Richard A. Friedman is a founding member of Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP, a law firm that is headquartered in New York and offers a full range of financial and business legal services. Mr. Friedman is principally engaged in the practice of Corporate and Securities Law, with a concentration on public offerings and private placements. His extensive experience includes reverse mergers (both domestic and foreign companies), secured and unsecured private equity financing transactions (PIPEs), as well as initial public offerings (IPOs), registered direct offerings (RDs) and shelf offerings. Mr. Friedman has presided over a practice that has become a recognized leader in PIPEs transactions for publicly traded companies, having completed over 550 transactions totaling over $4.0 billion since 2004, and one of the most active law firms in the country according to the number of SEC transactions. He also represents publicly-held companies with their 1934 Act reporting obligations and with NASDAQ, NYSE MKT and other exchange listing and compliance matters. In addition, he represents both public and private companies with a wide variety of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, employment and shareholder agreements, and the formation of private equity hedge funds and special purpose vehicles (SPV’s). Mr. Friedman’s practice also involves representation of Broker-Dealers and Registered Individuals in a wide array of matters, including ongoing compliance, regulatory inquiries and disciplinary proceedings before governmental and self-regulatory organizations, such as the SEC, FINRA, NYSE and State Securities Commissions.