Robert C. Dewar

Robert Dewar focuses his practice on capital markets transactions, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, private equity, secured lending and general corporate and commercial transactions with a specialization in international transactions and the senior housing industry.

Robert Dewar focuses his practice on capital markets transactions, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, private equity, secured lending and general corporate and commercial transactions with a specialization in international transactions and the senior housing industry. 

Before joining the firm, Mr. Dewar was a partner with Hunton & Williams. He played a key role in the management, development and expansion of Hunton & Williams' London, England office and in the management and development of its other European offices, especially Warsaw, Poland. During his 20 year career, he has regularly been involved in transactions throughout Europe and the U.S. on behalf of U.S. and European clients involving mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate finance, venture capital and private equity. Before relocating to London where he was resident for five years, Mr. Dewar practiced in Richmond where he returned in 2001. Throughout the last eight years he has advised in transactions relating to the senior housing industry and in particular the acquisition and finance of portfolios of skilled nursing and the U.S. assisted living and independent living facilities.

Mr. Dewar is an active member of Globalscot network and has assisted a large number of companies from his home country of Scotland to establish and develop their business interests in the United States. The Best Lawyers in America has recognized Mr. Dewar as a top attorney in the area of mergers & acquisitions law.

Mr. Dewar is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. He is a member of the Law Society of Scotland and the Law Society of England and Wales as well as the International Bar Association. He is fluent in French and Italian.

Following the completion of an honours degree in law at Edinburgh University in 1984, Mr. Dewar completed his legal training in Edinburgh and qualified as a solicitor in Scotland in 1986. He completed a stage training course with the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels, Belgium, before being awarded his masters of comparative law by the George Washington University. In 1990, he was admitted to practice law in Virginia. He was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1995 and as a member of the District of Columbia bar in 2002.