Ryan Bray
Ryan Bray
  • American Airlines and certain of its affiliates in their voluntary chapter 11 cases and merger with US Airways to form the American Airlines Group. (previous firm experience)
  • Venture Capital Transactions
    • HiddenLayer in its $50 million Series A funding co-led by M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund, and Moore Strategic Ventures.
    • Restream Inc. in its $50 million Series A financing led by Sapphire Ventures and Insight Partners.
    • Caris Life Sciences, Inc. in several transactions, including its $400 million senior secured term loan facility and its $830 million Series D financing.
    • Schoox Inc. in its strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners.
    • Theatro Labs, an AI-Powered voice-controlled mobile platform in its $20 million Series C financing.
    • LiveOak Venture Partners in multiple venture capital financings.
    Capital Markets Transactions
    • Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS Inc.) in multiple transactions, including its offer to purchase for cash up to $1 billion of certain its outstanding debt securities, its $1 billion issuance of 6.375% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2062 and its offerings of $2 billion of class B common stock and $1 billion of series A mandatory convertible preferred stock.
      Glatfelter Corporation in its offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.750 percent senior notes due 2029.
    • LyondellBasell on its $3 billion “modified Dutch Auction” tender offer.
      Ibere Pharmaceuticals, a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, in its $138 million initial public offering.
    • Joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in Amgen Inc.’s registered offering of €2 billion of investment-grade notes, consisting of €1,250,000,000 of 1.250% senior notes due 2022 and €750,000,000 of 2.000% senior notes due 2026.
    • Electronic Arts Inc. in a public offering of $600,000,000 principal amount of 3.700% senior notes due 2021.
    • West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. in a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of West Fraser’s 4.35% Senior Notes due 2024.
    • City Office REIT in its IPO on the NYSE and subsequent offerings.
    • China Rapid Finance Limited in its IPO on the NYSE.

    Published Work

    Lowther, T., Crouch, L., Bray, R., Emmett Moldowan, G., Aghai, I., Garg, J. 2023, “Tax Court Agrees Profits Interest Safe Harbor Should Apply to Tiered Partnership Structure”, Journal of Taxation of Investments

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