Admissions

• Brazil (Licensed Foreign Consultant)
• New York

Recognitions

• The Legal 500 United States
  2021 - Recommended, Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
  2021 - Recommended, Project Finance – Advice to Sponsor
  2016-20 - Recommended, Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
  2015 - Recommended, Energy Litigation
  2012 - Recommended, Energy: Renewable/Alternative
• The Legal 500 Latin America
  2018-21 - Recommended, Latin America: International Firms Projects and Energy
  2016-17 - Recommended,  Latin America: International Firms Corporate M&A 
  2013-18 - Recommended,  Latin America: International Firms Projects and Energy

In 2016 and 2017, Latin Lawyer 250 recognized Bob in the areas of energy and project finance.

Bob has been cited in Euromoney's Expert Guides: Shipping & Maritime Lawyers; Expert Guides: Project Finance Lawyers; and Expert Guides: Energy and Environment. Martindale-Hubbell ranks him AV, its highest available ranking.

He is named in Best Lawyers in America in the Shipping category and among the top Energy lawyers in New York by Super Lawyers.

Education

• J.D., Fordham University School of Law
• B.A., Dartmouth College

Memberships

• AIPN (Association of International Petroleum Negotiators)
• American Bar Association, Committee on International Law
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Admiralty (Chairman, 2000 – 2003)
• Maritime Law Association of the United States: Past Member, Board of Directors (2003 – 2006); Committee on Maritime Legislation
• New York Maritime, Inc., Board of Directors (Chairman, 2003 – 2006)
• Licensed as a foreign consultant in Brazil by OAB-SP, the bar association of São Paulo, Brazil in Latin America