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Robert W. (Robbie) Kamerschen has wide-ranging experience handling matters relating to government investigations, regulatory, government affairs, financial services, economic development, litigation, and corporate matters. Robbie draws upon his nearly two decades of in-house counsel experience to provide clients with the necessary legal guidance and service to navigate complex legal, regulatory, and governmental landscapes. His legal experience spans industries including retail, consumer products, manufacturing, financial institutions, and data services. Prior to joining the firm, Robbie was Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer & Corporate Secretary of a publicly traded specialty retailer, where he managed all aspects of legal, compliance, government relations, external affairs, security, information security, risk management, charitable giving, and corporate governance for the company. Previously, Robbie served as U.S. General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Senior Vice President of Government Relations for a publicly traded financial services company.

Matt Nichols is an infrastructure finance attorney focusing on leveraged finance, direct placements, syndicated private placements, and municipal bond offerings. He advises lenders, underwriters, issuers, and sponsors on infrastructure financings for the utilities, energy, health care, transportation, and higher education sectors. He also represents both public and private sector participants in public-private infrastructure projects. Matt’s practice is largely concentrated on the municipal market, where his clients include colleges and universities, hospital systems, state agencies, and large local governments. He counsels these entities in connection with a range of financing tools, including taxable and tax-exempt loans, publicly offered bond issues, derivatives, and other market products. He also advises on compliance, representing issuers before the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Internal Revenue Service. Matt actively represents commercial and investment banks in their underwriting and lending activities for nonprofit health care providers, public power agencies, cooperative electric power companies, and large local governments. He also works with private sector clients in public-private partnerships and joint ventures, as well as other transactions involving government-owned, privately financed and operated infrastructure, and development projects such as student housing, stadiums, and hotels. Concentrations Health care finance Taxable and tax-exempt public offerings Infrastructure project finance Bank direct tax-exempt lending Convention centers, hotels, stadiums

David R. Yates advises clients on international and domestic public and private mergers and acquisitions, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic transactions, including those involving cross-border complexities. He also counsels private equity funds and their portfolio companies on a wide range of middle-market complex business transactions. David’s clients include a broad range of publicly owned and privately held U.S. and foreign companies. David regularly represents foreign clients regarding U.S. acquisitions, as well as domestic companies in relation to their international expansion and divestitures. Concentrations Mergers & acquisitions Private equity Manufacturing and industrial sector Corporate law Latin America Buyouts & exits Auction processes