G. Ray "Ray" Driver, Jr.
Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow, PLLC
Recognized since 2015
Jacksonville, Florida
Practice Areas
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Securities Regulation
Venture Capital Law
Practicing law for over 20 years, founding partner Ray Driver focuses on corporate law (including mergers and acquisitions), business, contracts, venture capital and securities law. He represents clients in business acquisitions, dispositions and mergers, as well as providing ongoing counseling regarding business formation, corporate governance, contract law and ancillary legal issues. He also counsels clients in obtaining capital through private placements, venture capital investments and other financing transactions.
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Location
- Wells Fargo Center, Suite 1200
One Independent Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Education
- University of Florida, J.D. with honors, graduated 1994
- University of Florida, M.A. with honors (Accounting), graduated 1994
- University of Montevallo, B.A., Business Administration and Accounting, graduated 1989
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 1995
Affiliations
- Community Hospice & Palliative Care Foundation - Chair of Board of Directors
- Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce - Board of Directors, General Counsel & Trustee
- Jacksonville University - Board of Trustees
- Michael E. Stephens College of Business at University of Montevallo - Board of Advisors
- Public Policy Institute at Jacksonville University - Board of Advisors
- Rotary Club of Deerwood - Past President
- The Jacksonvillle Bar Association - Past President and Board of Governors
- The Players Council - Board of Directors
Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow, PLLC
Headquarters:
Jacksonville, Florida
15 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Corporate Law, Jacksonville (2025)
- Securities Regulation, Jacksonville (2025)
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Jacksonville (2024)
- Securities / Capital Markets Law, Jacksonville (2023)
- Securities Regulation, Jacksonville (2023)
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Jacksonville (2022)
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Jacksonville (2021)
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Jacksonville (2019)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Jacksonville (2016)
- Corporate Law, Jacksonville (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
- Venture Capital Law
Awards:
- AV Peer Review Rated by Lexis Nexis | Martindale Hubbell
- Jacksonville Business Journal’s 2016 Jacksonville Ultimate Attorney
- Daily Record‘s 2014 Jacksonville Lawyer of the Year
- Jacksonville’s Top 50 Business Influencers by Advantage Business Magazine, 2014
- Florida’s Super Lawyers list (2011 – 2018)
Florida Trend’s Legal Elite (since 2004)
Florida Legal Elite Hall of Fame (2013)
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