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Brian F. Richards

Partner, Private Equity

brianrichards@paulhastings.com
Chicago+1 312 499 6070

Brian Richards is co-chair of the firm’s Private Equity practice and is a partner in the M&A practice at Paul Hastings.

Brian has 30 years of experience leading complex domestic and international transactions, including leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, and growth equity investments in a wide variety of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, technology, distribution and services. The volume and breadth of Brian’s experience is relatively unmatched in the middle market. In 2021 alone, he led more than 30 transactions of all sizes, including several multibillion-dollar deals.

REPRESENTATIONS de

  • Represented Cortec Group and its portfolio companies in dozens of transactions, including the recent sale of Groundworks to KKR.

  • Represented Madison Industries in dozens of transactions, including the recent $3.6 billion acquisition of Nortek Air Solutions and the recent acquisitions of UV Resources, United Air Cool, Sterile-Aire, NovelAire and Airexchange.

RECOGNITION de

  • Band 1 – Private Equity: Buyouts

    Chambers USA – Nationwide

  • Highly Regarded

    IFLR1000

ASSOCIATIONS de

  • Member

    several philanthropic organizations dedicated to improving opportunities for inner-city children

  • Chairman Emeritus

    Board of Trustees, Holy Trinity High School

Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity