Practice Profile: Russell Franklin represents global private and publicly held companies in connection with structuring, and effecting, complex strategic transactions, including structuring and negotiating M&As, minority investments, and joint venture transactions for strategic and financial clients including private equity firms. He advises on general stock and asset transactions, and purchases and sales resulting from bankruptcy and out-of-court restructurings. Russell serves on the firm's SPAC Task Force and counsels clients contemplating SPAC and de-SPAC transactions.