Alan S. Gaynor

Alan S. Gaynor is a business lawyer and partner at Riker Danzig LLP, with more than three decades of transactional and business experience. He advises closely held companies, middle-market enterprises, public companies, institutions, family offices, and high-net-worth investors. His counsel supports clients through growth, financing, acquisitions, restructuring, and other major stages of business development. He leads transactions involving equity, debt, hybrid financing, mergers, acquisitions, and investments across industries with varied deal sizes and complexity.

Alan earned his B.S. in Accounting from Binghamton University in 1987. He received his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1993. Before law school, he worked in public accounting and developed experience with finance, auditing, financial reporting, and domestic taxation. His training as a certified public accountant strengthens his understanding of financial statements, tax consequences, and complex transaction structures. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York.

Alan includes joint ventures, business divorces, liquidations, dissolutions, public-company reporting, compliance matters, REITs, and private investments in public equity in his corporate practice. He advises underwriters, placement agents, private equity firms, venture capital firms, financial institutions, and professional service organizations. His industry experience covers commercial real estate, healthcare, telecommunications, financial services, and professional services. He structures tax-efficient transactions involving reorganizations, like-kind exchanges, incentive plans, equity compensation, and other sophisticated arrangements.

Alan S. Gaynor combines legal guidance with practical financial knowledge when advising companies, investors, executives, and families. His accounting background helps him evaluate business objectives, transaction economics, reporting duties, and potential tax effects. He provides counsel on investments, ownership changes, capital strategies, and transactions that influence long-term growth. His experience allows him to address legal and financial considerations together while guiding clients through significant corporate decisions.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Riker Danzig LLP
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, New York State Bar Association

Licensed State

• New Jersey
• Massachusetts
• New York

Education

• Boston College Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Binghamton University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)