Robert Kritzman is a Partner and Business Unit Leader at Kelley Kronenberg, focusing his practice on maritime law, the leisure and hospitality industry, and all aspects of corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, complex commercial transactions, financing transactions, and regulatory compliance. He is a former general counsel for a major cruise line with decades of experience in the maritime and hospitality industries.

Prior to joining Kelley Kronenberg, Robert served as a partner at multiple law firms, where his practice included mergers and acquisitions, venture capital start-ups, corporate governance, cross-border transactions, bank financings, joint ventures, debt restructurings, and ship sale, construction, and finance transactions. His maritime practice covers shipbuilding contracts, vessel lease transactions, Jones Act and Passenger Vessel Services Act compliant financing and environmental and safety compliance matters.  He has also handled multiple superyacht purchases and sales, including vessel construction and financing.  Robert served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for one of the world’s leading cruise companies for eighteen years, where he was responsible for all legal affairs and held executive management responsibility for human resources and government affairs. He served on the Board of the International Council of Cruise Lines and as an Executive Committee and Board Member of the NorthWest Cruise Association.

Robert earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Florida. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law.