Richard Smith

About Richard Smith

Richard\'s practice focuses on corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and capital markets. He has represented clients in M&A and strategic transactions involving banking, mortgage, sponsor finance, healthcare, technology, telecom, broker-dealer, mining, insurance, infrastructure, investment advisory, asset management, real estate, energy, entertainment, shipping, financial services, market maker, servicing and commodities businesses. His M&A experience also includes counseling financial institutions with regard to fairness opinions and advisory engagements. Richard’s capital markets work encompasses a broad range of global and domestic securities offerings and financings, liability management, regulatory advice, and covered bonds. He has also advised several clients on M&A related disputes and arbitrations.Richard is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute for Law & Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the Duke Law School Global Financial Markets Center Advisory Board.

Experience

1. Partner

   Holland & Knight LLP

   Jul 2019 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Duke University School of Law

  JD, Law

  1990 — 1993

• Haverford College

  BA, Economics

  1984 — 1988

Skills

• Corporate Finance
• Financial Regulation
• Corporate Law
• Acquisitions
• Structured Products
• Equity Capital Markets
• Private Placements
• Cross-Border Transactions
• M&a Experience
• Ipo
• Securitization
• Corporate Governance
• Due Diligence
• Hedge Funds
• Isda
• Restructuring
• Structured Finance
• Private Equity
• Finra
• Financial Structuring
• Capital Markets
• Investment Banking
• Aml
• Securities Regulation
• Venture Capital
• Securities
• Investment Management
• Joint Ventures
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Derivatives