Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

W. Robert Shearer is a transactional partner residing in Baker Hostetler's Houston office. He concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and corporate governance matters. Mr. Shearer has extensive experience representing public and private companies in domestic and cross-border acquisitions and divestitures, mergers and joint venture formation.

He regularly represents issuers in connection with initial and follow-on public offerings, Rule 144A offerings, PIPE offerings, private placements, and venture capital transactions. He advises publicly traded companies with respect to compliance with securities regulations, including Section 16 and Regulation FD. He also advises publicly traded companies with respect to their preparation of periodic reports, proxy statements and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as NYSE and Nasdaq reporting and corporate governance requirements.

Mr. Shearer has extensive experience representing public and private companies in domestic and cross-border acquisitions and divestitures, mergers and joint venture formation. He regularly represents public companies in strategic acquisitions of complementary businesses in a variety of industries, including energy, healthcare and transportation.

Mr. Shearer speaks Spanish and has represented several clients in transactions in Latin America.

In law school, Mr. Shearer served as the Editor in Chief of the Houston Law Review.

Areas of Practice

• Business
• International Transactions
• Securities and Corporate Governance
• Transactions
• International Business
• Private Equity and Venture Capital
• Corporate Governance
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Securities Offerings and Reporting
• Project Development and Finance

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1994

Education

• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1994
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  
  Law Review: Houston Law Review, Editor in Chier
• The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1991
  B.B.A.
  Honors: High Honors

Address

1000 Louisiana
Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77002-5009

Phones

(713) 646-1391

Faxes

(713) 751-1717

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http://www.bakerlaw.com