Richard Marks

Richard Marks has been a business lawyer with DLA Piper for more than 30 years, assisting clients with cross-border and domestic acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and investments. He has represented companies and investors in many different sectors, including manufacturing, technology, hospitality, education and healthcare.

Rick works with private equity, Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) and mezzanine funds, and other institutional investors in the purchase, sale and financing of their portfolio companies. He also serves as outside counsel for public and private companies as buyers and sellers in their strategic acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures and with general operational and corporate matters. In addition, Rick has broad experience representing borrowers and lenders in senior secured, second lien, unitranche and mezzanine corporate loans and acquisition financings and with related intercreditor and restructuring issues.

His work on all sides of acquisition and finance transactions gives Rick the ability to bring clients deep market insight into the positions of each counterparty to a deal, helping them negotiate transactions more efficiently and effectively. Chambers USA has consistently recognized Rick for "transactions across a wide range of industries," and clients note him as "a good legal advisor with good commercial awareness." Clients further praise Rick as "consistently very knowledgeable and thoughtful towards the work and advice he gives, while being mindful of the situation."