Experienced Corporate and Securities Partner Ralph Winter Joins Snell & Wilmer's OC Office
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ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - Californer -- Snell & Wilmer is pleased to welcome Corporate and Securities Partner Ralph H. Winter to the Orange County office.

"We continually look for gifted lawyers and strategic growth opportunities that make sense for our office and clients," said Eric S. Pezold, managing partner of the Orange County office. "Ralph is an outstanding attorney whose reputation and extensive experience will further strengthen the quality of corporate services we offer to our clients. We are pleased to welcome Ralph to the firm."

Winter is a corporate and securities partner who focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, equity and debt financings, joint ventures, and general corporate matters. He represents investment groups and individuals in sales and investment transactions, as well as businesses with negotiating intellectual property license agreements, distribution agreements, manufacturing agreements, buy-sell agreements, option and compensation agreements, and other business contracts. Winter represents his clients during all stages of business, beginning with formation, through growth and financing transactions, as well as facilitating acquisitions and sales. He has extensive experience working with companies across a wide range of industries including action sports, apparel, technology, media, software, finance, restaurants, consumer products, food and beverage, retail, and manufacturing.

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Winter served previously as president and general counsel for a business management company and affiliated businesses with operations in the food and beverage, real estate, health and fitness, art and design, and investment industries. For over 11 years, he was the managing partner and co-founder of a business, litigation, and employment law firm, where he focused his practice in corporate and securities law. He also served as a corporate and securities partner in the securities and capital markets practice group of a large, international law firm. Winter received his J.D., cum laude, from University of Notre Dame Law School and his B.Sc. in accounting from Santa Clara University. To learn more about Winter's practice, visit www.swlaw.com/people/ralph-winter.

About Snell & Wilmer
Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 450 attorneys practicing in 16 locations throughout the United States and in Mexico, including Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego, California; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals, and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit swlaw.com.

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