Richard Brand Bio

Richard Brand is a partner in White & Case's Global Mergers and Acquisitions Practice and Head of Global Shareholder Engagement. He is based in the New York office. He is widely recognized as a leading advisor to public companies, hedge funds, private equity firms and investment banks. His experience includes mergers and acquisitions, takeover preparedness and defense, shareholder activism and defense, general corporate advisory work and securities offerings. Richard also advises clients on complex transactions involving distressed companies and assets, including mergers, acquisitions, investments, and financings, as well as restructurings. Richard has been described by The American Lawyer as "a takeover and defense specialist" who is "no stranger to billion-dollar deals" and by Chambers USA as "an extremely talented and bright" practitioner who is "very creative and tailors his advice to what is needed for the situation." He has been recognized in the New York edition of Super Lawyers consistently since 2011 for his corporate practice, has been named a leading M&A and governance practitioner by Who's Who Legal every year since 2017, was recognized by Lawdragon as one of the "500 Leading Lawyers in America" from 2017 to 2024 and as one of the "500 Leading Dealmakers in America" from 2021 to 2024. Richard serves on the advisory boards of Harvard Law School's Program on Corporate Governance and of New York University's Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance and was recognized in 2016 by Columbia Law School's Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership as a "Rising Star of Corporate Governance."