Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Year Joined Organization: 1970

Languages

• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Richard S. Borisoff served as chair of the Corporate Department and a member of the firm's Management Committee. Mr. Borisoff regularly advised boards of directors and management on corporate governance issues. His practice touched on all aspects of corporate law including public and private merger and acquisition transactions, capital markets transactions, securities regulation and general corporate counseling.

Mr. Borisoff was editor of the Columbia Law Review and a Kent Scholar.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1971
• District of Columbia, 1982
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1975
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1975

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)

Education

• Columbia Law School, New York, New York, 1970
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Kent Scholar
  
  Law Review: Columbia Law Review, Editor
• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1967
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Published Works

• The SEC Adopts Final Rules on the Definition of Significant Deficiency and Approves Auditing Standard No. 5, August 9, 2007
• NYSE Proposes Amendments to Eliminate the Treasury Share Exception, June 9, 2006
• SEC Issues Rules Regarding Two-Business Day Filing Deadline for Reports of Trading by Corporate Insiders, August 28, 2002
• SEC Issues Supplemental Information Regarding Two-Business Day Filing Deadline For Reports Of Trading By Corporate Insiders, Aug. 12, 2002
• Interview with Mark Bergman and Richard Borisoff: CEOs and CFOs Should Review Procedures for Filing Reports With SEC in Light of New Certification Requirement, July 17, 2002

Address

1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064

Phones

(212) 373-3153

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(212) 492-0153

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