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. Richter arrives from O’Melveny & Myers LLP.
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.
Source: www.arnoldporter.com
