Richard D. Dusenbury
With extensive experience and a strategic approach, Richard advises clients on complex business transactions and legal challenges.
Richard Dusenbury represents traditional private equity funds, strategic acquirers, search funds, and fund-less sponsors as both buyers and sellers in private merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions across a variety of industries, including software and technology, healthcare, manufacturing, engineering, and personal merchandise. His experience encompasses a wide range of transaction types and structures, such as customary buy-outs, structured equity and debt investments, and other minority equity infusions. In each transaction, Richard prides himself on providing counsel aimed at efficiently and effectively solving real-world problems that arise through the deal process with the goal of getting the deal done for his clients.
In addition to his work in M&A, Richard handles a broad range of other corporate-related legal matters. These include venture capital investments, corporate governance, private placements of securities, federal and state securities law compliance, entity formation, and general commercial transactions.
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Education & Credentials
Education
- University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D., 2015
- Texas A&M University, B.B.A., Finance, 2011
Bar and Court Admissions
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Texas
Professional Recognition
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch in Corporate Law, 2021-2024
Listed by Super Lawyers Magazine, Texas Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," 2022-2024
Professional Experience
Representative Experience
- Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of several software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses operating in the education and marketing/sales industries.
- Represented one of the largest healthcare group purchasing organizations in its acquisition of several supplemental businesses.
- Represented private equity firm in its acquisition of land surveying company and the creation of an accompanying credit facility.
- Represented national fast-food retailer in acquisition of multiple franchisees.
- Represented private equity firm in a number of platform acquisitions, including EdTech, manufacturing, artificial intelligence, business SaaS platforms, insurance agencies, and professional services firms.
- Represented search fund in its acquisition of multi-state government-focused payment processer.
- Represented financial management services company in its sale to a strategic acquirer.
- Represented sponsor-backed operating issuer developing organic cleaning materials in its receipt of a significant, preferred-structured investment by an international private equity firm.
- Represented health care operating issuer in its receipt of a significant, preferred-structured investment by an international private equity firm.
- Represented private equity firm in its preferred-structured investment in a well-known online clothing marketplace.
- Represented Ft. Worth-based family office in its day-to-day operations and other material transactions, including acquisitions, recapitalizations, and restructurings.
- Represented private equity-backed radio broadcaster in a sale of substantially all of its assets to a NASDAQ-listed telecommunications conglomerate.
- Represented private equity firm in its acquisition of an athletic retailer in bankruptcy.
- Represented whiskey distillery in private offering of issuer convertible debt.
- Represented a hedge fund in its formation, federal and state registrations, and private offering of issuer in regular and special equity.
- Represented NYSE-listed commercial real estate services company in the creation and implementation of a program to offer vendor services through online application.