Raymond Thek

Raymond P. Thek, Vice Chair, Tech Group
Lowenstein Sandler

Raymond Thek of Lowenstein Sandler is an Executive Committee Member of First Growth Venture Network

Raymond P. Thek is Vice Chairman of Lowenstein Sandler’s Tech Group. Mr. Thek advises tech and life sciences companies in all aspects of corporate finance, including financing, acquisitions, divestitures and strategic alliances. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity financings including venture capital investment, tech transfer and strategic partnering. Mr. Thek is a member of the firm’s Corporate Department and the Tech Group. In 2007, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business included Mr. Thek among the top business lawyers in the state, noting in particular his “high quality work product” and “fine negotiation skills.”

Mr. Thek provides tactical and strategic advice to many sectors of the business world, including start up companies, acquirers seeking value in acquisition transactions, sellers seeking the intersection between speed and value preservation, and lenders and financiers seeking to maximize, preserve or recover assets. Representative clients include Dun & Bradstreet, Sarnoff Corporation, Schering-Plough, NJIT, Chromocell, and Iridian Technologies, among others.

Mr. Thek was formerly a Senior Partner in the Princeton office of Hale and Dorr. Previously, Mr. Thek practiced at Cleary Gottlieb in New York City, concentrating on M&A and private equity.

Education:

• Yale Law School (J.D., 1986), Director, Yale Law and Technology Association and the Yale Federalist Society
• Boston University (B.A., 1983), magna cum laude

Bar Admissions:

• 1987, New York
• 2001, New Jersey

Angel Investor:

www.grapearborVC.com