NEW YORK – October 6, 2009 – Lawfuel.com – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP today announced that Richard Ross has joined the Firm as counsel in the corporate practice. He will be located in the Firm’s New York office.
Prior to joining Chadbourne, Mr. Ross was a Vice President & Assistant General Counsel in Merchant Banking Legal for Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York. While at Goldman Sachs, his work included advising on transactions involving infrastructure and real estate assets.
“Richard has a wide range of legal experience in the corporate, investment banking and financial services areas that will be of great benefit to our clients,” said Chadbourne Managing Partner Charles K. O’Neill. “We welcome him to the Chadbourne team.”
“Richard’s experience with the Merchant Banking Legal team at Goldman Sachs and his strong M&A experience will be invaluable to Chadbourne,” added Corporate Practice Head Allen Miller.
Before he joined Goldman Sachs, Mr. Ross was a senior associate in the mergers and acquisitions practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. In that capacity, Mr. Ross represented clients in public and private company M&A matters, including hostile and restructuring transactions.
Among the types of transactions Mr. Ross has worked on in both his in-house and law firm positions are those in the toll roads, ports, rails and regulated utilities sectors as well as proxy contests, spin-offs and private equity deals.
Mr. Ross received a J.D. from Cornell Law School and an M.B.A. from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, both in 1999. Additionally, he received his B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984, and an M.A. from Stanford University in 1993.
About Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Chadbourne & Parke LLP, an international law firm headquartered in New York City, provides a full range of legal services, including mergers and acquisitions, securities, project finance, private funds, corporate finance, energy, communications and technology, commercial and products liability litigation, securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, special investigations and litigation, intellectual property, antitrust, domestic and international tax, insurance and reinsurance, environmental, real estate, bankruptcy and financial restructuring, employment law and ERISA, trusts and estates and government contract matters. Major geographical areas of concentration include Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Latin America. The Firm has offices in New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Mexico City, London (a multinational partnership), Moscow, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Kyiv, Almaty, Dubai and Beijing. For additional information, visit www.chadbourne.com.
