Robert V. Sartin

Robert V. Sartin is chairman of Frost Brown Todd LLC in Nashville, Tenn., and focuses his practice on the energy, health care, transportation and private-equity industries. In 2009, he formed the firm’s Automotive Industry Task Force, which convenes an annual symposium, AutoConnect, that draws thought leaders and industry titans from around the globe. Throughout his decades-long career, Mr. Sartin has worked in some of the most heavily regulated sectors — from the coal and auto industries to new ventures in health care and biopharmaceuticals — often acting as lead outside counsel for large national and multinational companies. He routinely advises clients on important contractual, transactional, tax and compliance matters, including asset and stock acquisitions, M&As, joint-venture formation and dissolution, private placements, tax planning, refinancings and corporate restructurings. He also oversees all 13of the firm’s markets, as well as the firm’s ancillary business ventures, having served or currently serving on its Strategic Planning, Finance, Advancement, and Executive Committees. Mr. Sartin is admitted tothe Kentucky and Tennessee Bars, is an ABI member, and is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency andReorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy (2006-19), Mid-South Super Lawyers (2012-17) and Nashville Post In-Charge Legal (2013-19), and was named a BTI Client Service “All Star” in 2014. Mr.Sartin received his B.B.A. in finance and economics in 1989 from Baylor University, his J.D. in 1995from Washington & Lee University and his LL.M. in taxation from New York University in 1997.