practice areas
practice accolades
Ranked, Band 1: Financial Services Regulation: Broker-Dealer Regulation in Chambers USA (2011)
Ranked, Band 1: Investment Funds: Registered Funds in Chambers USA (2011)
Ranked, Band 1: Investment Fund Formation and Management: Mutual Funds in The U.S. Legal 500 (2011)
Ranked, National Tier 1: Securities/Capital Markets Law, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)
Ranked, National Tier 1: Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)
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 (2006–2011)
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America (2007–2011)
bar admissions
- New York
- New York
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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 a member of the firm's Financial Services Transactions Group. Mr. Mendelson is a recognized authority on securities law, having served on the blue-ribbon IPO Process Committee and on the NASD's Corporate Finance Committee. 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 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.