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Richard Greenstein

+1 404-736-7816 rich.greenstein@dlapiper.com View profile

Work Department

Private Equity; Corporate; Franchise

Position

Partner; Chair, Franchise and Distribution Practice

Career

Rich Greenstein is a transactional lawyer with over 30 years of experience representing clients across multiple industries principally involving different aspects of franchise and distribution law, intellectual property, M&A and licensing.

Rich was a founding partner of DLA Piper’s Atlanta office in 2006 and he currently serves on DLA Piper’s Policy Committee. He is a member of DLA Piper’s Corporate and Private Equity practices in the Southeast.

Education

J.D., University of Miami School of Law; B.A., University of Maryland

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
• Tax > International tax
• Real estate > Land use/zoning
• Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
• Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
• Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
• Real estate > Real estate
• Government > State attorneys general
• Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
• Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions

Firm Rankings

• Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
• Industry focus > Cannabis
• Antitrust > Cartel
• Dispute resolution > E-discovery
• Tax > Financial products
• Finance > Fintech
• Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Energy > Renewable/alternative power
• Finance > Structured finance: securitization
• Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
• Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
• Insurance > Advice to insurers
• Intellectual property > Copyright
• Environment > Environment: regulatory
• Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
• Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
• Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
• Healthcare > Life sciences
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
• Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• Dispute resolution > International arbitration
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
• Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
• Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
• Healthcare > Service providers
• Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Finance > Project finance
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense