Russ Richards is a senior partner in King & Spalding’s Corporate Practice Group. He focuses his practice on the representation of publicly-held and privately-owned companies in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other corporate transactions and in corporate governance matters.
Mr. Richards’ experience involves a broad variety of industries and the full range of M&A transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic investments, and representation of Boards of Directors and Special Committees. His practice has included transactions throughout the United States and in Canada, Mexico, South America, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe.
Mr. Richards graduated, with high honors, from the University of Tennessee (B.S. in Accounting) in 1971 and with high honors from Duke University Law School in 1974 where he served as Executive Editor of The Duke Law Journal and was a member of the Order of the Coif. He passed the National Examination for Certified Public Accountants in 1971. He joined King & Spalding in 1974 and has been a partner since 1980. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, and Chambers USA and Georgia Trend haveselected Mr. Richards as a leading lawyer in his practice area. He has also been selected as a “BTI Client Service All-Star” for delivering exemplary client service.
