Bobby Fischbeck advises healthcare providers, domestic and international banks and other financial institutions, private equity and other investment funds and their portfolio companies, and other organizational clients in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and various other corporate and transactional matters. Bobby’s work includes, in addition to M&A, public and private offerings of equity, debt, and hybrid securities; Exchange Act compliance; and advising borrowers in connection with bank financings and related credit documentation. Bobby’s clients operate in a variety of industries, but he has particular experience in the healthcare and financial services industries.
Bobby has also counseled banks and other financial services companies in a broad range of regulatory and governance matters.
Experience
- Two Northern California eye care groups, one New Jersey eye care group, one Washington, D.C. area retina practice, one Maryland area oral surgery group, and one Texas eye care group in sale transactions and entry into practice management arrangements with portfolio companies of private equity buyers.
- Publicly traded, international property and casualty insurance group in its $30 billion acquisition of a peer property and casualty insurance group.*
- Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial services holding company, in its acquisition of Business Bancshares, Inc., and its subsidiary, The Business Bank of St. Louis.
- The Beekman Group, a private equity firm, in its sale of TBG Food Acquisition Corp., a franchise platform company and operator of one of the largest franchisee networks in the Dunkin Brands system, and related acquisitions.
- WorldStrides in its acquisition of educational travel brands Brightspark U.S., Brightspark Canada, World Class Vacations, Jumpstreet, and Educatours from Travelopia.
- Honeywell International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HON), an integrated operating company serving a broad range of industries and geographies around the world, in its $670 million cash acquisition of Compressor Controls Corporation, a turbomachinery controls and optimization solutions provider.
- Grant County Mulch, a leading manufacturer and distributor of mulch, soil, and decorative stone, in the sale of its bagging assets to an international provider of outdoor living materials.
- American Securities, a private equity firm, in its sale of Milk Specialties Global, a leader in human and animal nutrition, to Butterfly, a California-based private equity firm.
- Homesnap Inc., a software platform for residential real estate, in its $250 million cash sale to CoStar Group Inc.
- Venture capital fund, as largest institutional investor, in sale of leading provider of M&A-related settlement support and risk mitigation services.
- Carestream Health, Inc. in the sale of its healthcare information systems (HCIS) business to Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology.
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD), a semiconductor company, in its acquisition of Nod.ai, an open-source AI software company.
- Capital One (NYSE: COF) in its acquisition of Wikibuy, a fintech company.
*Matters handled prior to joining Arnold & Porter
Perspectives
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Stanford Law School, 2013
- B.A., Economics, Yale University, 2010
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
Activities
- Member, American Bar Association, Banking Law Committee
- Member, American Bar Association, Mergers and Acquisitions Committee