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Arnold & Porter’s Corporate & Finance Practice Grows with Partner Marina Richter
March 7, 2023
Source: Arnold & Porter
NEW YORK, NY, March 6, 2023 — Arnold & Porter announced today the continued growth of its Corporate & Finance practice with the arrival of partner Marina Richter. She will be resident in New York.
Ellen Kaye Fleishhacker, co-managing partner of Arnold & Porter and also co-head of Arnold & Porter’s Investment Management practice group, said: “Marina is known for her sage advice and representation of clients in the areas involving fund investments, private equity, M&A matters, and debt financings. Her arrival will build upon our asset management legal capabilities and help meet the growing needs of our clients.”
Ms. Richter’s practice spans a wide range of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, fund investments, private equity, alternative assets, and venture capital transactions. She regularly represents private equity funds, institutional investors, sellers and strategic buyers in M&A deals, direct investments, co-investments and JVs. Ms. Richter also handles the formation, structuring, and operation of secondary funds, private equity funds, buyout funds and venture capital funds, the organization of joint ventures, and the negotiation of shareholder, limited partner, and limited liability company agreements.
In joining the firm, Ms. Richter said: “I’m thrilled to join Arnold & Porter’s highly-regarded integrated Corporate & Finance practice. I look forward to collaborating with a talented team of lawyers to provide clients with exceptional service and help solve complex matters.”
Fluent in Russian and French, Ms. Richter earned her LLM from Cornell Law School and received a specialist degree in law (JD equivalent) with great distinction from Moscow State Institute of International Relations University.
Ms. Richter is the latest addition in the recent expansion of the firm’s Corporate & Finance Practice bench, including Chris Anderson, Scott Berson, Pantea Garroussi, Alex Gendzier, Sara Glover, Catherine Hagerty, Marc Isaacs, Hyung Soo Kim, Niket Rele, Michele Rowland, Betty Yan, and Chris Willott.
About Arnold & Porter's Corporate and Finance Practice
Arnold & Porter’s Corporate and Finance practice serves as trusted legal advisers in business-critical transactions for clients in key industries including life sciences, financial services, technology, energy/energy transition, consumer products, and aerospace and defense, advising on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets transactions, financings, and venture capital investments, and other strategic transactions and collaborations. The practice represents corporate issuers and underwriters in registered and unregistered issuances of equity and debt; banks and non-bank lenders and borrowers in secured loan transactions; financial institutions acting in various roles in financing transactions and regulatory matters; hedge funds, private equity funds, and other investment vehicles in their formation, product development, and regulatory compliance; Fortune 500 and emerging growth companies, investors, and institutions in technology and content licensing, joint venture, and commercial transactions; and sovereign nations and sub-sovereign and quasi-governmental issuers in capital markets and financing transactions. The Corporate and Finance practice is closely integrated with other leading practice groups at the firm, thereby providing a full-service solution for our clients.
About Arnold & Porter
With nearly 1,000 lawyers practicing in 14 offices around the globe, Arnold & Porter serves clients across 40 distinct practice areas. The firm offers 100 years of renowned regulatory expertise, sophisticated litigation and transactional practices, and leading multidisciplinary offerings in the life sciences and financial services industries.
Ellen Kaye Fleishhacker, co-managing partner of Arnold & Porter and also co-head of Arnold & Porter’s Investment Management practice group, said: “Marina is known for her sage advice and representation of clients in the areas involving fund investments, private equity, M&A matters, and debt financings. Her arrival will build upon our asset management legal capabilities and help meet the growing needs of our clients.”
Ms. Richter’s practice spans a wide range of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, fund investments, private equity, alternative assets, and venture capital transactions. She regularly represents private equity funds, institutional investors, sellers and strategic buyers in M&A deals, direct investments, co-investments and JVs. Ms. Richter also handles the formation, structuring, and operation of secondary funds, private equity funds, buyout funds and venture capital funds, the organization of joint ventures, and the negotiation of shareholder, limited partner, and limited liability company agreements.
In joining the firm, Ms. Richter said: “I’m thrilled to join Arnold & Porter’s highly-regarded integrated Corporate & Finance practice. I look forward to collaborating with a talented team of lawyers to provide clients with exceptional service and help solve complex matters.”
Fluent in Russian and French, Ms. Richter earned her LLM from Cornell Law School and received a specialist degree in law (JD equivalent) with great distinction from Moscow State Institute of International Relations University.
Ms. Richter is the latest addition in the recent expansion of the firm’s Corporate & Finance Practice bench, including Chris Anderson, Scott Berson, Pantea Garroussi, Alex Gendzier, Sara Glover, Catherine Hagerty, Marc Isaacs, Hyung Soo Kim, Niket Rele, Michele Rowland, Betty Yan, and Chris Willott.
About Arnold & Porter's Corporate and Finance Practice
Arnold & Porter’s Corporate and Finance practice serves as trusted legal advisers in business-critical transactions for clients in key industries including life sciences, financial services, technology, energy/energy transition, consumer products, and aerospace and defense, advising on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets transactions, financings, and venture capital investments, and other strategic transactions and collaborations. The practice represents corporate issuers and underwriters in registered and unregistered issuances of equity and debt; banks and non-bank lenders and borrowers in secured loan transactions; financial institutions acting in various roles in financing transactions and regulatory matters; hedge funds, private equity funds, and other investment vehicles in their formation, product development, and regulatory compliance; Fortune 500 and emerging growth companies, investors, and institutions in technology and content licensing, joint venture, and commercial transactions; and sovereign nations and sub-sovereign and quasi-governmental issuers in capital markets and financing transactions. The Corporate and Finance practice is closely integrated with other leading practice groups at the firm, thereby providing a full-service solution for our clients.
About Arnold & Porter
With nearly 1,000 lawyers practicing in 14 offices around the globe, Arnold & Porter serves clients across 40 distinct practice areas. The firm offers 100 years of renowned regulatory expertise, sophisticated litigation and transactional practices, and leading multidisciplinary offerings in the life sciences and financial services industries.
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