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Robert E. Copps

Partner
Member of the Firm's Executive Committee
Head of M&A (US)
Co-head of the Industrials Sector

Bob is a corporate lawyer focusing on mergers and acquisitions and private investment transactions, both domestically and internationally. 

He handles M&A transactions and general corporate matters for both publicly traded and private corporate clients. These transactions include mergers, stock acquisitions and dispositions, asset acquisitions and dispositions, acquisitions and dispositions of divisions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and other similar transactions. Bob represents private investment funds in all aspects of their operations, including fund formation, capital raising, portfolio investments, regulatory matters, and exit transactions. He has worked with prominent clients on significant transactions in a number of industries, including manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, energy, timber, water and other natural resources, and financial services.

Bob currently serves on the firm’s Executive Committee, is the Co-Head of Global M&A and is also the Co-Head of the global Industrials sector.

  • Represented Vantage Nutrition LLC, a supplier of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products and services and a subsidiary of India-based ACG Group, in its acquisition of a capsule manufacturing business from Nestle Health Sciences subsidiary, HVL, LLC.
  • Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a US-based manufacturer of specialty gas compression systems used in all stages of the hydrogen energy supply chain with operations in China, Japan, South Korea and Germany.
  • Represented Essentra plc and its subsidiaries in connection with their acquisition of all of the outstanding stock of Innovative Components Inc. and its Costa Rican affiliate, Componentes Innovadores Limitada.
  • Represented subsidiaries of a leading independent fuel station and convenience retailer in the acquisition of a travel center in Pennsylvania.
  • Represented a global provider of essential components and solutions and its subsidiaries in their acquisition of all the outstanding stock of a manufacturing company and its Costa Rican affiliate.
  • Represented Channel Partners Capital in a controlling equity investment by Elliott Management Corporation and in the refinancing of existing debt with CIBC.
  • Represented EG Group in the $330 million acquisition of the Minit Mart convenience store portfolio of TravelCenters of America LLC.
  • Represented Fora Financial in the acquisition of a controlling interest in P. A. R. Consulting, LLC.
  • Represented Sweetwater Capital in the sale of Central States Tower III, LLC.
  • ​Represented Freepoint Commodities LLC in connection with its participation in the equity financing and corporate restructuring of the Limetree Bay refinery restart project in St. Croix.
  • Represented Forest Capital Partners in connection with its sale of approximately two million acres of timberlands in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Louisiana and Minnesota.
  • Represented Foley Timber and Land Company in connection with its sale of certain minerals and related assets.
  • Represented an Australian-based public transportation operator in connection with its acquisition of a transportation-related mobile app from a US-based technology company.
  • Represented a US-based provider of mortgage and real estate market risk management solutions in connection with the sale of its European subsidiaries.
  • Represented an international agricultural firm in its formation of a joint venture with a US partner to develop and operate a 16,000-acre farm in northwest Arizona.
  • Represented the US subsidiary of a global agricultural firm in connection with its new $45 million credit facility.
  • Represented Siemens AG and Siemens Corporation in numerous M&A transactions.
  • Eversheds Sutherland Global M&A Conference, New York, New York, October 11, 2023
  • Eversheds Sutherland Global M&A Conference, London, England, June 15, 2022
  • Thomson Reuters International Mergers & Acquisitions Conference, London, England, November 20, 2018
  • Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of mergers and acquisitions: middle-market (2015-2022) 
  • Member, Business Law Section, American Bar Association
  • Member, Business Law Section, New York State Bar Association
  • Member, Business Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
  • Georgia
  • New York
  • B.S., with distinction, University of Virginia,

    Beta Gamma Sigma

  • J.D., University of Virginia School of Law,

    Member, Virginia Tax Review

Robert Copps

Partner

Member of the Firm's Executive Committee
Head of M&A (US)
Co-head of the Industrials Sector

Robert Copps

Partner

Member of the Firm's Executive Committee
Head of M&A (US)
Co-head of the Industrials Sector

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