Gabor Garai is a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP. He is chair of the firm's Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice and co-chair of the Life Sciences Team. Mr. Garai's private equity and venture capital practice encompasses all legal and business aspects of structuring, financing and managing various types of investment funds; negotiating mergers, acquisitions and dispositions of portfolio companies; structuring investments in emerging companies; and participating in strategic decisions of funds and fund-owned companies. Mr. Garai also counsels emerging life science companies, including biotech, medical device, pharmaceutical and medical service businesses. Mr. Garai addresses the strategic issues facing his clients through a combination of practical, business-oriented solutions and highly sophisticated financing techniques. He builds coherent, interdisciplinary teams to apply Foley's nationwide "best-of-breed" talents to his clients' diverse needs. Mr. Garai graduated with a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1976, and earned a B.A. from Harvard College in 1973. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, and the District of Columbia. He lectures and writes frequently to business-people and professionals on venture capital, private equity and mergers and acquisitions. He recently co-edited "Buying and Selling a Privately Owned Business in Massachusetts" and "Middle Market Mergers and Acquisitions," both published by MCLE. Mr. Garai has been Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system and in 2010, the Legal 500 recognized him for mergers & acquisitions. He was selected for inclusion in the 2004 - 2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyers® lists and was also selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® (2007 - 2012) in the field of mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Garai is the Hungarian Consul General for New England and founder of the Hungarian-American Chamber of Commerce of New England. He received the Hungarian Civilian Cross, the highest recognition to non-residents awarded by the Hungarian president. During his work as Honorary Consul, Mr. Garai was awarded the Hungarian Order of Merit in 2005 and an award pro auxilio cirium Hungarum in 2007 to recognize his efforts for the protection of Hungarian citizens. |