Robert Pearman, Robinson & Pearman: Attorney & Arbitrator

business & corporate

  • Private Placements
  • Mortgage - Related Financings & Securities
  • Commercial Lending
  • Letters of Credit
  • Leasing
  • Bankruptcy
  • Partnership, LLC, & Corporate Formation
  • Business Acquisition & Disposition
  • Non Profit Entities
  • Financing & Securities
  • Management Consultation
  • Contract Drafting & Negotiation
  • Partner & Shareholder Agreements

Clients have included Ford Motor Company, Boeing Company, Bank of America, Granite Construction, The Irvine Company, San Diego Gas & Electric.

Advice on corporate documents including bylaws, personnel manual, articles of incorporation. Advise chairperson and president regarding board agenda, statutory and contract authority for board action, voting issues, officer and director elections.

Legal representation with respect to revolving loan fund for small businesses, including preparation of loan agreement forms, security agreements, review of title and loan documents, analysis of legal issues relative to loan transactions. He has represented SBA Local Development Corporations, and were called upon to draft, review and negotiate debentures, guarantees, trust deeds and security agreements.

Mr. Pearman has been a consultant to a number of a business/legal treatises, including, "Organizing California Corporations" (2d. ed.), "Drafting Provisions for Business Agreements", and "Advising California Partnerships" (2d ed.), all published by the California Continuing Education of the Bar, and has been a speaker at a number of business and real estate workshops and seminars.

Case Studies


Mr. Pearman provided real estate opinions in connection with San Diego Gas & Electric's $100/$300 Million series of mortgage bonds under a longstanding mortgage trust indenture. The assignments required extensive due diligence in connection with the SEC-registered offerings, including review of utility franchises, detailed review of title records, examination of trust indentures, acquisition documents, personal property liens and securities documents. The properties involved include a wide range of power generation and commercial operations, from nuclear plants to transmission line rights-of-way to office buildings.