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Honors + Affiliations

Member, IPO Process Committee of NASD and NYSE

Member, National Association of Securities Dealers, Corporate Finance Committee

Former Member, National Association of Securities Dealers, Legal Advisory Board

Former Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission, Market Transaction Advisory Committee

Former Chairman, American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Investment Securities of the Uniform Commercial Code Committee Subcommitte

Member, American Bar Association, Settlement of Market Transactions, Advisory Committee

Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2006–2008)

Listed, The Best Lawyers in America (2007 & 2008)

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Robert C. Mendelson
Partner

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Email: rmendelson@morganlewis.com
New York
101 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10178-0060
Phone: 212.309.6303
Fax: 212.309.6001

Robert C. Mendelson is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Investment Management Practice and co-chair of the firm's Securities Interdisciplinary Practice. Mr. Mendelson is a recognized authority on securities law, currently serving on the blue-ribbon IPO Process Committee created by the NYSE and the NASD and on the NASD's Corporate Finance Committee. He has previously served on the NASD's Legal Advisory Board. Mr. Mendelson's practice focuses on securities and derivatives markets, broker-dealer regulation and enforcement defense, public offerings, and private placements. He handles all aspects of broker-dealer regulation, representing bulge bracket investment banks in derivatives and securities trading as well as securities offerings and general commercial issues. Mr. Mendelson is a member of the firm's Financial Services Transactions Group.

Mr. Mendelson is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, The Legal 500 US, and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Chambers lists Mr. Mendelson as one of the leading lawyers for investment management and also notes his "substantive experience and measured judgment" when dealing with clients.

Mr. Mendelson is on the faculty of the NASD Institute and is a frequent speaker on topics in the Securities laws, giving more than eight speeches annually.

Mr. Mendelson is admitted to practice in New York.

Education

  • Boston College Law School, 1980, J.D.
  • Brandeis University, 1973, M.A.
  • Rice University, 1972, A.B.