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Akin Offices
111 LOUISIANA STREET, 44TH FLOOR
HOUSTON, TX 77002
TEXAS
United States
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W. Robert Shearer
Work Department
Partner; Corporate & Finance
Position
Rob Shearer has 25 years of experiences guiding public and private companies through more than 100 mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and capital markets transactions. He brings significant experience in public and private mergers and acquisitions to his work for energy, utility, oilfield services, manufacturing and technology companies. His capital markets practice encompasses debt and equity offerings, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings and 144A offerings, as well as 1934 Act reporting.
Drawing on his deep knowledge of the energy industry, Rob provides practical and proactive advice to his clients during the course of highly consequential transactions. He efficiently maximizes the deep resources available at a global law firm, passing these advantages on to his clients.
In 2019, among other high-profile transactions, Rob advised CenterPoint Energy in its $6 billion acquisition of Vectren Corporation and counseled a leading oilfield services company in its acquisition of a proppant mining operation in West Texas from a private equity seller.
To learn more about Rob, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/w-robert-shearer.html
Education
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, magna cum laude, 1994
B.B.A., University of Texas at Austin, with high honors, 1991
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization