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Overview
Bob helps clients, both publicly and privately held, achieve their strategic business goals through mergers and acquisitions.
He also regularly advises clients with respect to corporate governance matters, public company disclosures, SEC compliance, and executive compensation.
Bob has served as head of the firmwide Corporate Group, as a member of the Firm's Management Committee, as head of the Firm’s Minneapolis office, and as co-chair of the Firm’s Corporate Group.
Bob is a frequent lecturer at legal seminars on topics related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and public company securities law compliance.
Experience
Representative Work
- Advised med-device public company on sale to strategic buyer.
- Advised manufacturer of consumer products on multiple asset and stock acquisitions.
- Advised financial adviser in connection with multiple sell-side public company engagements.
- Advised special committee of ESOP-owned manufacturer of consumer products in auction process and successful sale of entity.
- Advised boards of directors and/or committees in connection with departures of senior executives.
- Advised multiple family-owned or closely held companies on sales to private equity firms.
News & Resources
Articles
December 1, 2025
April 30, 2014
April 1, 2009
July 18, 2008
July 17, 2007
The Smartest Guys in the Courtroom: Lay and Skilling Face the Music
Spring 2006
News & Press Mentions
June 10, 2026
August 21, 2025
February 6, 2025
August 15, 2024
March 11, 2024
September 25, 2023
August 17, 2023
February 9, 2023
Robert A. Rosenbaum Selected by Minnesota Lawyer as POWER 30 Top M&A Attorneys for Minnesota in 2023
January 26, 2023
September 19, 2022
October 14, 2020
Events & Speaking Engagements
November 13, 2025
November 7, 2024
November 14, 2023
November 18, 2014
May 21, 2014
December 12, 2013
May 30, 2013
May 23, 2012
September 23, 2008
Dec 12, 2007
June 26, 2007 - June 26, 2007
February 24, 2006 - February 24, 2006
Annual moderator of corporate governance panel at Dorsey’s Corporate Counsel Symposium
Professional & Civic
Professional Achievements
- American Bar Association-Member, Business Law Section
- Minnesota State Bar Association-Member, Chapter 302A Subcommittee of Business Law Section, 1999-present
- Board of Directors, The Guthrie Theatre, 2002-present
- Board of Directors, The Chad Greenway “Lead the Way” Foundation, 2011–present
- Board Member, Children’s HeartLink, 2010-2019; former Board Chair
Accolades
- Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2006-2026
- Minnesota Lawyer, Legal 250, 2026
- Chambers USA, Band One, Corporate/M&A, Minnesota, 2004-2026
- Minnesota Super Lawyers®, 2002-2026
- Minnesota Monthly, “Top Lawyers in Minnesota,” 2024-2025
- Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Minneapolis, 2013, 2018, 2020, 2025
- Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year, Corporate Law, Minneapolis, 2014, 2024
- Legal 500 "Private Practice M&A Powerlist: USA Region," 2023-2024
- Minnesota Lawyer, "The Power 30: Mergers & Acquisitions," 2023
- IFLR1000, Highly Regarded - State, 2018-2021, 2023
- Leaders in Law, "Corporate Governance Lawyer of the Year in Minnesota - 2020 Global Awards"
- Minnesota Lawyer, ICON Honorees, 2019
- Legal 500, Recommended in Mergers & Acquisitions, 2015, 2019
- Rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell®
