Rob Tammero is a partner in the firm's Boston office. Rob represents companies in a range of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, and corporate governance. He advises buyers and sellers of businesses and assets, investors, and companies raising capital. Rob's practice includes representation of financial institutions and their holding companies, fintech companies, investment funds, and other financial service providers in corporate, transactional, and regulatory matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Rob was an associate in the corporate and securities section of a national, Boston-based law firm. Before entering private practice, Rob served as a law clerk with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
- Recognized by Chambers USA for Banking & Finance: Corporate & Regulatory in Massachusetts, 2022-2025
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 for work in FinTech Practice
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay, 2008-2018
- Boston Bar Association, Banking Committee Co-Chair, 2012- 2014
- American Bar Association Presidential Task Force on Financial Markets Regulatory Reform, Assistant Reporter, 2011- 2012
- Speaker, M&A Simulation, Acquire or Be Acquired Conference, January 2023
- Understanding Insider Lending and Regulation O, Lorman Education Services, 2019
- Bank and Fintech Partnerships, Massachusetts Bankers Association New England Conference, 2018
- The Function of the Corporate Secretary, Massachusetts Bankers Association, 2018
- "Mutual Capital Certificates — A Potential Solution for a Pressing Need," Bank Director, 5 January 2026
- “Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Proposes Changes to Merger Review Process,” The Banking Law Journal, July-August 2024
- “Due Diligence on Fair Lending Helps Improve M&A Transactions,” Bloomberg Law, 10 January 2024
- Co-author, “Strategic Growth in a Challenging Environment,” Bank Director, 8 December 2023
- "FDIC's Corp. Governance Proposal: What Banks Should Know," Law360, 31 October 2023
- “Lenders May Be the Next Government Focus for PPP Fraud,” The Banking Law Journal, June 2023
- "5 Ways Fed Crypto Statement Affects State Member Banks," Law360, 27 February 2023
- "Leveraging Technology for Growth," BankDirector.com, 24 February 2023
- “The trust company — an old tool for a new age,” Reuters Legal News, 22 July 2022
- “Merger Considerations Include Strategy, Fit, Roadblocks,” Credit Union Times, 2014
- “BBA Presentation Summary: Libor – What it is, What it Does, and Why it Matters,” BBA Financial Services Section Newsletter, 2013
- “A BBA Discussion of Patco Construction Company, Inc. v. People's United Bank,” BBA Financial Services Section Newsletter, 2013
- “Regulators Pay Attention as Community Banks Go Mobile,” BBA Financial Services Section Newsletter, 2012
- “Reigning in Systemically Important Financial Institutions,” 30 Rev. Banking & Fin. L. 595, 2011
- “Private Equity Investment in Failed Banks: Controlling Risks to the Federal Safety Net,” 11 J. Bus. & Sec. L. 53, 2010
