J. Robert Tyler III 
Partner 
Education

University of Richmond, JD, 1989, cum laude

University of Richmond, BS, 1984

Professional and Community Activities

Board of Directors, Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED)

Board of Directors, North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation

Charter Member of TiE-Carolinas

Steering Committee Member, ibiliti's (Center for Advanced Medical Technologies) Annual MedTech Conference

Member and Past President, Business Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Art

Chair, North Carolina Museum of Art Summit on the Park Committee, 2003

Former Executive-in-Residence, North Carolina State University College of Management’s Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Commercialization Program


Jurisdictions Licensed
301 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1900, Raleigh, NC 27601t: 919.783.1076|
P.O. Box 1801, Raleigh, NC 27602-1801f: 919.783.1075|
Rob has over 20 years of business and corporate law experience.  For more than 14 years, Rob has focused his practice on representing medical device, life sciences, and technology companies in equity and debt financings, technology licensing, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters.

Representative Experience

  • Represented a pharmacogentics company in a strategic alliance with a global pharmaceutical company
  • Represented an advanced materials company in multiple Convertible Preferred Stock and Convertible Promissory Note financings
  • Represented a microscopy company in a Series A Convertible Preferred Stock financing
  • Represented an e-procurement information technology and services company in strategic business acquisitions
  • Represented a health care information technology company in a $50 million sale to a publicly-traded company

Prior Legal Experience

Prior to joining Poyner Spruill, Rob was a Partner with Hutchison Law Group. Previously, Rob practiced at two large North Carolina and Virginia law firms. He has also served as an assistant general counsel of a New York Stock Exchange listed health care services company.
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