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Julie Ryan
May 23, 2024
MISSION-driven. experienced. cost-effective. dependable. trustworthy
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J.D., Fordham University School of Law
B.S. Business Administration (Accounting and Finance), Georgetown University
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New York, California
Meagan is an accomplished lawyer with twenty years of experience, including as a partner at a top-tier global law firm, in house counsel at a Fortune 500 company and general counsel to multiple growth companies.
Leveraging her deep experience as a corporate and securities lawyer and broad experience as a general counsel, Meagan works with companies across industries and at all stages of their lifecycle, making her a versatile legal partner. She works with clients to understand their strategic goals and KPIs, identify risks and opportunities, and collaborates with them to implement legal solutions that support the business’s objectives.
Meagan has significant experience working with boards of directors and executives on corporate governance and investor relations, and guiding companies through complex domestic and international M&A transactions, debt and equity financings (public and private), SEC reporting obligations, stock exchange compliance and commercial contracts. She also has experience advising companies on a wide array of strategic and operational matters, including international market and product expansion, marketing, sustainability programs, equity plan management, executive compensation, employment/HR matters, intellectual property matters, litigation management and compliance.
Meagan is passionate about supporting purpose-driven organizations, a commitment that is evident in her personal consumer choices and volunteer efforts, as well as her professional pursuits. She enjoys working with organizations on implementing people- and planet-focused initiatives. She also has a demonstrated commitment to non-profit organizations, including assisting multiple non-profits with formation and tax-exempt qualification and advising AIDS Project Los Angeles and I am a voter (an organization focused on voter registration and civic engagement) on transformative corporate transactions, all on a pro bono basis.
Meagan is based in Los Angeles. In her free time, she enjoys spending time outdoors and volunteering with her family, playing pickleball, and exploring the city’s vibrant food scene.
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J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
TBC
New York, District of Columbia
Jim is a highly experienced corporate lawyer with more than two decades of legal experience, including as a partner in a leading global law firm and most recently as Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Member of the Executive Leadership Team of a publicly traded international company.
Jim’s career has shown him the importance of working with a clear focus on ethical and sustainable business practices, which led him to co-found ImpactGC to further his personal mission of helping make business a force for good. Jim is fully committed to operating with a triple-bottom-line approach (People, Planet, Profit) and to helping mission-driven clients of all types pursue their important social, environmental and governance aims.
Jim has extensive experience counseling founders and executive teams on corporate strategy, major transactions and other important matters, including litigation management, corporate governance and compliance. He has advised on numerous complex commercial contracts across a range of industries, as well as mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance deals. His commitment to social justice and human rights is reflected in a long track record of pro bono and other volunteer work, including advising a prominent LGBTQ civil rights organization, the Innocence Project and the American Academy in Berlin, among others.
Jim spent well over a decade working and studying overseas, including in Germany and the Czech Republic, and he speaks fluent German. He is a frequent author and speaker on a wide range of business law topics, including those of particular relevance to mission-driven companies. He is based in the Washington D.C. area, where he loves to spend time hiking, biking and running the trails and communing with nature in the woods of Northern Virginia. In his personal time, he is a devoted father of two, partner and dog dad of a highly opinionated Shiba Inu.
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J.D., cum laude, Georgetown Law
Complex commercial contracts | Cross-border M&A | Venture capital | Private equity | Corporate governance | Impact investing | Employment matters | Technology start-ups | Regulatory compliance | Partnerships | Secured transactions | Data privacy | Entity formation and structuring | E-commerce | Intellectual property licensing
New York, District of Columbia, California
Julie is an accomplished global corporate and securities lawyer with over 25 years’ legal and entrepreneurial experience. She is recognized for her unique problem-solving, collaborative approach, and enjoys working with clients to understand their specific business concerns and creating tailored, practical legal solutions.
Starting her career at the law firms of Clifford Chance LLP and Akin Gump LLP, Julie developed broad expertise representing major clients in a range of complex cross-border transactions. She also has significant experience working with entrepreneurs and small- to mid-cap companies. She is the co-founder of AltaClaro, an innovative experiential online learning platform, and has represented numerous successful tech start-ups in all stages of growth.
Most recently, Julie served in an in-house counsel role as Chief Regulatory Officer and Deputy General Counsel at Northern Data, a German public company, where she spearheaded the company’s U.S. restructuring and successfully negotiated several high-stakes commercial transactions.
Julie is passionate about supporting women and minority-owned businesses and working with purpose-driven clients, believing that every business, large or small, deserves high quality, practical legal support from a lawyer who understands their business goals and concerns. She also enjoys being involved with the community. She currently is an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law, volunteers with several non-profit organizations and accelerators, has published a textbook as well as numerous articles, blogs, and presentations, and served on the corporations committee for the State Bar of California for over 8 years.
Julie spent several years working overseas, including Bogotá, Colombia, and Montreux, Switzerland, and speaks fluent French and Spanish. She is based in the Washington D.C. area where she loves to spend time with her family on the Potomac River paddling and sailing.
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