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W. Raymond Felton
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Ray chairs the firm’s business and corporate law practice, representing clients in business formations, business counseling and transactions with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions. He provides practical and common-sense guidance and efficient service to clients ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to established middle market companies.

Ray has broad expertise related to creating and structuring business entities including corporations, LLCs and partnerships. In addition to M&A transactions, he provides representation in joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, and the financing of transactions through both public and private equity and debt including earnouts and rollover equity. He assists clients on all aspects of business transactions, from due diligence through post-closing disputes, and often serves as outside general counsel, providing sound legal advice on both day-to-day issues and major complex problems.  

Ray drafts and negotiates operating, shareholder, employment, distribution, customer and vendor agreements for companies operating in a  variety of industries, including manufacturing, technology, food & beverage, real estate, construction and healthcare, as well as service industries. He counsels clients on issues including buy-sell provisions and trade secret protection. He also represents issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings and counsels clients concerning corporate governance and SEC compliance issues.

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 1981
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1981
  • U.S. Tax Court, 1983

Education

  • Rutgers University School of Law - Newark, J.D., 1981
  • Rutgers College, B.A., 1978

  • New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (2010 - present)
  • New Jersey State Bar Association; Business Law Section, Board of Directors (past Chair)
  • Middlesex County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association, Business Law Section
  • Ray is Management liaison to the firm's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Leadership Team
  • Rutgers Law Review (Research Editor, 1980-81)

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