Summary
Robert Crawford is a business-focused attorney and seasoned leader with 10+ years of in-house and law-firm experience, currently serving as Managing Director & Associate General Counsel at Barings in Charlotte. He combines deep M&A, financing, regulatory and data privacy expertise with hands-on team leadership—having led multi-jurisdictional transactions, developed a vendor management playbook, and overseen complex litigation and cyber-incident response. Comfortable advising C-suite and investment teams, he translates legal risk into practical commercial solutions that drive deal execution and operational efficiency. Earlier in his career he parlayed a Georgia Tech computer science background and software engineering experience into a pragmatic, technology-savvy approach to legal problems. Known for building trust with stakeholders, he blends transactional sophistication with a knack for standardizing processes that mitigate enterprise risk.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
J.D., J.D. at University at Buffalo School of Law