Benesch is pleased to announce that Richard Grams has joined Benesch as Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Shanghai office. He will be practicing in the firm’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group and will serve as Co-Chair of the China Practice.
As a longtime resident of Hong Kong and Mainland China with many years of experience advising senior management, business owners and private equity funds, Mr. Grams understands the needs and challenges of foreign businesses operating in China today.
Mr. Grams routinely advises local and international clients on cross-border investments, mergers and acquisitions and reorganizations in China and Hong Kong, across a range of industries including distribution and retail, aerospace, health care, specialty chemicals, franchising and financial services. He is also recognized as having significant experience with corporate finance, especially private equity financings of investee companies; franchising and IP licensing; and matters involving insolvency, employment, anticorruption, and internal forensic/fraud investigations. Over the years, Richard has been instrumental in establishing more than 200 corporate operations in China.
Mr. Grams is licensed to practice law in Hong Kong and England and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English. Richard received his B.A. in Canada (from the University of Saskatchewan) before relocating to Hong Kong in 1987. He received his LL.B. (Honors, First Class) in 1998 and a Certificate of Laws in 1999 all from the University of Hong Kong. Additionally, Mr. Grams attended the Judge Business School’s Partner Development Programme at Cambridge University.
