Robert E. Bishop

Bob Bishop is a partner in Goodwin’s Global M&A and Technology practice areas. He has over 28 years’ experience representing high growth companies, strategic acquirers and venture capital, growth investment and private equity firms. 

Bob advises a variety of high-growth clients across a broad range of industries, including enterprise software, cyber security, life sciences, fintech, digital media, healthcare IT and services and e-commerce, in connection with various corporate, strategic and securities transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, complex spin-outs and divestures, capital raising transactions and general business matters.

Bob’s deep M&A experience includes “buy-side” representation of strategic acquirors and private equity sponsors, including the representation of Polaris Growth Fund, Centana Growth Partners, Nova Ventures and Cargurus in connection with various strategic acquisitions and buyout and leveraged buyout transactions. On the “sell-side,” Bob has represented a wide range of tech, tech enabled and life sciences companies in their exits to both private equity and strategic acquirors, including:

• The sale of MGA Systems to Roper Technologies
• The sale of Emergency Report to ESO, back by Vista Equity Partners,
• The sale of Clypd to AT&T
• The sale of Power Advocate to Verisk
• The sale of S2 Security to United Technologies
• The sale of DigiCert to TA Associates and its subsequent sale to Thoma Bravo
• The sale of Taris Biomedical to Johnson & Johnson
• The sale of PSMA Therapeutics to Bayer 
• The sale of TRG Screen to Pamlico
• The sale of Paydiant to Paypal
• The sale of Where, inc. to Paypal
• The sale of Nova Technologies to IDEX
• The sale of Nova Analytics to ITT Corporation
• The sale of Vitalware to Health Catalyst
• The sale of Noetic Cyber to Rapid7
• The sale of Cado Security to Darktrace
• The sale of NAE to Accel-KKR

Bob also advises leading venture capital and growth equity firms, including F-Prime Capital Partners (a venture arm of Fidelity), Ten Eleven Ventures, Rose Park Advisors, Centana Growth Partners and Ten Coves Capital, on early and late stage venture capital and growth equity investments.

Bob has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America Best Lawyers for his work in Technology Law 2022-2023.

While attending law school, he was a member of the Villanova University Law Review.