Marina 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. Ms. Richter regularly represents private equity funds, institutional investors (including major pension funds), sellers and strategic buyers in M&A deals, direct investments, co-investments and JVs. She regularly negotiates complex agreements on both the sponsor and the investor sides, and assists asset managers engaged in direct investments and co-investments. Ms. Richter also counsels clients on 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.
Ms. Richter’s experience spans diverse asset classes in a broad range of industries including infrastructure, technology, healthcare, entertainment, sports and media, energy, and telecommunications. She also advises boards of directors, independent directors, and special committees on corporate matters, including corporate governance, disclosure issues, and corporate compliance.
Experience
- A major Australian pension fund in investments with various U.S. asset managers, including limited partner investments, co-investments, joint ventures, funds of one and separately managed accounts.*Reflects experience at previous employer.
- A major Australian pension fund in various direct investments in the U.S. infrastructure assets and establishment of infrastructure platforms with various investment partners. *Reflects experience at previous employer.
- A major Australian pension fund in securities reporting obligations, directors’ fiduciary duties, disclosure requirements with respect to ownership of portfolio companies, as well as operational and employment matters. *Reflects experience at previous employer.
- A multinational investment management firm in a GP-led restructuring involving the synthetic secondary sale of a multijurisdictional portfolio of six VC private and public companies. *Reflects experience at previous employer.
- A multinational investment management firm in various portfolio acquisitions for its flagship private equity fund. *Reflects experience at previous employer.
Perspectives
Credentials
Education
- LL.M., Cornell Law School, 2005
- Specialist degree in law, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), 2004
Admissions
- New York
Languages
- Russian
- French