Robert M. Walmsley, Jr.
Counsel to the Firm
Counsel to the Firm
rwalmsley@fishmanhaygood.com 
504.586.5252 
504.310.0261 Practice Focus
About
Robert Walmsley practices primarily in the areas of negotiated acquisitions, securities law, corporate law, and general business transactions.
Robert is a past chair of the ABA Committee on Corporate Practice and has served two terms on the ABA’s Corporate Laws Committee, where he continues to serve as a liaison. He is also a former chair of the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Corporations Law Committee and a former member of the Corporations Committee of the Louisiana State Law Institute. In addition, he is a life member of the American Law Institute.
Experience
- Representation of Swire Oilfield Services in multiple acquisitions.
- Representation of the Louisiana Superdome (now the Mercedes-Benz Superdome) in all operational matters including the negotiation in 2009 and 2012 of stadium agreements with NFL’s New Orleans Louisiana Saints and NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans, respectively.
- Various matters as general counsel to the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, including general corporate matters, legislative matters, and contractual matters.
Recognitions
- Chambers USA
- The Best Lawyers in America® listed for 24 years
- Super Lawyers: 2007-2010, 2012-2020
- New Orleans Magazine: Top Lawyers, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024
- Who's Who: Corporate Governance Lawyers
Credentials
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J.D. from Virginia Law School, 1974
- Member, Board of Editors of the Virginia Law Review
- B.A., magna cum laude, from Princeton University, 1968
- Clerk to the Honorable John Minor Wisdom of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1974-1975
- Louisiana