Richard Lieberman

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.