Offit Kurman

Corporate M&A

Ray brings decades of experience guiding clients towards achieving their business objectives through practical solutions to their commercial issues. His meticulous approach ensures that documentation related to mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and commercial contracts mitigates legal risks and complies with applicable laws. Ray's diverse clientele includes individual entrepreneurs, investors, family businesses, family offices (both large and small), venture capital and hedge funds, burgeoning technology startups, emerging growth companies, as well as established, thriving, substantial private and public enterprises.

Ray concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, entity formation, securities law compliance, employment and equity incentive agreements for C-suite executives, software licensing, and complex joint ventures involving equity in various sectors such as real estate development, industrial processes, life sciences, and software. Additionally, he adeptly handles general commercial matters, encompassing loan agreements, distribution agreements, and long-term supply arrangements.

In an interview discussing Ray's inclusion in the Chambers Guide to Leading U.S. Lawyers, a client expressed their satisfaction, stating that Ray "did a magnificent job; he produced a great work product efficiently, in a timely manner, and at an appropriate cost." He also has significant experience in industrial component production, defense contracting, mining, and real estate development. A substantial portion of Ray's practice involves representations of non-U.S. individuals and entities that do business or acquire assets in the United States, as well as transactions for U.S. companies that involve significant cross-border elements, with experience in M&A and securities work in the U.K., France, Germany, Japan, China, Poland, Ukraine, and South America.

Leading lawyer for Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions for Securities Law for Pennsylvania, Chambers, USA, 2012-2019

Legal Elite Corporate Lawyer List, Smart CEO magazine, 2011-2012

Russian, French, Spanish

Yale Club of Philadelphia, Council Member (Board of Directors)

American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Mergers and Acquisitions Committee, Member

American Bar Association, Business Law Section, International Business Law Committee, Member

Columbia Law School (J.D., with honors) (Chancellor Kent Scholar ("highest honors") 3rd year, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar 1st year and 2nd year ("very high honors"))

Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude)