White Glove Legal Recruiting

Description

James Michael Ramey

94 Southfield Avenue, #1603, Stamford, CT, 06902 ● (203) 274-0555 ● JRamey0000@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE

Tyton Partners, Stamford, CT                                                                                                  June 2015 – Current

Vice President – Mergers and Acquisitions

·      Manage and execute deals; lead client diligence sessions, read and advise on definitive agreements and other transaction related documents

·      Providing lead support and direction on prospective and live transactions

·      Presenting to clients and prospects

·      Executing all phases of M&A and potential capital raising activities

·      Interacting and leading with management of clients, corporate development teams of strategic acquirers, and financial sponsors

·      Perform financial, business and market analysis with emphasis on reformatting financial statements and benchmarking key performance metrics

·      Overseeing junior resources in financial modeling, valuation analysis, client presentations, and research

·      Providing direction, coaching and management of the junior team of analysts, associates, and interns

 

Invest Nebraska Corporation, Lincoln, NE                                                                          December 2012 – June 2015

Senior Associate & General Counsel (Promoted from Associate in 12-2014)

·        Senior Associate/General Counsel for venture capital firm with $15.2m of committed capital focusing on early and growth stage equity and mezzanine debt financings in a variety of sectors

·        Active in senior debt, subordinated debt and equity investment process through managing deal flow, conducting due diligence, assessing management teams, drafting and negotiating term sheets, and drafting, negotiating, and reviewing closing documents

·        Prepare investment memoranda, financial models, valuation analyses (DCF, public comps, private sales, IRR, cash flow), and capitalization tables

·        Monitor post investment performance of portfolio companies through analysis of quarterly financial statements and other key measures

·        Assist and advise on internal legal matters on a day-to-day basis and throughout the investment process

·        Over $5.8m mezzanine, senior and subordinated debt, and preferred and common equity transactions

 

Knudsen Law Firm, LLP, Lincoln, NE                                                            September 2011 – December 2012

Attorney-Admitted in Nebraska State and Federal Courts

●      Litigation, case analysis, legal research, drafted legal briefs and memorandums

●      Client intake and counseling

●      Reviewed and drafted contracts, estate plans, and bankruptcy petitions, pleadings, motions and other legal documents, real estate contracts, employment law

●      Legal work with a diverse range of state and federal regulations

●      Estate planning, bankruptcy, real estate law, discrimination claims, collections

 

Knudsen Law Firm, LLP, Lincoln, NE                                                                    April 2009 – September 2011

Law Clerk – Senior Certified Law Clerk (2010 – 2011)

●      Conducted legal research and writing, drafted legal briefs and other documents

●      Analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of cases and presented findings to attorneys

●      Answered prospective client cold calls and questions

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOARD SEATS/ INTERIM OPERATIONAL POSITIONS

·      Interim CFO-Trak Surgical, Inc. (Ex-officio)                                                                   June 2014 – July 2014

·      Pro-Fit Performance Club Fitting, LLC                                                                February 2013 – March 2015

·      GamePlan Technologies, Inc. (Observer)                                                             September 2013 – June, 2015

·      SequrComm, Inc.                                                                                                 January 2014 – October, 2014

 

ADDITIONAL DISTINGUISHED WORK

●      Aaron Douglas Scholarship (Academic)                                                                               2004 – 2007

●      The National Dean’s List                                                                                                                  2004 – 2007

EDUCATION

Venture Capital Institute, Atlanta, GA                                                                                         December 2013

Certificate Program

 

University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, NE                                                                         2008 – 2011

Juris Doctorate with Distinction received May 2011 (Rank: 28 / 127)

●      Awarded the Kauffman Award for the best overall brief in Moot Court, Spring, 2009

 

University of Nebraska, Lincoln / Omaha, Lincoln, NE                                                                    2003 – 2007

·      Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a Minor in History received May 2007

 

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS
·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $0.5m unit purchase in Resonance Innovations, LLC, d/b/a ScanMed, a manufacturer of magnetic resonance imaging coils.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation in its $0.31m subordinated debt financing of Blue Valley Veterinary Clinic, LP, a full-service veterinary clinic.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, in its $0.5m convertible promissory note purchase in Virtual Incision, Inc., a developer of in-vivo robotic surgical tools and surgical camera systems operating within the abdominal cavity.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation in its $0.06m preferred unit purchase in Pro-Fit Performance Club Fitting, LLC, a provider of custom golf club fitting software.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation in its $0.5m convertible promissory note purchase in Trak Surgical Inc., a maker of computer assisted joint replacement surgery systems.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation in its $0.5m common stock purchase in Phynd Technologies Inc., a cloud-based data storage and retrieval system operating in the medical industry.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation in its $0.05m unit sale in Beyond Measure, LLC, a web-based software provider of social media analytics, to Socialmentum, LLC, a developer of online tools for community engagement between municipalities and constituents.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation in its $0.3m preferred stock purchase in NMotion, Inc., a seed-stage startup accelerator. Invest Nebraska owns 3% of all five NMotion, Inc. portfolio companies.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation in its $0.25m preferred stock purchase in GamePlan Technologies, Inc., a digital assent management software provider.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation in its $0.11m senior debt financing of J&L Collision Center, an automotive repair center.

 

·      Associate representing Invest Nebraska Corporation in its $0.5m mezzanine financing of Lodo Software, Inc., an online banking and personal financial management software company.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation in its $.5m preferred equity financing of SequrComm, Inc., an IT security software and hardware company.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation in its $.35m preferred equity financing of Best Option Trading, LLC, a derivatives trading software platform.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $0.1m mezzanine financing in Resonance Innovations, LLC, a manufacturer of magnetic resonance imaging coils.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $0.1m preferred equity financing in BuyNow Worldwide, Inc., a mobile e-commerce company.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $0.25m preferred equity financing in Travefy, LLC, a web-based social travel planning software company.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $0.1m convertible debt financing in ProTransit Nanotherapy, LLC, a skin cancer reducing cosmetics additive company.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $0.1m mezzanine financing in WaterJet, LLC, a precision metal cutting company.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $0.15m preferred equity financing in Ecomitize, LLC, an e-commerce solution provider.

 

·      Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $0.5m preferred equity financing in Prairie Cloudware, Inc., a mobile payments and ecommerce software solution provider.

 

·      Senior & General Counsel Associate representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $0.78m debt and equity exit in Resonance Innovations, LLC, a manufacturer of magnetic resonance imaging coils.

 

·      Senior Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $0.15m senior & subordinated debt financing in Acass Systems, LLC, a manufacturer of staging and barricades in the live entertainment industry.

 

·      Senior Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $0.05m preferred equity financing in Crumb, LLC, a medical data analytics provider.

 

·      Senior Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $0.57m debt exit in D3 Technology, Inc (formerly Lodo Software Inc.), an online banking and personal financial management software company.

 

·      Senior Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $.278m equity exit in in Travefy, LLC, a web-based social travel planning software company.

 

·      Senior Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $.25m preferred equity financing in Blue Prairie, LLC, an agricultural startup.

 

·      Senior Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $.5m preferred equity financing in Simple Insurance, LLC, a health insurance exchange platform.

 

·      Senior Associate & General Counsel representing Invest Nebraska Corporation, a venture capital firm, in its $.5m preferred equity financing in CapStone Technologies, LLC, a robotics company.