Robert B. Harwell
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Bo represents privately held businesses in sale, acquisition and combination transactions. He is also experienced in private business strategy and planning, including corporate formation, structuring and organization.
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- Associations
- Bar Admissions
- Distinctions
- Education & Honors
- Experience
- In the News
- Papers, Presentations, & Publications
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 2005
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern, Southern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
Distinctions
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Corporate Law, 2016-2019
- Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Corporate/Commercial, 2014
- Mid-South Super Lawyers® Rising Star, Business/Corporate, 2013-2015
Education & Honors
- Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 2005
- Auburn University, B.S., Agricultural Business and Economics, 2001
Experience
- General outside counsel for businesses operating in various industries, including agriculture, equipment, chemical, railroad, restaurant, software, and furniture.
- Representation of privately held businesses in sale, acquisition and combination transactions.
- Private business strategy and planning, including corporate formation, structuring and organization.
- Representation of service and supply companies in transactions with Class I railroads and regional railroads.
- Representation of industrial and agricultural chemical companies in domestic and international supply and regulatory matters.
- Representation of investment groups in the property acquisition and disposition transactions and related financing matters.
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- "Current Topics in Real Estate Financing," University of Mississippi Center for Continuing Legal Education: Current Trends in Real Estate Seminar, July 2007, Tunica, MS.
- "Modern Derogations to Common-Law Cotenancy," ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Section: Fall Meeting, September 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia.