It’s time to welcome Rich Agins from Sigman and Rochlin Law to the wonderful world of blogging.

Richard Agins is a member of our firm resident in the Connecticut and New York offices.  He brings a unique set of credentials to rendering legal advice and counsel, embracing extensive experience as a general corporate lawyer and an expert on financial transactions. Richard has long-standing financial consulting and accounting experience, as well as frontline executive experience as president of a closely-held New York City corporation. Licensed as a CPA for many years, Richard has a thorough understanding of the financial aspects of business and the ability to quickly analyze financial reports and statements.  This rare combination of expertise and experience allows Richard to help clients address both strategic and practical business issues.
Before beginning the practice of law, Richard held both financial and operations positions, serving in roles ranging from Chief Financial Officer to independent management consultant for companies in the construction, supply/distribution and food service industries, to principal of a closely-held manufacturing company in the fashion industry.  Having earned an MBA early in his career, Richard has approached the practice of law from both a strategic and a tactical perspective, evaluating the interrelationship among the various business functions and always viewing business from the broadest legal perspective and the law from a thoroughly commercial point of view.
During the course of his legal career with the major international law firm, Bingham McCutchen, LLP, Richard worked on large bankruptcies and out-of-court restructuring engagements, both domestically and internationally.  As part of the teams handling these high-stakes engagements, he contributed his financial knowledge in evaluating the debtors’ condition and the prospects and methods for maximizing creditor recovery.  Richard has evaluated and proposed debtor-in-possession credit facilities, and has assessed private placement memoranda and bond indentures.  Richard has also handled a variety of personal bankruptcies, always combining sound legal counsel with compassion and personal attention to his clients’ needs.  Fluent in Spanish, Richard also has analyzed commentaries on Spanish-language insolvency laws and restructuring documents, as well as assessing and commenting on proposed plans of reorganization in cross-border representations.  Richard also has focused his practice on general business law, mergers and acquisitions, and business organization formation.

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