Joel Ruffini practices in the area of corporate law, representing entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies from entity formation through exit, and investors in financing transactions. Mr. Ruffini regularly represents startups and investors in capital raising transactions, including angel, seed, venture capital, growth equity, and strategic financing transactions. He has counseled startups and investors in hundreds of early-stage financing transactions using convertible notes, SAFEs, and preferred equity structures. As counsel to emerging growth companies, Mr. Ruffini helps companies with commercial contracts, corporate governance, and other issues they face in their business operations. A significant portion of his practice involves advising venture capital funds, private equity funds, crossover funds, and other institutional investors in connection with their investments in startups and other growth stage private companies. Mr. Ruffini's private equity experience includes growth equity investments, secondary sale transactions, recapitalization transactions, structured equity investments, buyout transactions, minority equity investments, and other complex financing transactions. In addition to his experience in investment transactions, he also represents buyers and sellers in a variety of mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions. Mr. Ruffini earned his B.A. and B.S. degrees from University of Minnesota and his J.D. degree from Drexel University, Thomas R. Kline School.
Joel Ruffini's Courses
["New York CLE: 7","Pennsylvania CLE: 6"]
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