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About Edmund
For nearly 20 years, Edmund Robb has represented clients with complex disputes and legal issues. Edmund provides strategic advice to companies across a variety of sectors, including energy companies, private equity funds, healthcare institutions and non-profit companies and foundations. He advocates for clients in high-stakes, complex litigation and conducts internal investigations on compliance and risk mitigation issues.
Edmund brings a pragmatic, solution-oriented approach to disputes. He reduces complex issues to their essential elements and provides clients who are facing difficult issues with practical advice on a path forward. When litigation is necessary, Edmund is ready — he has litigated organizationally significant matters in state and federal courts around the United States, in domestic and international arbitrations, and in administrative proceedings.
Edmund has significant experience with class actions, mass actions, multi-district litigation, earnout and post-closing accounting disputes, complex commercial claims and non-profit organizational disputes and reorganizations. In energy disputes, Edmund has represented clients in nearly every area of the oil and gas, electrical power and renewable energy industries, including E&P companies, solar energy companies, mobile power generators and oilfield service companies.
Experience
Recent Notable Matters
Private equity firm — representing in disputes related to the ownership and valuation of portfolio companies and membership interests, including defense of claims by minority owner alleging improper dilution of interests, wrongful termination for cause, and related governance disputes
Exploration and production company — representing in royalty class action filed in New Mexico alleging claims related to the New Mexico Oil and Gas Proceeds Payment Act
Developer of tolled highway project — represented in international arbitration against engineering, design and construction contractors alleging hundreds of millions of dollars of damages to the roadway as a result of negligent design and construction practices
Exploration and production company — represented in two separate royalty class actions cases filed in Oklahoma; settled both cases following successful motions practice, including a landmark decision on the application of Oklahoma Production Revenue Standards Act that dismissed claims for tens of millions of dollars of interest charges under the Act
Academic health university — represented in state court to prevent the attempted takeover of a non-profit supporting organization established to fund the research, educational activities, and charitable care provided by an ophthalmology department
Children’s hospital — represented with reorganization of historical foundation to better serve modern operations by negotiating with office of attorney general and securing court approval of proposed modifications
Private equity fund — represented in dispute with seller of underground gas storage facilities regarding alleged misrepresentations on financial statements, achieving $44 million settlement
Oil and gas company — represented in multiple disputes in Gulf of Mexico regarding production from and use of deep-water floating production platform and transportation of production to onshore facilities
International company — internal investigation following incident in Alaska to evaluate policies, procedures and compliance issues
Publications and Speeches
“Red Deer: Another Look at Judicial Reluctance to Terminate Leases,” The Advocate, State Bar Litigation Section Report, Winter 2018.