Robert W Downes

Practice Areas

Healthcare & Life Sciences; Cybersecurity; Sports & Entertainment; Technology, Media & Telecommunications; Consumer & Retail; Energy & Natural Resources; General Practice; Capital Markets; REITs; Corporate Governance; Credit & Leveraged Finance; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).

Career

Partner since 2000. Co-chair of the Firm’s Capital Markets Group. For over thirty years, Mr. Downes has advised on many of the high-profile public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, including securities issued in structured finance transactions, and M&A and joint ventures for U.S. and non-U.S. issuers. He also has been actively involved in advising domestic issuers on corporate governance matters, as well as on cybersecurity issues.

Mr. Downes has recently represented clients such as Abiomed; AMC Networks; Barclays Bank; Biohaven Pharmaceutical; Biohaven Ltd.; Castor Maritime; Citizens Financial Group; Conmed Corporation; Donnelley Financial; Douglas Elliman; Dynasty Financial; Evercore; Fogo Hospitality; Hyzon Motors; Loews Corporation; Lordstown Motors; Motivate; MSG Entertainment; MSG Sports; Popular, Inc.; The Related Companies; Spirit AeroSystems; Standard Industries; Symbotic; United Rentals; and Vector Group.

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Downes worked as a certified public accountant in the Washington, D.C. office of Coopers & Lybrand.

Professional Memberships

Board of Directors, ArtsConnection; Board of Directors, Jefferson Scholars Foundation, and Chairman, New York Regional Selection Committee of the University Jefferson Scholarship; Member, Business and Finance Law Advisory Board; The George Washington University Law School

Personal

George Washington University Law School (JD, 1991); University of Virginia (BS Accounting, 1985).