Richard J. Parrino

Companies of all sizes call on Richard Parrino to represent them in structuring, negotiating, and documenting a wide range of capital-raising and other corporate transactions. He acts for domestic and foreign private issuers in public and institutional securities offerings and for U.S. and international companies in mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, and restructurings.

With long experience in U.S. securities regulation, Richard advises public companies on compliance with the federal securities laws and SEC rules and with stock exchange listing standards. He counsels senior executives, boards of directors, and board committees on fiduciary duty and other corporate governance matters arising in the normal course of operations and in mergers and other extraordinary transactions.

Richard's wide-ranging representations have included significant transactions on behalf of public and private companies in a variety of industries.

Clients value Richard's proven ability to lead complex transactions that require a command of process and insight into how to manage the resolution of conflicting business interests.

Richard has written widely on topics in securities and corporate law and has served as a visiting lecturer on securities regulation and corporate governance at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Before entering private practice, Richard served as a law clerk to Judge Thomas A. Flannery of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.