Legal Counsel (non-voting)
Term: 2022-26 (four-year term)
Residing: Dallas, Texas, USA
Appointed to the role of general counsel for the World Lacrosse board of directors in January 2020 and reappointed to a four-year term in 2022, Rob McCutchan brings 25 years of experience as a legal counselor and adviser and as a partner in some of the most respected law firms in the United States. As a proud lacrosse parent, he also serves as a volunteer and coach with youth lacrosse programs in Dallas, Texas, USA.
McCutchan is currently a Dallas-based partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group of Jackson Walker, LLP, where he focuses on middle-market mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and general corporate work.
During his career, McCutchan has served as both special and general outside counsel to companies across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, industrials and chemicals, oilfield services, healthcare, and software and textbook publishing. More recently, he has represented institutional investors in connection with the acquisition, disposition, financing, recapitalization or restructuring of their investments in privately held, middle-market companies. He also regularly advises strategic and sponsored companies with respect to their own investment or borrowing activities and on issues related to corporate governance and investor relations.
McCutchan received a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, where he was a member of the baseball team, and law degree from the University of Texas. He has also been awarded a Certificate of International Jurisprudence from the University of London.
