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LinkedInRobert Braun is a transactional partner in JMBM's Corporate and Securities groups. He co-chairs the Firm's Cybersecurity and Privacy Group, and is an expert in technology and emerging industries, privacy, security and hospitality.
As Co-Chair of the JMBM Cybersecurity and Privacy Group, Bob counsels clients on privacy and security, information technology, software development and licensing, and electronic commerce transactions. He regularly handles privacy compliance programs, and compliance with the recently adopted state privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act, and laws adopted in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington. He is the co-author of the Cybersecurity Lawyer Forum blog, lectures frequently on technology issues, and has been quoted by Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, American Lawyer, American Banker, Law360, Los Angeles Business Journal, Daily Journal, and other media on cybersecurity law issues. He is recognized in the Southern California listing of Super Lawyers as a “Top Rated Technology Transactions Attorney.”
Bob is a senior member of JMBM's Global Hospitality Group, where he specializes in the negotiation of hotel management and franchise agreements, mixed-use developments, acquisition and divestiture of hotels, resorts, restaurants and other hospitality properties, hotel and hospitality workouts and turnarounds, and ongoing operating issues of hospitality properties. Bob is a frequent author and lecturer on hospitality issues.
Representative Experience- Designing programs and policies facilitating compliance with state, federal and international privacy laws and regulations, including the California Consumer Privacy Act and the European Union General Data Protection Regulation
- Counseling clients on AdTech, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies
- Representing a variety of clients, including Fortune 1000 companies, impacted by data breaches
- Representing software licensors and developers, as well as negotiating software license agreements on behalf of licensees
- Negotiating hotel management and franchise agreements
- Advising hotel owners on enhancing relationships with hotel managers and brands
- Designing management structures for boutique hotel brands
- Advising a hotel management company in the divestiture of a portfolio of branded hotel properties
- Representation of a high-technology manufacturer in a series of strategic acquisitions
- Negotiation of a five-star, mixed-use hotel development project, including hotels, condominiums, luxury residences, retail, and office space
- Negotiating the purchase and sale of multiple companies, including manufacturers, financial services providers, entertainment companies, and medical practices
J.D., UCLA School of Law, 1981
A.B., University of California, Berkeley, 1978
with highest honors
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Editorial Board of the California Business Law News, a publication of the State Bar Business Law Section
Franchise Law Committee, State Bar of California
Advisory Board, Information Systems Security Association, Los Angeles Chapter
International Association of Privacy Professionals
Member, Business Law Section, American Bar Association; Cyberspace Committee, Banking Law Committee
American Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Operation Hope, Inc.
Hurdle Jumpers, Inc.
Frequent lecturer on securities, information technology challenges, legal challenges facing emerging businesses, and hotel and hospitability issues
Chair, 33rd Annual Securities Regulation Seminar, Los Angeles County Bar Association, October 2000
Chair, Business & Corporations Sections, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1997-1998
Executive Board of Judges, Moot Court Honors Program, UCLA
National Order of Barristers, UCLA
- Rated AV by Martindale Hubbell
- Recognized as one of Los Angeles Magazine's Southern California's Best Lawyers, 2008-2012
- Selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer, 2004, 2008-2024
- The Current Landscape of Cybersecurity Law as it Relates to Small Businesses
- Why companies need a cybersecurity training program
- First steps to take when there's a data breach at your company
- Cybersecurity for Middle Market Companies
- Impact of international privacy laws on U.S. companies
- Mike Cahill answers, “Where are we in the current hospitality cycle?” Global Hospitality Group®
- Bill Sipple discusses hospitality market activity and interest rates - Meet the Money® conference
- Deric Eubanks talks about the hottest hospitality segments for investors - Meet the Money®
- Bill Blackham discusses new hotel supply and assets for sale - Meet the Money®
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At the Association for Corporate Growth’s 2011 conference in Los Angeles, Bob Braun discusses how JMBM works with middle market companies to meet their unique challenges.
Co-chairs of the Jeffer Mangels Cybersecurity and Privacy Group, Robert E. Braun and Michael A. Gold, discuss why companies need a cybersecurity training program.
