Mr. Walmsley is a member of our Corporate Section. His areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, corporate, banking and securities law, and general business transactions.

In the last five years, Robert has advised business clients in such matters as the acquisition of banks and banking assets; acquisition of interests in companies owning and operating gas processing and pipeline facilities; joint venture arrangements; leveraged management buyouts of real estate holding and operating companies; and negotiation on behalf of the State of Louisiana and its property manager, SMG, of facility leases for professional sports teams including the New Orleans Saints, the New Orleans Hornets NBA Limited Partnership and the New Orleans Brass Hockey Club.

Robert graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University in 1968, then went on to receive his J.D. degree from Virginia Law School in 1974. While at UVA, he was a member of the Virginia Law Review. He was a law clerk to the Honorable John Minor Wisdom, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, during the 1974-1975 term.

Robert has been repeatedly listed in The Best Lawyers in America in corporate law. He has been active in the New Orleans, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations, having held positions of responsibility in all three, including service as Chairman of the Section on Corporate and Business Law of the Louisiana State Bar Association from 1993-1994, Chairman of the ABA’s Committee on Corporate Practice from 1995-1999 and as a member of the ABA’s Committee on Corporate Laws from 1988-1994 and 2005-present. He is also a member of the American Law Institute.