Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford is a seasoned legal professional currently serving as Managing Director and Associate General Counsel at Barings since October 2018. In this role, Robert leads a team of attorneys and paralegals and provides legal counsel on strategic mergers and acquisitions, finance, and procurement, while advising senior executives on compliance and regulatory matters. Prior experience includes serving as Partner at McGuireWoods, where Robert advised on corporate matters and facilitated M&A transactions, and as an Associate at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, focusing on public and private company transactions. Robert's early career includes positions as a Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman and Afshar Consulting Group. Robert holds a J.D. from the University at Buffalo School of Law and a B.S. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.