Richard M. Kosnik (Rich)
Partner
New York
Tel: +1.212.326.3437
Fax: +1.212.755.7306
Email:
rkosnik@jonesday.com
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Rich Kosnik is head of the New York Office securities practice and coordinates the integration of Jones Day's U.S. and international capital markets efforts.
Rich has managed a broad range of transactions and projects representing financial institutions, U.S. issuers, and non-U.S. issuers from numerous jurisdictions around the world, including equity and debt securities offerings into the U.S. public and private markets, tender offers for equity and debt securities, and the establishment of a variety of ADR programs. Rich has also advised U.S. and non-U.S. clients on securities regulatory projects, such as evaluating the impact of various SEC regulations and interpretive positions on clients' business practices and policies and reviewing activities of financial institutions, institutional investors, and global custodians in light of U.S. securities laws and regulations.
Corporate clients that Rich has represented include Telefónica S.A., BAE SYSTEMS plc, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES), Svyazinvest, and Eletrobrás Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. Among the financial institutions he has represented are The Bank of New York, Credit Suisse First Boston Limited, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and Salomon Smith Barney.
Rich has extensive U.S. securities regulatory experience, having served for four years at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. During his tenure at the commission, he was in charge of the international corporate finance program and was responsible for overseeing the review of all public offerings by non-U.S. issuers in the United States and establishing and implementing the commission's rulemaking initiatives and interpretive policies in the international corporate finance area, including all matters relating to the interpretation of Rule 144A and Regulation S and their application to multinational offerings by non-U.S. issuers.
Admitted
New York
Education
Harvard University (A.B. cum laude 1977); Georgetown University (J.D. 1982)
Government/Military Service
Associate Director, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1990-1994)