Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
North Carolina
Education
University of Virginia, J.D., 1989, Order of the Coif; Managing Editor, Virginia Tax Review, 1988-89; Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review, 1988-89
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985, Phi Beta Kappa
Profile
In his 30-plus years of practice, Richard Mack has handled virtually every type of financing transaction. His experience includes secured and unsecured syndicated senior credit facilities, senior and senior subordinated debt securities in public and private issuances, debt private placements, secured and unsecured mezzanine facilities, cross-border financings, letter of credit arrangements, swaps and other derivative transactions, aircraft and other equipment leases, and loans for high-net worth individuals and families. He has advised clients in transactions across a wide variety of business lines, including manufacturing, industrial growth, insurance, transportation, technology, medical and health services, and real estate. Richard regularly represents both financial institutions and corporate clients, which ensures a balanced perspective and understanding of business issues that enables him to provide seasoned and efficient counsel in complex and difficult transactions.
Richard has an extensive background in all types of corporate and commercial transactions, including the representation of private equity firms, venture capital firms, and other public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, equity issuances, reorganizations and joint ventures. He has counseled numerous professional service providers, in fields like engineering and architecture, in connection with North Carolina ownership and licensing requirements.
Honors & Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America, banking and finance, corporate, 2010-25
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
Experience
Experience
Represented a global industrial technology company in connection with its $1.01 billion syndicated senior secured credit facilities and Rule 144A offering of $350 million senior notes.
Represented a global insurance broker in connection with its $2.3 billion syndicated senior secured credit facilities and Rule 144A offering of $790 million senior notes.
Represented a global supplier of infrastructure equipment and engineered solutions in connection with its $900 million senior secured credit facilities.
Represented a fabrics manufacturer in connection with its $250 million syndicated senior secured credit facilities.
Represented a software solutions provider in connection with its $100 million syndicated senior secured credit facilities.
Represented the lead arranger and agent in connection with a $75 million international letter of credit facility.
Represented a national bank as lead arranger and agent in connection with various syndicated and bilateral senior secured and unsecured credit facilities.
Represented an equipment leasing joint venture in connection with its $150 million asset-based revolving credit facilities.
Represented a privately held adhesives manufacturer in connection with its $300 million syndicated senior secured credit facilities.
Represented an agricultural lender and investment manager in connection with a $16 million recapitalization facility for a West Coast dairy farm, a $24 million recapitalization facility for a West Coast fruit and vegetable farm and a $16 million recapitalization facility for a Midwest crop farm.
Represented a national education loan investor in the purchase of a portfolio of education loans from a national bank.
Represented a global drilling services and equipment company in various financings, including asset-based revolving and term credit facilities and Rule 144A offerings of $300 million senior notes and $300 million senior secured notes.
Represented a small-loan consumer finance company in connection with a $650 million asset-based revolving credit facility.
News & Events
News
- Aug. 15, 2024
- Aug. 25, 2023
- Aug. 17, 2023
- Aug. 23, 2022
- Nov. 11, 2021
- Aug. 26, 2021
- Aug. 20, 2020
- Aug. 15, 2019
- Aug. 31, 2018
- Aug. 15, 2018
- Eight Named “Lawyer of the Year”Aug. 16, 2017
Insights
- April 4, 2012Robinson Bradshaw Publication
- June 18, 2008Robinson Bradshaw Publication