Richard Lieberman
Recognized since 2007
Scottsdale, Arizona
Banking and Finance Law
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Venture Capital Law
Mr. Lieberman is the Chair of Jennings, Strouss & Salmon’s Business Transactions Department. He has extensive experience in a broad range of business law issues, including mergers and acquisitions, securities, corporate governance, finance and banking, employment, executive compensation, bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, litigation and legislation.
Mr. Lieberman has served as in-house General Counsel and outside counsel to a variety of companies, ranging in size from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. He has counseled boards and senior management on issues pertinent to growing companies as well as those experiencing a wide variety of crisis situations.
Mr. Lieberman has been selected by The Best Lawyers in America© as the “Lawyer of the Year” in 2020, 2018, and 2016 for “Business Organizations,” in 2019 for “Corporate Compliance,” and in 2014 for “Corporate Governance.” He is currently listed by The Best Lawyers in America© in ten categories: Banking and Finance Law, Business Organizations, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law.
In addition to his law degree, Mr. Lieberman is a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor, awarded by the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors.
- E-mail: richard.lieberman@kutakrock.com
- Direct Phone Number: 480-429-4830
- Lawyer Page: https://www.kutakrock.com/people/l/lieberman-richard
- 8601 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 300
Scottsdale, AZ 85253-2738
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, J.D., graduated 1984
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, B.A., graduated 1981
- Arizona, 1984
- Coalition to Reform the Securities Laws - Chairman and Key Legislative Liaison (1995 - 1996)
- State Bar of Arizona - Chairman, Securities Regulation Section (1995 - 1996)
- State Bar of Arizona - Member, Business Law Section, Subcommittee on Revising Banking Legislation and Regulation (1993)
- State Bar of Arizona - Co-Chair, Subcommittee to revise the Corporate and Partnership Laws (2012 - 2018)
- Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors - Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals
10 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Phoenix (2020)
- Corporate Compliance Law, Phoenix (2019)
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Phoenix (2018)
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Phoenix (2016)
- Corporate Governance Law, Phoenix (2014)
- Banking and Finance Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Venture Capital Law
- Audit Committees
- Banking
- Business Planning
- Capital Markets
- Corporate
- Corporate Compliance
- Corporate Governance
- COVID-19
- Director and Officer Liability
- Disclosure
- Emerging Business
- Energy Companies
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility
- Fiduciary Duties
- Fraud
- Internal Investigations
- Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private
- Private Equity
- Private Placements
- Regulatory
- SEC Investigations
- Securities
- Transactions
- Al Brooks Community Leadership Award, Anti-Defemation League, Arizona Region
- AV PreeminentTM Peer Review Rated
- Listed, “Top 100 Lawyers for 2020,” AZ Big Media (2020)
- Listed, AB Top Lawyers (2008 – 2010) in the category of Corporate Law, Arizona Business Magazine
- Listed, Southwest Super Lawyers (2012 – 2020) in the categories of Mergers & Acquisitions, Business/Corporate, Securities & Corporate Finance
- Listed, Top Lawyers List (2014) in the category of Mergers & Acquisitions, Arizona Business Magazine
- Listed, Az Business Leaders in the category of Securities & Finance (2019 – 2021)
- Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
- Commercial Finance Law
- Energy Law
- Equipment Finance Law
- Health Care Law
- Securities Regulation
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