Bob Bishop has more than 30 years’ experience of advising clients on all areas of corporate law, with a particular focus on cross-border M&A and joint ventures.
He has particular knowledge of IP-rich businesses and the industries they operate in, including media/sports, consumer goods, life sciences and technology. His clients include listed and private companies, institutional investors, and financial intermediaries.
Bob’s experience includes:
- recommended and hostile public takeovers
- all manner of private share and business acquisitions/disposals, domestic and cross-border
- private equity buyouts and exits
- corporate venture capital investments, often with a path to control
- joint ventures/strategic alliances
He is widely regarded as a trusted advisor and relationship builder, leading the firm’s relationships with clients such as Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (part of The Carlyle Group Inc., NASDAQ: CG), Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR), Liberty Global Ltd. (NASDAQ: LBTY), Mondelēz International, Inc. (NYSE: MDLZ), The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN) and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. (NASDAQ: WBD).
Recent transactions that Bob has led include the $1.45 bn auction sale by joint owners Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global of All3Media, the UK's largest independent TV production company, and the 50:50 joint venture between Warner Bros. Discovery and BT Group to create a TNT Sports (by combining Eurosport UK and BT Sport).
Bob has a truly global perspective, especially helpful for clients entering new markets, dealing with overseas counterparties or executing complex multi-jurisdictional deals. Taken together, the transactions he has advised on have involved most of the developed economies around the world.
Bob is also known for giving legal advice based on first-hand commercial insight, having spent time outside of the law working as a venture capitalist.