Robert B. Cox

Robert B. Cox is a Connecticut partner who chairs the business and commercial law practice areas. He represents middle-market companies and financial institutions in corporate, financing, real estate, and health care transactions. His work includes incorporation, capital formation, corporate governance, contract drafting, contract disputes, mergers and acquisitions, risk management, and business succession planning. Clients rely on his guidance when business goals require clear legal strategy and practical transactional judgment.

Cox earned a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1980. He also received an MBA from the University of Connecticut in 1980 and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Boston University in 1976. His education supports a practice grounded in business planning, financial analysis, negotiation, and legal drafting. That background helps him advise clients on transactions, governance, financing, and succession issues with practical business understanding.

Cox has advised clients on restructurings, ownership transitions, franchise acquisitions, mergers, financing transactions, joint ventures, asset sales, incentive-based compensation programs, and business exit plans. His representative work includes matters for regional banks, manufacturers, insurance brokerage businesses, energy companies, investment management firms, and health care-focused businesses. Through these matters, he helps clients organize transactions, manage risks, address financing needs, and move business plans forward.

Robert B. Cox is active in business and community organizations, including the ACES Foundation, Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce, New Haven Regional Leadership Council, New Haven Manufacturers’ Association, Connecticut Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, and MetroHartford Alliance. He has received the Junior Achievement of Southwest New England Business Hall of Fame Award. Cox helps clients build long-term legal strategies through attentive communication, practical judgment, and business-focused counsel.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Halloran & Sage LLP
• Member, Connecticut Bar Association

Licensed State

• Connecticut

Education

• University of Connecticut School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Connecticut
  Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Boston University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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