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As a partner in corporate practice, Mr. Ray brings a history of working with startups, small businesses, and businesses entering into early funding rounds, e-commerce and highly regulated businesses including those involving digital assets in corporate and transactional matters.

He has litigated employment-related matters before the EEOC, and is experienced in business-to-business civil litigation, international transactions, and matters of intellectual property. He has served as ERISA compliance counsel at all levels of employee benefit compliance, including health care plan design. Together with his PHR-certified HR professional certifications, he is also Co-Founder and Manager of C-Squared Consulting, a labor and employment compliance firm providing training, regulatory compliance assistance, and risk management solutions for small businesses not in active litigation.

Mr. Ray also brings experience in complex securities matters, litigation as well as mergers and acquisitions. As corporate counsel, he has participated in mergers and acquisitions on both the buy-side and sell-side in transactions ranging from the acquisition of small brick-and-mortar businesses up through businesses in extremely complex niche regulatory spaces like complex financial technology, the legal adult-use cannabis industry, and banking software developers. He has served as lead counsel and due diligence counsel on more than twenty acquisitions across the course of his career. He has also served as securities compliance counsel for private equity fundraising, including fundraising involving complex financial instruments like cryptocurrency.

Legal Academics: Suffolk University Law School (Boston MA), juris doctor, graduate with distinction with an elective concentration in labor and employment law.

Undergraduate Studies: Bates College (Lewiston, ME) B.A. Philosophy, B.S. Musicology.

Associations: Litigation experience in the American Arbitration Association, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and the First Federal Circuit Courts.