Richard L. Hong's practice focuses on all aspects of corporate and business law, including mergers and acquisitions, operational matters, private equity investments, corporate consolidations and spin-offs, project finance, debt and equity finance, private placements, strategic joint ventures, licensing and corporate governance.

Richard counsels buyers and sellers in acquisitions and divestitures through mergers, reorganizations and sales of stock and assets. In addition, he advises corporate clients, private equity firms and high net worth individuals on various operational and strategic matters. He serves as outside corporate counsel to numerous companies, funds and financial institutions from a broad spectrum of sectors, including financial, private equity, insurance, technology, advertisement, publishing and sports fitness clubs.

Richard began his legal career as Deputy Counsel to a Dutch-based company with worldwide holdings in Asia and Europe. He is fluent in both Mandarin and Taiwanese.

Representative Transactions:

• Represented largest private U.S. auto financing company in the placement of minority equity interest to a Japanese conglomerate.  
• Represented leading national financing company in strategic restructuring. 
• Represented premier global provider of international transportation and logistics in secured lending transaction.
• Represented private equity firm in acquisition and expansion of a major chain of sports fitness clubs.
• Represented private insurance company in acquisition of a national insurance company by way of complex joint venture and merger.
• Represented corporate client in the acquisition of a major chain of warehouse/container storage company.
• Represented buyer in acquisition of largest independent online magazine dedicated to premier computer technology platform.
• Represented corporate client in the consolidation and spin-off of its online entertainment, motion graphics and advertisement division into separate entity.
• Lead tax-free capital reorganization of independent label music recording company.
• Represented high net worth family office in global business planning relating to multi-million dollar art collection.
• Represented premier provider of online e-learning community through its formation, capitalization and private placement of capital.
• Represented high-end culinary sauce production and labeling corporation in reorganization and recapitalization.

Lectures:

• The Barrister's Club of the Bar Association of San Francisco

Awards & Recognition:

• Recipient, Freshman Writing Program Honors Award, University of Southern California
• Recipient, Dean's List Award (7 Consecutive Semesters), University of Southern California
• Recipient, Golden Key National Honor Society, University of Southern California
• Member, Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society, University of Southern California
• Recipient, Pepperdine University Diversity Academic Scholarship

Memberships & Community Involvement:

• State Bar of California, Business Law and Intellectual Property Sections