Richard Smith

Richard Smith is a New York business attorney who focuses on corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), fairness opinions, private equity and capital markets.

Mr. Smith represents clients in M&A and strategic transactions involving banking, mortgage, sponsor finance, healthcare, technology, telecommunications, broker-dealer, mining, insurance, investment advisory, asset management, real estate, energy, infrastructure, entertainment, shipping, financial services, transportation management, market maker, servicing and commodities businesses. His M&A experience also includes counseling financial institutions with regard to fairness opinions and advisory engagements. Mr. Smith's capital markets work encompasses a broad range of global and domestic securities offerings and financings, liability management, regulatory advice and covered bonds. He also has advised several clients on minority investments and private equity secondary market transactions, as well as M&A-related disputes and arbitrations.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Smith was a corporate attorney for a national law firm and was the managing partner of its New York office.

Mr. Smith is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the Duke Law School Global Financial Markets Center Advisory Board. In addition, Mr. Smith serves as the Public and Charitable Services co-chair for Holland & Knight's New York office.