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Richard S. Grant
Partner
1800 Century Park East
rgrant@mcguirewoods.com8th Floor Los Angeles, California 90067 F: 310.956.3134 |
Mr. Grant is the managing partner of the firm's Los Angeles office, and serves on the firm's Finance Committee and Opinion Committee.
His practice concentrates on corporate finance, private equity, corporate transactions, and technology transactions. He regularly represents private equity funds and a diverse array of companies in various business transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, venture capital financings, and structuring of venture backed companies.
Mr. Grant also has special experience handling corporate sponsorships of professional sports teams, leagues and organizations, including league sponsorships, team sponsorships, television and other media rights agreements, and advertising and marketing agreements. He recently handled a landmark sponsorship transaction with the NBA, WNBA and 17 NBA teams for a major automobile distributor.
He also provides general corporate counseling to public and privately held companies. In advising those clients, he often acts as the point person to, and works closely with, attorneys in other departments of the firm, including those with a concentration in labor and employment, trade secrets and intellectual property protection, insolvency and creditors' rights, tax, and complex business litigation.
Civic and Community Activities
Mr. Grant has provided pro bono legal services for various organizations, including the Los Angeles County Bar Domestic Violence Project. He is currently counsel to Garden School Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to creating teaching gardens and related projects in schools serving underprivileged communities. He previously served on the foundation's board.
- Managing Partner, McGuireWoods Los Angeles Office
- Finance Committee
- Named a "Southern California Super Lawyer," Law & Politics Magazine, 2007
- Contributing Editor, "California Laws Governing Business Entities," Corporation Service Company, 2006, 2007
- "Sarbanes-Oxley, Not Just for Public Companies," Sanli Pastore & Hill Reporter
- Panelist, Counsel to Counsel Summit, "Managing In-House/Outside Lawyer Relationships," October 2009
- Panelist, Association of Corporate Counsel Roundtable, October 2008
- "Due Diligence in Venture Financings," Tech Coast Angels, June 2007
- "Fair and Reasonable Contract Negotiation," Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California Chapter, June 2007
- "Mergers and Acquisitions," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 2003, 2005
- "Ethical Issues in Representing Start-up Companies," Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2002
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Former Member, Executive Committee, Corporate Section
- Tech Coast Angels
- Youth Education Committee, Temple Leo Baeck, 2006-2008
- Executive Committee, Legal Division, The Jewish Federation
- Board, Garden School Foundation, 2005-2007
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EDUCATION University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin, J.D., cum laude, 1986 University of Wisconsin, B.A., 1983 ADMITTED California 1986 |

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