RONALD W. FRANK
Ron Frank concentrates his corporate practice on managing commercial agreements and complex financial projects for his clients. He has extensive experience in corporate finance, international and energy transactions. He has advised domestic and international clients on the structuring and financing of joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, privatization transactions, the development of distribution networks, and the negotiation of sales agency, distribution, and licensing agreements.
Mr. Frank served as the founder & managing director of Morgan Franklin & Co. and B. I. Europa, GmbH, investment banking and consulting firms located in Pittsburgh and Frankfurt, Germany, respectively. He also served from 1993 until 2013 as corporate secretary of Akers National Roll Company, and as a director of SinterMet LLC (a subsidiary of Hitachi Metals America).
He earned his J.D. from Duke University in 1972 where he served on the editorial board of the Duke Law Journal, and earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering with Honors from Carnegie Mellon University in 1969.