Ryan York advises clients on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, general corporate law, and securities matters for public and mature private companies. He has helped clients raise more than $2 billion in debt and equity offerings. Ryan is a frequent speaker on venture financing, emerging business, securities law and regulation, securities market rules, and corporate governance issues.
Ryan’s clients include: Northrim Bancorp, American West Bank, Pendrell Corporation, Williams Controls, and Novinium.
Practice Highlights
- Public and private securities offerings for U.S. and Canadian issuers, including debt and equity offerings under the Securities Exchange Act and venture capital financings for emerging companies
- Public company Securities Exchange Act compliance for a wide range of businesses, including financial institutions, mining, technology, biotechnology, wineries and manufacturing
- "Going private" transactions under the Securities Exchange Act
- Domestic and international merger and acquisition transactions, acting for acquiring and target companies in both friendly deals and hostile takeovers
- Formation, governance and structuring of business entities
- General business issues and commercial transactions