Rick Jordan represents investment funds, companies, boards and management teams in growth capital transactions, including financings, acquisitions, governance matters and other corporate transactions. He serves as Head of Growth Capital, Co-Chair of Polsinelli’s Venture Capital practice and leads the firm’s Life Sciences Industry group. In addition, he currently serves on the firm’s Compensation Committee and Audit & Finance Committee.
Rick advises clients across life sciences, technology, health care, fintech, consumer products and other growth-oriented industries. His transactional work includes early- and late-stage equity financings, sponsor-led minority investments, control acquisitions and dispositions, bolt-on acquisitions, corporate venture investments, joint ventures, restructurings, licensing deals and liquidity solutions for equity holders in later-stage growth companies. He also handles day-to-day governance, commercial, employment, intellectual property, tax and related corporate matters.
Rick’s clients include:
- Private equity, growth equity, venture capital and other investment funds
- Family offices and independent sponsors
- Public and private companies, including portfolio companies
- Boards of directors and board committees
- C-suite management teams
- Investors, including angel and later-stage investors
- High-growth potential businesses and entrepreneurs
Education
- Texas A&M University (B.S.)
- Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology (M.T.S.)
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (J.D.)
Bar Admission
- Texas
- Utah
Professional Affiliations
- State Bar of Texas
- Business Law Section
- Emerging Business/Venture Capital Committee Chair, 2015-2022
- Member, Leadership Council, 2018-Present
- Treasurer and Secretary, 2014-2015
- Contracts Committee Co-Chair, 2014-2015
- Business Law Section
- Dallas Bar Association
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- Texas Venture Capital Association
- Texas Business Law Foundation
- Secretary-Treasurer, 2016-2018
Recognition
- Ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Startups & Emerging Companies, USA – Nationwide, 2025-2026
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® for Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2022-2026
- Selected by The American Lawyer as a South Trailblazer, 2022
- Named a "Legal Innovator" by Texas Lawyer Magazine, 2020
- Named "Texas Rising Star" by Super Lawyers for Mergers & Acquisitions, 2013-2020
- Named "2019 Rising Star" by D Magazine, 2019
- Named "Who's Who in Impact Investing", Rocky Mountain Impact Investing, 2018
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers Under 40 by D Magazine, 2018-2019
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine for:
- Corporate Law: Private Equity, 2017, 2021
- Corporate Law: Mergers & Acquisitions, 2018
- Corporate Securities/Capital Markets, 2012-2014
