Robert Cortes

Associate
Short Hills
About
Robert Cortes focuses his corporate practice in the area of public and private M&A, capital market transactions, public company advisory and securities law compliance, corporate finance transactions, and corporate governance. Robert's clients conducting corporate transactions have completed deals that range from several millions of dollars to billions of dollars in value and across various market sectors.
Areas of FocusCorporate
Bar admissionsNew Jersey

EXPERIENCE

  • Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL), a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, in its acquisition of Ovivo's Electronics business, a global provider of breakthrough ultrapure water technologies for semiconductor manufacturing (CAD$2.4 billion total transaction value)
  • Legrand SA (XPAR: LR), a global company in electrical and digital building infrastructures, in its acquisition of Avtron Power Solutions, a provider of load banks and power quality solutions (US$1.125 billion total transaction value)
  • Safeguard Global, a leading provider of workforce enablement solutions, in the sale of its global enterprise payroll division
  • Eldon Pass in its recapitalization of Streamline Innovations
  • GracoRoberts, a specialty chemicals distributor serving the global aerospace market, in its acquisition of Sky Mart, an industry leading and well-recognized aerospace chemical, lubricant and specialty fluids distributor
  • Fiduciary Services Group in connection with (i) its sale of Efficient Advisors, LLC to AssetMark, a wealth management platform; (ii) its acquisition of Beacon Benefits, a well-regarded third-party administrator (TPA) based in Beverly, Massachusetts; and (iii) its acquisition of Future Planning Associates, Inc., a Vermont-based third-party administrator and recordkeeper
  • Vertex, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERX), a leading global provider of indirect tax solutions, in its acquisition of Brinta, an AI-first e-invoicing startup in Latin America
  • Iovance Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: IOVA), a company focused on developing novel cancer immunotherapies, in establishing an at-the-market (ATM) offering program to raise up to US$350 million
  • Egis Capital Partners as lead investor in Deep Sentinel's US$15 million Series B funding round
     
Education
  • J.D, Brooklyn Law School, 2024
    cum laude
    Brooklyn Journal of International Law
  • B.A, Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 2020

Prior Experience

  • In the Spring of 2024, Robert completed an internship with Judge Lisa G. Beckerman in the Southern District of New York, United States Bankruptcy Court
  • In the Spring of 2023, Robert completed an internship with Judge Robert W. Lehrburger in the Southern District of New York, United States District Court

My latest insights

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DLA Piper advises in upsized US$345 million convertible notes offering for Intuitive...

29 August 2025 .1 minute read

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DLA Piper advises Safeguard Global in sale of global enterprise payroll division to Deel

25 March 2025 .2 minute read

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