Chad Rucker, ESQ

Senior Managing Director

Specialties:

  • Fairness & Solvency Opinions
  • VRC Leadership

Tel. No. (917) 338-5613

Mr. Rucker specializes in solvency and fairness opinions. Much of his work has been concentrated in technology and high growth industries.

Prior to joining VRC, Mr. Rucker headed Rucker Capital Partners, LLC. He also served as vice president of investment banking – global power at Salomon Smith Barney Holdings, Inc., in New York.

Mr. Rucker holds a master’s degree in finance from New York University, and a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics from Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia. In addition, he earned his juris doctor from New York University School of Law.

Perspectives

Continuation Funds: Valuation and Fairness Opinion Considerations

A review of the continuation fund market and a growing consensus that fairness opinions are necessary best practice for the health of the market. Plus, the SEC may be requiring them soon.

Chad Rucker in Private Funds CFO

Winding up legacy funds and side pocket investment vehicles can improve performance and free up investment capital, outweighing the cost of fairness opinions.

Johnson, Rucker Featured Guest Columnists for Private Funds CFO

SEC proposes the necessity of fairness opinions.

How Fairness Opinions Help Private Equity Sponsors Head Off Family Feuds

Related-party transactions between PE funds and their portfolio companies are fraught with the potential to create issues between limited partners. Fairness opinions can forestall such conflicts.

Why Get a Fairness Opinion?

Fairness opinions have a critical role in mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions, yet sometimes public and private companies might overlook the importance.

Top 7 Questions About Fairness Opinions

VRC’s Opinion Practice Group experts answer the top questions asked about fairness opinions for financial transactions.

Three Reasons Your Organization Needs a Fairness Opinion

If your organization is considering a merger, acquisition, or disposition, the time is now to seek out the services of an independent, third-party opinion provider.

SEC Requires Third-Party Fairness Opinion Certificate for BDCs

The SEC recently announced, as a response to COVID-19, they will provide temporary exemptions to BDCs to issue and sell senior securities.

Deal Lawyers Discusses Fairness Opinions with Chad Rucker

In the Jan-Feb 2019 issue of Deal Lawyers, Chad Rucker focuses on strategies for dealing with conflicts that may exist when a fairness opinion provider also receives an M&A success fee.

Fairness Opinions: How to Avoid Conflicts of Interest When Seeking a Provider

Fairness opinions provide substantial benefits – if the opinion process is performed correctly.

Receiving Dependable Fairness Opinions

Boards of directors can improve the likelihood of receiving a more defendable fairness opinion by making specific inquiries of their opinion provider.

Chad Rucker Quoted in Agenda: What Directors Consider During Takeover Talks

What issues must board members contemplate when facing a competitor’s takeover offer?

Industry Update: U.S. Dividend Recapitalizations

Read VRC’s Industry Update on U.S. Dividend Recapitalizations for trends in deal volume, trends in deals by industry, sector performance and more.