ROBERT C. COPELAND, Esq.

Bob Copeland is pleased to rejoin the Summit Board. He has been involved in the organization since mid-2015.
Bob is a Special Counsel in the Corporate Practice Group of Sheppard, Mullin Richter & Hampton Law Firm's San Diego, California offices.
Bob practices in the area of corporate law with an emphasis on corporate finance, securities, real estate and mergers and acquisitions. Bob also holds a certificate from the National Conflict Resolution Center in advanced mediation and is available to mediate complex pre-litigation and litigated matters.
He has been listed in the national legal directory, The Best Lawyers in America every year since 1987, and in the Best Lawyers in San Diego (San Diego Magazine, April 2001-202). He was named a Super Lawyer for San Diego (2007-2019).
Bob has extensive experience in representing and advising individual owners, the boards of directors, executive leadership of companies concerning corporate governance, securities, and corporate law and real estate law transactions. Bob also has lead numerous corporate finance, recapitalization and initial public offering transactions. He has extensive experience and expertise in representing targets, as well as strategic and financial buyers in mergers and acquisition transactions both within the U.S. as well as in Europe, and the Middle East.
Bob is a graduate of J.D., University of Southern California School of Law, 1966 and A.B., Occidental College, 1963