T Richard Giovannelli

Practice Areas

Rick Giovannelli is a partner in the Charlotte office and focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance, including senior debt, mezzanine debt and growth equity, and general corporate matters.

Rick regularly represents both strategic and financial buyers and sellers of businesses, debt and growth equity investors and other participants in complex buyout, recapitalization and financing transactions. He also represents other businesses on a variety of strategic, financing, and corporate matters.

Rick has extensive experience in transactions in many industries, including manufacturing and distribution, telecommunications, health care, life sciences, financial services, technology, media, retail, and services.

Professional Memberships

Association for Corporate Growth (Carolinas Chapter, Board Member, 2003-2008; President, 2006-2007)

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Charlotte Chapter, Board Member)

Publications

“Fintech Guide Overview,” Chambers & Partners, 2019

“Removing Directors in Private Companies by Written Consent,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, 30 April 2018

“New players, structures reshape LBO financing,” Charlotte Business Journal, November 2006

Education