Veteran Securities Attorney Robert Kaplan Jr. Joins Whiteford in Richmond
Veteran securities attorney, Robert R. Kaplan Jr., has parted ways with the law firm he co-founded in 2005 and joined Whiteford, Taylor & Preston.
Veteran securities attorney, Robert R. Kaplan Jr., has parted ways with the law firm he co-founded in 2005 and joined Whiteford, Taylor & Preston in Richmond, Virginia.
Prior to joining Whiteford, Kaplan served as managing partner of Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank (KVCF), an industry firm with a range of specialties, including business law, real estate investment trusts, Delaware statutory trusts, Regulation A offerings, and business litigation.
With more than 20 years of experience in the securities sector, Kaplan is known as one of the leading lawyers in the Regulation A practice area.
“We are very pleased to welcome Rob to the firm,” said Martin Fletcher, managing partner. “He has a national reputation as a securities lawyer and deep transactional experience. We see immediate synergies with clients across many business sectors.”
According to the firm, Kaplan’s practice focuses on corporate law, securities compliance, real estate securities and finance, mergers and acquisitions, private offerings and strategic partnerships/joint-ventures. He advises clients on all aspects of capital formation in the technology, real estate, manufacturing, financial services and retail industries.
His transactional experience includes registered and exempt offerings, private equity and institutional investment, real estate funds and syndications and institutional financings of real estate acquisitions.
Kaplan was an advocate for the revision and revitalization of Regulation A and has worked with Congress on Title IV, and with the Securities and Exchange Commission on rules for implementation, including testifying before the U.S. Senate’s Banking Committee on Regulation A’s effects on the lower middle market and the alternatives industry.
He co-authored “Regulation A+: How the JOBS Act Creates Opportunities for Entrepreneurs and Investors,” a guide to Reg A+ for executives of emerging growth companies, entrepreneurs, financial advisers, venture capitalists, investment bankers and securities lawyers.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP has more than 180 attorneys and provides business law and litigation services to clients ranging from start-ups to middle market companies to global enterprises. Its Mid-Atlantic footprint includes 17 offices in Delaware, Washington D.C., Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
