Robert S. "Rob" Fore

Robert S. "Rob" Fore


Goodwin

Recognized since 2008

Redwood City, California

Practice Areas

Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law

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Rob Fore is a partner in the firm’s Business Law Department and a member of the Private Investment Funds Practice. He joined Goodwin Procter in 2007.

Mr. Fore focuses on the structuring, formation and operation of both domestic and international venture capital, buyout, funds-of-funds and other private equity funds and their management companies. He also represents investors in venture capital and buyout funds, as well as and private equity funds and venture capital funds

Prior to joining Goodwin Procter, Mr. Fore was the co-head of the fund services practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Before that, he was an investment banker with the technology group of Banc of America Securities LLC.

Mr. Fore also served for nearly eight years as the general counsel to Bank of America’s world-wide private equity and venture capital businesses, where his practice focused on investments by the bank in private equity funds, direct investments in venture-backed companies, subordinated debt investments, and equity investments in foreign companies. He began his legal career at O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles, where he concentrated on mergers and acquisitions, securities law and general corporate matters

Location
  • 601 Marshall Street
    Redwood City, CA 94063
Education
  • Northwestern University, MBA, graduated 1999
  • University of Southern California, BS, graduated 1985
Bar Admissions
  • California, The State Bar of California

Goodwin
Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law, San Francisco (2022)
  • Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law, San Jose (2017)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Technology Law

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