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Richard A. Goulding

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Rick co-chairs Hinckley Allen’s Sports & Entertainment Group. He specializes in the areas of aviation and commercial and real estate finance, serving as legal adviser to institutional lenders and borrowers in senior and subordinated debt financings. He also represents large financial institutions that provide trustee and agency services in secured and unsecured financing transactions, with a concentration on domestic and international project finance, corporate and municipal debt, mergers and acquisitions, and asset-backed securitizations. Rick works with financial institutions serving as trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, intercreditor agent, account bank, escrow agent, and paying agent.

Rick represents companies in all stages of their corporate life-cycle and advises clients on matters ranging from pre-incorporation planning to everyday corporate governance and operational questions to structuring and negotiating commercial transactions to strategic expansion, sophisticated financings, and exit transactions.

Rick is also Vice Chair of the firm’s Cannabis Industry Group and has significant experience advising cannabis businesses in a wide range of corporate matters as well as financings and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to law school, Rick worked as a White House intern on the National Economic Council in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, and served on the Advisory Board for the Town of Norwell from 2019 to 2022.

Work Experience

  • Hinckley Allen
    • Partner (2023-Present)
    • Associate (2018-2022)
  • The Publicis Groupe
    • Legal Counsel (2017-2018)
  • Sullivan & Worcester LLP
    • Associate (2015-2017)
    • Law Clerk (2013-2014)
    • Summer Associate (2013)
    • Paralegal (2011-2013)
  • Steppingstone Foundation
    • Affiliate Program Associate (2010-2011)
    • Preparation and Placement Assistant (2008-2010)
  • The White House
    • Intern, National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President (2010)

Honors & Awards

  • Best Lawyers® Ones to Watch (2024-2025)
    • Corporate Law
  • Boston Magazine, Top Lawyers (2024-2025)
    • Sports Law
  • Super Lawyers, Massachusetts: Rising Stars (2023-2025)
    • Business/Corporate
  • Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Excellence in the Law (2024)
    • Up & Coming Lawyers

Charitable & Civic Involvement

  • Boston College High School Alumni Association, Board of Directors (2017-2018)
  • Town of Norwell
    • Advisory Board (2019-2022)
    • Economic Development Committee (2017-2019)

Professional Affiliations

  • Boston Bar Association, Public Interest Leadership Program (Class of 2019-2020)

Bar Memberships

  • Massachusetts, 2014
  • New York, 2015
Publication

The Only Way to Work is to Work Hard: A Conversation with Richard A. Goulding

Resident Hinckley Allen podcaster Richard A. Goulding, Partner, wants to hear your story. A proud, lifelong Massachusetts native, Rick shares his path to the law, his approach to his clients, and the advice he has for the next generation of attorneys. How d…

Publication

Federal Reserve Expands Scope of Main Street Lending Program

On October 30, 2020, the Federal Reserve announced amendments to the Main Street Lending Program to offer more targeted support to smaller businesses that continue to be adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Federal Reserve also released revised…

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Boston Magazine Recognizes 26 Hinckley Allen Attorneys in 2025 Top Lawyers List

Hinckley Allen is proud to announce that 26 of its attorneys have been named to Boston Magazine’s 2025 Top Lawyers list, representing a broad range of its practice groups. This year, six Hinckley Allen attorneys are newly recognized among the pu…

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Hinckley Allen Earns Wide Recognition Across Six States in 2025 Super Lawyers® and Rising Star Listings

More than 60 Hinckley Allen attorneys have been recognized in the 2025 Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists across our Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Upstate New York offices. The honorees include both newly selecte…

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