Rob Spicer is former chair of the Securities and Corporate Governance practice team at Williams Mullen. Rob has over 35 years of experience in advising public and private companies on corporate law, corporate finance and a broad range of securities law matters. Rob has represented numerous public company clients from diverse industries, including banking, financial services, insurance, wireless telecommunications, real estate, manufacturing, automotive and retail. Rob’s extensive experience includes representation of clients on public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, mergers and acquisitions, reporting under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and stock exchange listing requirements. He provided advice to clients on Delaware and Virginia corporate law, shareholder activism, anti-takeover defenses, fiduciary duties and related matters. He also provides advice on internal and external investigations and shareholder derivative suits. An important part of Rob’s practice was providing advice to corporate management, boards of directors and board committees on corporate governance requirements, best practices and emerging trends. Rob was committed to providing clients with timely and practical advice that took into consideration the client’s business and unique culture. Rob was listed in The Best Lawyers in America© for Corporate Compliance Law (2018-2023), and he has been listed in Virginia Super Lawyers magazine (2006-2014) for Securities & Corporate Finance and named among Virginia’s “Legal Elite” by Virginia Business magazine (2003, 2005-2008, 2010).