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Robinson (Rob) M. Alston


Phone: 801-534-7314
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FIRM:

Shareholder

Chair, Business Department

Leader, Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances Practice Group, Mergers and Aquisitions Practice Group, Technology Practice Group

PRACTICE FOCUS:

Business Law

Mergers and Aquisitions

Securities Law

EXPERTISE:

  • For over 20 years, Rob has helped a wide variety of technology, life sciences, manufacturing, franchising and services companies through the process of starting up (sometimes in a garage!), growing and, ultimately selling or going public.
  • He has guided his clients through the legal details of organization, governance, compensation, raising money (venture capital and angel), finding loans, dealing with employees, acquiring or licensing technology, selling and marketing products, buying other companies, and a near endless list of other legal issues.
  • Rob focuses most of all on being available when a client needs his help and providing it quickly and efficiently. 

EDUCATION:

S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, J.D.

  • William H. Leary Scholar
  • Utah Law Review, 1992

University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, B.A. with high honors, 1977

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Member, Business Law and Securities Law Sections, Utah State Bar

Member, American Bar Association

Director, Mountain West Capital Network

PERSONAL: 

Rob was born in Hollywood, California in 1954.

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Industry Awards

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Chambers USA, Corporate Law/Mergers and Acquisitions, 2010-2011

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Super Lawyers, Business Law, 2010-2012

Utah Business magazine, Legal Elite, 2009, 2011, 2013

Bar Admittance

1992, Utah