Ray focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions as well as a broad range of corporate matters. He earned his law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and his undergraduate degree in Finance from Wake Forest University, where he served as a judge on the Honors and Ethics Council.
Prior to commencing his legal career, Ray worked at McMaster-Carr, where he implemented artificial intelligence tools into an operation generating over $1B in annual revenue and at Ernst & Young (EY) as a technology consultant for financial institutions. Today, he leverages that experience to provide business, legal, and technical insight to clients in private equity industries.
Insights
- Author, Vaults Do Not Yield Protection From Regulation — But the Enforcement Record Could: Commissioner Peirce’s Crypto Vaults Statement and the SEC’s Dismissals, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, July 24, 2026
- Co-author, "Proposed Legislative Frameworks in America," The International Journal of Blockchain Law, March 2026