| Robert W. Edwards
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Robert W. Edwards is a partner of Steiker, Fischer, Edwards & Greenapple, P.C. He concentrates his practice in the areas of employee ownership, equity-based compensation, and general corporate and employee benefits law. He is a leading advisor to a number of public and private companies that have adopted or considered adopting an employee stock ownership plan.
Rob counsels closely held businesses on how to incorporate employee ownership into their business succession plans, and represents selling shareholders, ESOP sponsors and ESOP fiduciaries in transactions involving employer securities. His related practice areas include equity-based compensation, business acquisitions and divestitures and employee benefit matters. Prior to joining SFE&G in 2003, Rob was a partner in the Providence office of Nixon Peabody LLP.
Rob lectures and writes frequently on the uses of ESOPs in ownership transition planning for privately held companies. He is a member of The ESOP Association and the National Center for Employee Ownership, and a trustee of the Employee Ownership Foundation.
Rob is a graduate of Dartmouth College and a cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. He is admitted to practice in Rhode Island.
Featured Speaking Engagements:
September 2011: Presentation on "Achieving an Exit through the Power of Employee Stock Ownership Plans" at Pinnacle's Rhode Island Exit Planning Chapter Meeting in Warwick, RI
November 2010: Led discussion on "Protecting Against Lawsuits: Preventative Law" at The ESOP Association's Technical Conference & Trade Show in Las Vegas, NV
November 2009: Presentation on "ESOP Distribution Policies: What Can You Change" at The ESOP Association's Two Day Technical Conference in Las Vegas, NV
October 2009: Presentation on "ESOP Repurchase Liability" at the Annual Conference of the New England Chapter of The ESOP Association in Nashua, NH
March 2009: Presentation on "ESOP Diversification" at the HR Conference of the New England Chapter of The ESOP Association in Westborough, MA
November 2008: Presentation on "ESOP Diversification" at The ESOP Association's Two Day Technical Conference in Las Vegas, NV
October 2008: Presentation on "IRS and DOL Correction Program" at the Annual Conference of the New England Chapter of The ESOP Association in Newport, RI
Selected Articles:
Spring 2011: Contributed "ESOPs in Business Succession Planning" to The Boston Bar Association's Business Law Section Newsletter
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