Richard A. Rubano is an Associate in the Corporate Department, resident in the New York office. As a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Groups, his practice focuses on the representation of both financial and strategic acquirors and sellers in public and private transactions, as well as restructuring and recapitalization transactions.
In addition to representing clients in strategic transactional matters, Richard acts as an advisor on a wide range of general business law matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Richard was an Associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker LLP.
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Richard’s experience includes the representation of:
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Centerline Holding Company in a series of simultaneous transactions with Island Capital Group LLC, Centerline’s creditors and Centerline’s preferred shareholders, which included the sale of Centerline’s real estate debt fund management and commercial mortgage loan special servicing business to an Island Capital affiliate and the recapitalization of the majority of Centerline’s outstanding equity interests
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Marvel Entertainment, Inc. in its acquisition by the Walt Disney Company, pursuant to which Disney acquired ownership of Marvel and its portfolio of more than 5,000 characters in a transaction valued at approximately $4 billion
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Stephen M. Ross, Chairman and CEO of the Related Companies, in the:
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purchase of a 50% interest in the Miami Dolphins franchise, stadium and certain adjacent real property
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purchase of an additional 45% interest in the Miami Dolphins franchise and stadium
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sale of minority interests in the Miami Dolphins to high-profile celebrity investors
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MXenergy Holdings Inc. in connection with the restructuring of its outstanding debt and equity
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GreenShift Corporation in a joint venture to deploy additional corn oil extraction plants and increase the capacity of its biodiesel refinery
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Elk Associates Funding in the sale of its taxicab medallion loan portfolio to Medallion Bank
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The Related Companies, L.P. in connection with an equity and debt investment by Goldman Sachs, MSD Capital, Kuwait Investment Authority, the Olayan Group and Mubadala Development Company
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Insl-X Products Corporation in the sale of substantially all of its assets to Complementary Coatings Corp.
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Acumen Fund in its micro-financing projects in Third World countries
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Kurt Salmon Associates, as financial advisor and fairness opinion provider, in connection with the merger of Ashworth and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf
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JPMorgan Securities, as financial advisor and fairness opinion provider, in connection with:
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Mars, Inc. and Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.’s acquisition of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.
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Landmark Communications’ sale of The Weather Channel to BNC, Bain and Blackstone
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MoneyGram’s recapitalization with T.H. Lee Partners and Goldman Sachs
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United Industrial Corporation’s sale to Textron, Inc.
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Houlihan Lokey, as financial advisor and solvency opinion provider, in the spin-off by Pride International, Inc. of Seahawk Drilling, Inc.
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