Richard C. Buslepp

Rich is co-chairperson of the firm’s Business and Corporate Law practice group. He has more than 30 years of experience serving as business counsel to clients in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, health care, architectural and engineering, technology, construction, service and transportation. Rich specializes in structuring, negotiating, and consummating complex domestic and cross-border transactions such as stock and asset sale transactions, leveraged buyouts, mergers, recapitalizations, divestitures, take-privates, joint ventures, debt and equity finance transactions, management led buyouts, real estate transactions and restructure transactions for private equity, public, non profits, and family owned clients. He regularly counsels clients on a variety of other legal matters including corporate governance, business entity formation, the formation and qualification of tax-exempt organizations, tax planning, tax controversies, the preparation and review of contracts, and business planning and law issues. Experienced in advising US and foreign-based companies in establishing operations in both the US and abroad, Rich also leads the firm’s US-Asia practice.

Additionally, Rich has lectured and written on various business and tax law-related subjects, including the advantages and disadvantages of the various forms of business entities, the requirements for tax deferred like-kind exchanges, and corporate, estate and partnership tax matters.