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Robert L. Kimball

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Kimball, Robert L.

Biography
Robert's practice primarily involves corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and other investment activities in U.S. and international settings. He is a member of V&E's Corporate Governance and Compliance Group.


Representative Experience
Mergers & Acquisitions
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  • Southwest Airlines in its $3.4 billion acquisition of AirTran Airways
  • Dell Inc., a leading technology company, in its $3.9 billion public tender offer and acquisition of Perot Systems Corporation, an information technology company
  • Santos Ltd., a publicly-traded Australian energy company, in its sale of a 40% stake in an upstream, midstream and LNG project for $2.5 billion to Petronas
Private Equity Management and Fund Formation
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  • Private equity funds, principals, and principal limited partners in private equity fund formations including:
  • $650 million global energy fund
  • $250 million global clean energy technology fund
Capital Markets
  • Investment banks and issuers in over $14 billion of public offerings and private placements of equity and debt, including debt and equity shelf takedowns; underwritten sales by stockholders; debt and equity exchange offers; and IPOs of biotechnology, computer technology, energy, medical products and software companies
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Education and Professional Background
  • University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1986 (Comment Editor, University of Chicago Law Review)
  • Brigham Young University, B.A. magna cum laude, 1983
  • Judicial clerk to The Honorable Patrick E. Higginbotham, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1986 - 1987
  • Admitted to practice:  Texas, 1988
  • Other Language:  Spanish
Professional Recognition
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  • Legal 500 U.S. in technology transactions, 2011
  • The Best Lawyers in America®  in corporate law and project finance law, 2006 - 2011, in mergers & acquisitions law, 2007 - 2011
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in corporate/M&A law, 2007 - 2010
Activities and Affiliations
  • Adjunct Lecturer: SMU Dedman School of Law, Spring 2007 (Latin American Business Transactions)
  • Member: American Bar Association; J. Reuben Clark Law Society
Publications and Presentations
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  • "Duties to Disclose and Materiality," SEC Hot Topics Institute 2010, November 17, 2010 (Co-Chair)
  • "Changing Roles and Liabilities of Corporate Directors," School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, October 27, 2010 (Guest Lecturer)
  • "Running Red Lights in Latin America: Cultural Challenges in International Transactions," Honored Alumnus Annual Address, Brigham Young University, October 7, 2010


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Robert L. Kimball
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Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical

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