Ronald W. Schuler
Chair, Securities Law Practice Group | Co-Chair, Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group | Member in Charge of the Pittsburgh Office
Pittsburgh, PA
office 412.325.3302
mobile 412.400.6703
Mr. Schuler is a corporate, securities and commercial transactions lawyer with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, private placement financings, and numerous types of contracts for clients within the energy, software, cryptocurrency, biotechnology and technology industries.

Education

  • Pomona College, B.A., cum laude, 1985
  • Cornell Law School, J.D., 1988

Experience

  • Representing private companies in multi-million dollar exit transactions and sales to Fortune 500 acquirers and private equity buyers
  • Representing a global digital asset/cryptocurrency exchange platform in acquisitions, governance, securities, and complex financial and commercial transactions (2019-present)
  • Representing private equity buyers in serial roll-up transactions
  • Working with early-stage technology businesses on capital formation and governance, technology licensing, and angel/VC investments
  • Serving as chief administrative and senior operations executive for a $100+ million Appalachian oil and gas production company, developing an intimate knowledge of oil and gas transactions, joint ventures, leasing and land matters, and energy derivatives
  • Representing a Nasdaq-traded engineering software company from its start-up stage to its initial public offering (1996); and continued to work with the company as outside general counsel on its secondary offering (1998), its Securities Exchange Act compliance (including all disclosure and analyst guidance issues), and five major acquisitions, as well as supervising its intellectual property and licensing work
  • Handling portfolio investments for Mid-Atlantic regional venture capital firm (1990 - 1997) and a California-based venture firm (2004 - 2005), focusing on technology investments
  • Serving as special counsel to the board of directors of a regional bank holding company with regard to securities and anti-takeover matters (2004)
  • Representing the City of Pittsburgh and related entities from 1993 to 2000 with regard to the matters culminating in the construction of PNC Park, including: serving as one of the lead negotiators on the lease and construction agreements; designing the auction of the Pittsburgh Pirates and working on the eventual sale of the team to the group headed by Kevin McClatchy; and authoring the urban planning justification for the location of PNC Park