Robert L. Brown
Robert L. Brown, Partner, Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald
Comparative Analysis of Financial Crises: John Law and Mississippi Scheme, South Sea Bubble, Tulipmania, 1929 Depression, October 1987, Asian Financial Crisis, Dot.bomb and 2008-2009 Crisis
Synopsis: Mr. Brown’s presentation will consider the similarities and differences between current and past financial crises. While much remains the same, there are significant differences which could have great significance for the US economy.
Biography: Based in the Louisville Office, Robert Brown is a member of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC. He advises on investments, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures for U.S. companies and foreign companies’ operations in the U.S., including manufacturing, distribution, sales, retail and wholesale operations. Chair of the firm’s China Team and International Team, he has also worked in London, New York City, Tokyo, San Francisco and San Diego. For the past 20 years, Mr. Brown has worked closely with companies as an investment banker and attorney, serving both in-house and as an outside advisor. He is admitted as an attorney in New York, Washington, D.C., California and Kentucky, and is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and in Hong Kong. From 1991-1993 he was admitted as a foreign lawyer in Japan. Mr. Brown has two PhD. degrees. The first was from Cambridge University in Japanese privatization, while the second one was from The London School of Economics and Political Science and dealt with Indonesian legal reforms and creditor relations. He also has a Masters degree from Jochi University in Tokyo, and an Advanced Accounting Certificate from Bellarmine University. During three years of law school, he earned J.D., M.B.A. and Masters Degrees from the University of Louisville. Mr. Brown has taught law and economics courses at the law schools of the University of San Francisco and University of California Berkeley, as well as business plan, managerial finance and economic courses at the school of business of Bellarmine University.
