Juan Ramos brings years of experience in transactional law and private practice, including in corporate, real estate, contracts and business law. Through his extensive and broad-based transactional experience at premier law firms, as in-house counsel, and in his private practice, he has advised management and a range of clients on issues and matters that include, among other things, strategic initiatives, legal and business compliance, corporate governance, due diligence, real estate-related transactions, structuring and negotiating business transactions, and addressing entity formation issues. His experience at premier law firms included practicing corporate, finance and real estate law on matters such as initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, debt offerings, and real estate and corporate finance. His in-house counsel experience included working in the retail food & beverage industry and real estate industry.

Ramos has served in a variety of leadership positions. He was previously a trustee of the Mexican-American Bar Association (MABA) and the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA), and he has served on the boards of the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA and the Variety Boys and Girls Club in Boyle Heights.

Ramos is an Adjunct Professor at Southwestern Law School and was a Lecturer in Law at University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law. He also directs the Small Business and Transactional Law Clinic at the University of St. Thomas School of Law.

Prior to law school, Ramos was an investment banking analyst on Wall Street in New York, where he gained an understanding of the business and finance side of transactions and combines such understanding in performing legal analysis and in making decisions that require an understanding of both law and business.

Ramos was born and raised in Los Angeles, graduating from Roosevelt High School. Before attending Stanford Law School, Ramos attended Harvard, where he received his B.A. in Economics, and the University of Michigan, where he received a Master of Public Policy.