Richard S. Guy
Practice Focus:
Business
Commercial Finance
Health Care
Commercial Real Estate
Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy
Appellate Advocacy
Commercial Litigation
Contact Information
Norfolk Office
500 World Trade Center
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
(757) 446-8526
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Richard is a partner with Vandeventer Black and concentrates his practice in business formations, purchases, sales, and mergers; commercial finance, banking, secured transactions; commercial real estate; health care; creditors’ rights and bankruptcy; commercial litigation, and appellate advocacy.
At the start of the lifecycle of a business, Richard assists the owners choose the entity that is best for their particular business plan. His assistance to growing businesses includes advice about financing that growth, handling offensive and defensive commercial litigation, and arranging for the owners to share in the benefits of the commercial real estate that supplies the office space to the business. As businesses reach the critical mass where they seek to acquire other businesses or are themselves attractive targets, he represents both buyers and sellers in stock, asset, and merger transactions. In several instances, his clients have sold businesses he helped them start and begun the cycle again by forming new business with their sales proceeds.
In addition to representing borrowers, Richard represents several financial institutions in loan transactions of varying size. In order to fully service the needs of lenders, he also negotiates workout agreements and handles commercial foreclosures. When borrowers file bankruptcy petitions, Richard helps lenders realize on their collateral.
Richard’s health care clients include physician groups, home health agencies, hospitals, and medical testing companies.
Richard received a B.A. (magna cum laude) from Dartmouth College and a M.B.A. and J.D. from the University of Virginia.
In addition to his years in private practice, Richard served as in-house counsel to General Electric Capital Corporation (1986-1992) and as General Counsel and President of Commonwealth Health Care, Inc. (1992-1996).
He is a member of the Norfolk & Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, North Carolina, Virginia, and American Bar Associations (Business Law and Health Care Sections), as well as the Virginia and North Carolina State Bars.