Richard J. Squadron is Of Counsel to the firm and focuses his practice in the area of sophisticated corporate law transactions.  Richard joined Smith Giacometti in 2005 following more than 20 years of experience as an attorney, financial executive, and mergers, acquisitions, strategic management and financial consultant.  Richard advised and assisted unaffiliated and in-house clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to closely held businesses and companies to individual clients.

Prior to joining the firm, Richard spent approximately 6 years as an independent business and legal consultant and as a principal at a boutique mergers and acquisitions and strategic management consulting firm based in Wilmington, Delaware.  Richard also spent over 9 years as chief financial officer and/or acting general counsel to the competitive subsidiaries of Delmarva Power & Light Company (now Conectiv) and the MidAtlantic Region of NRG Energy, Inc.  Prior to joining Delmarva Power, Richard was a member for 5 years of the Corporate Department of Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz in its Philadelphia office.

Richard’s areas of expertise include:

• Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
• Restructurings and Workouts
• Project Finance
• Joint ventures and Partnerships
• Equity Formation
• Banking
• Real Estate
• General Corporate Transactions

Education

J.D., 1984, University of Pennsylvania Law School

M.B.A., 1984, Wharton Graduate School of Business

B.S., Economics and Applied Mathematics, 1979, Brown University

Bar Admissions 

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Delaware

Professional Activities and Affiliations

Member, Philadelphia Bar Association

Member, Delaware Bar Association

Member, Financial Executives International

Member, Planning Commission, Franklin Township, PA