Richard Gora
Securities, Equity and Debt Raises | Corporate and Start-Up Counsel | Crowdfunding | Intellectual Property
New York
CT, NJ
"He worked tirelessly, quickly, and had a lengthy document ready for me almost instantly."
About
Represented former CFO of Lehman Brothers in multi-billion dollar securities fraud litigation.
General counsel to numerous start-ups and multinational companies on corporate, business, formation, founder, IT, MSAs, SOWs, IP, manufacturing, licensing, employment, equity and debt, issues.
Advise on private equity, debt and equity financing, and hedge fund compliance issues under federal and state securities laws, and in connection with SEC, FINRA, CFTC, DOJ and investigations.
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Client Reviews
"very responsive and professional"
Posted on Aug 2, 2017
"Rich timely and promptly reviewed a comprehensive NDA for a sophisticated corporate transaction."
Posted on Jul 14, 2017
"Rich drafted a partnership agreement for our IT business and it was comprehensive and protected our IP. We highly recommend his services!"
Posted on Jul 13, 2017
"Rich is the best! I almost don't want to write a great review about him and Nicole because they might become too popular and not have time to continue working with me."
Posted on Jul 7, 2017
"Rich is great! Really responsive and knowledgeable. I will continue working with him and his team for a long time."
Posted on Jul 3, 2017
"Richard was very responsive and communicated promptly."
Posted on Jun 29, 2017
Work History
Gora LLC
Founding Partner
- Advised investors in Uber's $40 billion Series E investment round.
- Defended private equity fund against $100 million investor fraud claims.
- Counsel multi-national pharmacovigilance company on compliance issues.
- Counsel numerous start-ups and entrepreneurs on business issues.
- Counsel YouTube MCNS on licensing, distribution, copyright and other related issues.
Finn Dixon & Herling LLP
Attorney
- Litigated over 100 cases across the country.
- Advised hedge funds, private equity funds and other pooling arrangements on investment issues.
- Debt and equity financing, including convertible notes and preferred stock
- Business combinations.
- Employment law, including before the Connecticut Department of Labor and EEOC.
- SEC, FINRA, NFA, CFTC and DOJ investigations.
- Insider trading