Robert Schechter is a principal of Porzio, Bromberg & Newman and a member of the ?rm’s Corporate, Commercial and Business Law Department. With concentrations in corporate compliance and organizational and ?nancial restructurings, Robert approaches client needs from a global business strategy perspective. His practice involves the representation of parties with both domestic and cross-border interests and investments, including parties subject to data privacy and cybersecurity requirements, as well as stakeholders in both in-court and out-of-court business ?nance, corporate compliance and bankruptcy matters such as secured and unsecured creditors, creditors' committees, debtors and sellers and purchasers of assets.

Prior Relevant Experience

• CNN, New York, New York, Associate Producer, 2000–2004
• Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C., Morristown, New Jersey, Summer Associate, 2004
• The Honorable William H. Pauley III, Unites States District Court for the Southern District of New York, New York, Judicial Intern, Fall 2004

Honors and Awards                                                                                                                       

• Recognized on the New Jersey Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" List, 2010 - 2015
• Recognized in Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2017, 2018

Organizations/Memberships                                                                                                        

• Rutgers Cybersecurity Advisory Board Member American Bankruptcy Institute
• Monmouth County Bar Association, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Committee, Chair New Jersey State Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
• The New York Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences NY Institute of Credit
• Turnaround Management Association - NY (TMA)

Publications                                                                                                                                    

• "Crossing the Border in 2017: How In-House Attorneys Can Keep Businesses Out of Hot Water With the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis," NYSBA's Inside Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2017.
• "Healthcare Update: Bad Times for Hospital in the Bayou State," Porzio Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring Bulletin, February 7, 2017.
• "Restructurings with Cross-Border Investments: Maintaining U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regulatory Compliance and Meeting May and June 2015 Deadlines," The Bureau of National Affairs Bankruptcy Law Reporter, March 19, 2015.
• "U.S. Regulatory Compliance for Cross-Border Investments," Porzio Update, January 7, 2015.
• Co-Author, "Hospital Bankruptcies: Who's Administering the Shots," New Jersey Law Journal, October 19, 2009.
• Co-Author, "Pre-Plan Settlements Post-Iridium: Priority Scheme Will Be Most Important Factor,"
• ABI Bankruptcy Litigation Committee Newsletter, May 2007.
• Speaking Engagements                                                                                                                    "Best Practices With Respect To Data Privacy And Cybersecurity For Attorneys," Monmouth Bar Association Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Committee Seminar, October 25, 2018.

Practice

• Corporate, Commercial and Business Law
• Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Compliance
• Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring
• Health Care and Human Services Litigation

Industries

• Financial Services

Related Media

• Rob Schechter Quoted in Law360 Article on Miami Hospital Bankruptcy
• Twenty-One Porzio Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers in America, 2018
• Crossing The Border In 2017: How In-House Attorneys Can Keep Businesses Out Of Hot Water With The BEA

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 2005
• New York, 2007
• United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 2005
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 2007
• United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2007
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2009

Education

• New York Law School, New York, New York, J.D., cum laude, 2005
• New York Law School Law Review, Executive Case Comments Editor, 2004–2005; Member 2003–2004
• Center for Professional Values and Practices, Member, 2003–2005
• Justice John Marshall Harlan Scholar Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, B.A., 1996