, Slickdeals Holdings, Alignment Healthcare, Yodlee, Inc., Vector Development, Fame Information Services and Envirogen, Inc.
• Point72 Asset Management in connection with various corporate matters, including preparation of PPMs, side letters, lead investment documents, and debt and equity offering documents
• Voyager Space in debt financing transactions
• ExodusPoint Capital Management in various matters