Rick Bange is a partner in King & Spalding’s Corporate Department and a member of its Private Equity Practice. The focus of Mr. Bange’s practice is representing private equity sponsors and venture capital funds in evaluating, structuring and negotiating investment and exit transactions, including leveraged buyouts, growth equity investments, mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and sales, mezzanine investments and recapitalizations. In addition to his work in the areas of private equity, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions, Mr. Bange also has extensive experience representing private equity sponsors in obtaining senior secured and high yield financing for leveraged acquisitions and recapitalizations, including through cash-flow and asset-based senior secured credit facilities and the issuance of high yield bonds. He also has experience in representing issuers of equity securities in initial and follow-on public offerings.
Prior to joining King & Spalding, Mr. Bange was counsel in the M&A/Private Equity and Finance Groups of O’Melveny & Myers LLP’s New York office, where he represented private equity sponsors, venture capital funds and private and public companies in a variety of transactions.