Robert Colacarro

Bob Colacarro is an attorney with a broad array of legal experience. He began his career as a litigator at one of the world’s largest law firms. While there, he represented clients in federal and state courts across the country and in arbitration forums around the world. In addition, he developed a practice counseling clients in attempts to resolve business matters in a practical manner well in advance of the litigation process.

More recently, he spent 8 years as the General Counsel for a life settlement provider. In this role, Bob was responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the legal department, where he managed a staff of employees. In addition to negotiating and drafting agreements with the company’s customers and third-party business partners based domestically and abroad, Bob handled matters relating to compliance, employment issues and intellectual property, among others. He also managed one of the company’s operating departments and provided legal advice and strategic business solutions to the company’s management and Board of Directors. In addition, Bob gained experience advocating in front of state legislatures and departments of insurance on behalf of various stakeholders in the life settlements industry.

At EM³, Bob provides legal advice to clients both in and out of the life settlement industry. Bob has experience in all aspects of the life settlement transaction, and can guide clients through the secondary or tertiary market process. He can handle the usual negotiations and agreement drafting, and he also has the experience and knowledge to assist clients with their business decisions relating to policy or portfolio sales or purchases. Bob spends a good amount of time assisting clients with portfolio due diligence to allow those clients to make informed investment decisions. He takes pride in providing his clients efficient and cost-effective solutions based on their specific needs. In addition, Bob helps clients with general corporate and transactional matters and can lead clients through the maze of dispute resolution, aiming to resolve business conflicts as early and as quickly as possible with as little intrusion and expense as practicable.

Bob has performed a significant amount of pro bono legal work throughout his career. Among his achievements, he successfully appealed his client’s conviction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (U.S. v. Coffelt, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 22485 (6th Cir. Oct. 18, 2005)). Bob further represented his client on remand in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, secured his client’s release on Speedy Trial grounds and ultimately negotiated a favorable plea bargain and sentence significantly below the Federal Sentencing Guidelines

• Provided transactional counsel to Luxembourg investment fund and its advisors in connection with the sale of asset portfolio to U.S.-based entity
• Counseled new entrant to the life settlement market on securities issues relating to the proposed scope of its business and drafted prospective transaction documents
• Successfully represented U.S. company and its European affiliate against a $20 million lost profit claim before the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, France
• Conducted internal investigation of alleged improper corporate practices for a Fortune 500 company in response to a government inquiry

• Outside General Counsel
• Life Settlement Transactions
• Regulatory and Compliance Matters
• Corporate Counseling and Dispute Resolution
• Litigation Strategy and Management

• Boston College Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001)
• John Carroll University (B.S.B.A., Finance, 1998)

• Life Equity LLC
• Jones Day

• “Be Inquisitive: Ethics Issues and Other Sticky Questions,” 22nd Annual LISA Fall Life Settlements and Compliance Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, October 2016
• “Do We Need That? Examining Life Settlement Closing Requirements,” 21st Annual LISA Fall Life Settlements Conference, Clearwater Beach, FL, October 2015
• “The Evolution of the Life Settlement Transaction,” 21st Annual LISA Spring Life Settlements Conference, Boston, MA, May 2015
• “The Secondary Market: A Regulated and Vetted Transaction Process,” ASCOR Life Settlements Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, October 2013
• “Providers For Sale,” The Life Settlements Conference, Las Vegas, NV, October 2013
• “Legislation: What’s In Store For New Laws & Regulations In The U.S.,” The International Life Settlements Conference, London, UK, April 2013
• “The Tertiary Market,” LISA Compliance Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 2011
• “Effective Use of Technology at Trial.” Trials and Tribulations, Fall 2007