Richard has broad experience in transactional and corporate matters, particularly mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, as well as joint ventures and strategic partnering.  His clients primarily consist of middle-market companies and private equity funds that focus on them.  Richard also enjoys working with start-up and emerging growth companies, early-stage venture funds and angel investors.

Richard has represented dozens of family-owned businesses, including those in their second and third generation.  He is sensitive to the issues unique to family businesses in their different stages of development, and recognizes the need for interdisciplinary collaboration.

He advises clients in a diverse array of industries ranging from information technology and biotechnology to apparel and film production.  He also has extensive experience representing companies in the healthcare industry and helping such companies to develop workable business strategies in the context of intersecting, and sometimes conflicting, regulatory, securities and tax considerations.

Representative Experience
Richard has recently advised clients in the following representative transactions:

$450 million merger of a privately held software development client with a comparably sized public company.

$15 million venture financing of an emerging television and movie post-production company.

$250 million recapitalization of an institutional pharmacy.

$10 million sale by a client of its interest in an oil and gas development joint venture.

$50 million private equity investment in an apparel company.

$50 million refinancing and debt restructuring of owner-operator of diagnostic imaging centers.