General Counsel | Be Team International

Ryan Oberly is a partner at Wagenmaker & Oberly, LLC where he focuses his practice on advising public charities, private foundations, and other tax-exempt organizations on planning, structuring, and transactional matters.  From start-ups to complex corporate and tax planning, Ryan works with clients to protect tax-exempt status, facilitate organizational growth, and manage risks.  He has successfully represented clients in IRS audits, state attorney general investigations, and other diverse crisis situations.  His practice covers nonprofit governance, fundraising laws in all fifty states, unrelated business income, private benefit, political campaign and lobbying restrictions, and other federal and state tax issues affecting nonprofits.  He also advises through corporate mergers, joint ventures, and international operations.  He is also well versed in intellectual property issues facing nonprofits and regularly works with clients to register, protect, transfer, and enforce trademark and copyright interests.

Ryan is an adjunct lecturer at Charleston School of Law where teaches the Law of Nonprofit Organizations and regularly speaks on nonprofit legal and tax issues.