Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C.

Biography

Robert W. Dixon

robdixon@davisbrownlaw.com

SUMMARY

Rob Dixon is an associate of the Davis Brown Law Firm. He joined the Business Division in May 2010 after practicing for over eight years with the Vedder Price Law Firm in Chicago. Rob focuses his practice on corporate and securities law.

CONCENTRATION

Rob has represented a wide variety of clients in his corporate and securities law practice. Since 2004, Rob’s practice has been focused primarily in the investment management industry, including serving as counsel to the independent directors of registered investment companies and serving as issuer’s counsel in registered fund offerings. He also participates in corporate mergers, acquisitions and restructurings and represents insurance companies and other financial institutions in connection with transactional, regulatory and insurance product matters. Rob also serves as counsel to an Iowa local government investment pool.

SPEAKING, PUBLICATIONS AND SEMINARS

Rob is an active speaker and has presented “An Overview of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” to the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) in Des Moines, the Society of Financial Service Professionals, and the ACC’s annual CLE program for corporate lawyers in Iowa City.

ACADEMICS

Rob graduated with Honors from the Drake University Law School in 2001, where he served as an Associate Editor of the Drake Law Review. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Iowa in 1997.

OF NOTE

Rob passed the Certified Public Accountant exam in 1998 and began his career as an auditor at McGladrey & Pullen’s Davenport, Iowa office. Rob serves on the boards of directors of an Iowa bank holding company and a subsidiary state-chartered bank.

COMMUNITY

Rob’s pro bono work has included serving as lender’s counsel to The Chicago Community Loan Fund, a non-profit lender based in Chicago, in connection with low-income housing pre-development loans.