Robert M. Fleetwood
Partner, Attorney at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
About
Robert M. Fleetwood has advised financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions for more than 25 years and co-chairs the Financial Institutions Group at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP. Along with those deals he handles recapitalizations, public and private securities offerings, and contract negotiations, and he counsels the same institutions on corporate governance, general contracts, and securities law compliance, including Exchange Act reporting. He holds a J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where he teaches banking law as an adjunct professor, and he taught securities law for five years in the financial services law graduate program at Chicago Kent College of Law. Many of his clients have kept him as outside counsel for over a decade, through the acquisitions and capital transactions they complete.
Who is a good fit for Robert M. Fleetwood
- Banks and other financial institutions weighing a merger or a purchase.
- Financial institutions preparing a recapitalization or a capital raise alongside a deal.
Education and admissions
- Education
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D., 1998
- University of Michigan, B.A., 1995
- Bar admissions
- Illinois
Specialties
Representative matters
As described on the firm’s website.
- Represents many financial institutions with respect to public offerings and private placements of common stock, subordinated debentures, and convertible subordinated debentures.
- Represents multiple publicly-traded bank holding companies in structuring transactions, conducting due diligence, drafting disclosure documents, coordinating the filing of documents with the SEC, preparing applications to national exchanges, and provides counseling to ensure compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
Deal profile
- Typical deal size
- Any deal size
- Remote work
- In-person / regional