Zalak Raval

Zalak Raval is a senior associate in Duane Morris' Corporate Practice Group, where she focuses her practice on securities law, capital markets transactions, and corporate governance. Zalak advises public companies and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) on a full range of corporate transactions, including formations, IPOs, de-SPAC mergers, and ongoing SEC compliance. She prepares and negotiates key transactional documents such as registration statements, underwriting agreements, securities purchase agreements, and related disclosures under the ’33 and ’34 Acts.

Zalak brings significant experience in high-value transactions, including mergers valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. She routinely coordinates with auditors, financial experts, and regulators to ensure smooth execution of complex filings and capital market deals.

Before joining Duane Morris, Zalak worked at a national law firm in Washington, D.C., and a public finance-focused firm in Atlanta, where she represented municipalities in tax-exempt financings, real estate closings, and legislative development projects. Her background also includes experience in securities litigation and general civil litigation.

Zalak earned her LL.M. in Securities and Financial Regulation from Georgetown University Law Center, where she received the CALI Excellence Award in FinTech Law, and her J.D. from Emory University School of Law, where she served as Executive Managing Editor of the Emory Corporate Governance & Accountability Review.

She is fluent in Hindi and Gujarati, and is an active member of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) and the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association (GAPABA).