Richard Aldrich’s practice focuses on securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions
and public and private financings in Brazil and the United States for both companies
and financial advisors. From 1987 to 1994, he represented the Bank Advisory
Committee of Brazil in Brazil’s US$120 billion foreign debt restructuring, and in
1992, he represented Aracruz Celulose S.A. in the first SEC-registered, NYSE-listed
IPO of a Brazilian company.
Since 2005, Richard Aldrich has been ranked by Chambers Global in the areas of Latin
America Capital Markets: Locally based International Counsel (Brazil), Banking and
Finance (Latin America-wide), Corporate/M&A (Latin America-wide) and Capital
Markets (Latin America-wide). He also was selected for inclusion in Who’s Who Legal -
Capital Markets 2013, The Best Lawyers in America 2010 and in Latin America’s Legal
Stars 2010. In 2013, Mr. Aldrich received the International Lawyer of the Year Award
presented by Latin Lawyer magazine.
From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Aldrich served as co-head of Shearman & Sterling’s São
Paulo office. From 1984 to 1987, he was in charge of Shearman’s Hong Kong office,
and he served as general counsel for the Middle East/Africa Division of Citibank from
1978 to 1982.
Mr. Aldrich is a member of the advisory board of the Brazilian-American Chamber of
Commerce and served as president from 2005 through 2008.