Ranan Well represents public and private companies, private equity firms and other financial services firms and investors in a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic transactions, equity investments and restructurings.
As chair of Stradley Ronon’s Investment Management Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, Ranan works within the firm’s premier Investment Management Group in representing asset management, wealth management, alternative asset management, private equity and other financial services firms and investors in purchases and sales of registered investment advisers, mutual fund adoptions and mergers of registered investment companies, joint ventures and strategic transactions, and equity investments.
In addition, Ranan advises institutional investors in their investments into hedge funds and private equity funds, including the negotiation and execution of side letter agreements, and has successfully negotiated more than 50 investments, totaling in excess of $4.5 billion. He further counsels sponsors in connection with the structuring and formation of private investment funds.
Ranan earned a certificate in Fintech from Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL), and previously served as a member of the Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Editorial Advisory Board.