Richard G. Small

Richard represents public and private buyout and venture capital firms, large manufacturing and service companies, financial services companies, governmental agencies, and technology-driven startup and established companies.

Recently, Richard has focused on sophisticated transaction work while serving as counsel to middle-market and lower-middle-market private equity firms and companies backed by private equity firms. He leads deal teams handling numerous mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged recapitalizations, debt and equity financings, joint ventures, mezzanine financings, and venture capital investments (early and late stage) as both company counsel and investor counsel. Richard also represents numerous management teams in connection with such transactions.

• Guided private equity firms in acquiring platforms from founder-sellers, other private equity firms, and strategic sellers.
• Facilitated follow-on acquisitions for companies controlled by private equity firms.
• Managed sales and liquidity events for founder-sellers and private equity firms to strategic acquirers and other private equity firms.
• Advised management teams throughout all stages of private equity investments, from initial acquisition to liquidity events.

• The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law and Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (2022-2026)