M. SALMAN RAVALA concentrates his practice relating to asset protection, business structuring and reorganization, corporate governance, export compliance and the negotiation and preparation of contracts. He regularly serves as counsel to a wide range of individual and business clients including local, national, and international start-ups, not-for-profits and privately held businesses. As part of his practice, he also represents clients with their contract dispute matters, employment law matters, and intellectual property law matters in state and federal court, various agencies in New York state, as well as the Internal Revenue Service. Previously, Mr. Ravala served as Visiting Legal Scholar to the UN Office of Legal Affairs as well as Law Clerk to Attorney General for Pakistan. Having formerly worked in the legal department of one of the largest equipment distributors, Mr. Ravala brings in-depth strategic counseling, sophisticated transactional, and due diligence experience. He has authored legal articles that have been published by NYU Law Schools Globalex as well as the American Bar Association and the World Banks International Finance Corporation. Most recently, Mr. Ravala was an invited speaker for a forum on social innovation at The White House. Mr. Ravala contributes to the Small Business Law Blog which focuses on (but is not limited to) small business law and other topics related to starting your own business. Honors & Publications Empire State Counsel Award, New York State Bar Association The White House Presidential Service Award, Corporation for National & Community Service L. Frederick Goldie Memorial Award, Syracuse University College of Law Co-Author, Im-Mediate Resolution: The Role of Lawyer in Out of Court Dispute Resolution, The World Bank Group Author, Alternative Dispute Resolution in Pakistan, Globalex Attorney Admissions New York (NY) U.S. Court of International Trade U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York Southern District of New York Attorney Education JD, Syracuse University College of Law MA Economics, Syracuse University BS Finance, Florida Atlantic University Attorney Associations American Bar Association American Society of International Law New York City Bar Association New York State Bar Association London Court of International Arbitration Young ICSID, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ICDR Young & International, International Centre for Dispute Resolution