Wade Riachi

Wade Riachi is a corporate and M&A attorney at Mahon Rider McKay in Newburgh, New York. He helps founder-owned businesses, strategic buyers and sellers, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, family offices, investors, and first-time business owners acquire, sell, finance, invest in, and grow businesses. Whether acquiring or selling a business, raising or investing capital, or structuring a strategic transaction, Wade helps clients navigate complex transactions while managing legal and commercial risk.

His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and other structured investments, debt and other financing transactions, joint ventures, corporate governance, and commercial contracting. He advises clients throughout the transaction lifecycle, from transaction structuring and letters of intent through legal due diligence, negotiation of key transaction terms, and documentation of the parties’ commercial understanding in clear, enforceable agreements, continuing through signing, closing, and post-closing matters.

With more than a decade of experience advising clients on domestic and cross-border transactions involving the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, Wade brings a global perspective to transactions of varying sizes and complexity. Before joining Mahon Rider McKay, he practiced at Fenwick & West, Sheppard Mullin, K&L Gates, and Bird & Bird. He brings the transactional experience and disciplined approach developed at leading U.S. and international law firms to founder-owned, lower middle-market, middle-market, and growth-stage businesses in the Hudson Valley and beyond, delivering practical, business-oriented counsel tailored to their objectives.

Wade understands that successful transactions involve far more than negotiating and drafting documents. They require careful planning, effective coordination, timely communication, and practical problem-solving throughout the transaction process. He works closely with clients and their accountants, investment bankers, lenders, brokers, investors, and other advisers to anticipate issues, coordinate across workstreams, and develop practical solutions that preserve the commercial objectives of the transaction while keeping deals moving toward closing.

Wade believes effective transactional counsel requires understanding both the legal framework and the business objectives driving a transaction. His goal is to provide practical advice that helps clients make informed decisions, manage risk, execute transactions efficiently, and achieve their business objectives.