Ryan J. York, Managing Member
Direct: (425) 728-8717
E-mail: ryanyork@accretivelegal.com
I pride myself on providing strategic legal solutions to my clients’ business issues
Ryan teams with companies to provide strategic advice and practical solutions in connection with capital raises, significant transactions and corporate governance. Ryan founded Accretive Legal after 20 years at a national law firm, where he served as Chair of the Securities and Corporate Governance practice. He advises clients on capital transactions, mergers, acquisitions, and securities and stock exchange regulatory matters. Ryan particularly enjoys counseling boards and senior executives on strategic and governance matters.
Ryan’s clients include financial institutions, institutional investors, investment funds, and late stage-emerging businesses. By focusing his involvement at the strategic level, Ryan effectively enables his clients to avoid pitfalls and efficiently and successfully complete their most important transactions. His experience includes advising on issues related to public and private securities offerings, effective corporate governance, Securities Exchange Act and stock exchange compliance, and domestic and international merger and acquisition transactions.
Education - J.D. Willamette University College of Law, 2001
Associate Editor, Willamette Law Review
Dean's List
Trustees Scholarship Recipient
Education, B.S. Economics, Willamette University, 1997
Trustees Scholarship Recipient
Admitted to Practice
Washington, 2005
Arizona, 2021
Oregon, 2001 (inactive)
Professional & Community Activities
Officer, United States Naval Reserve, 2007-2016
Operation Enduring Freedom Veteran, 2010-2011
Youth Ice Hockey Coach, Sno-King Amateur Hockey Association, 2013-2020
Past Trustee, Bellevue Art Museum, 2019
Past President, Delta Zeta Chapter of Sigma Chi House Corporation