John Pray
Assistant General Counsel, Mergers & Acquisitions at Cargill
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Pray is an experienced M&A attorney with 11 years guiding complex transactions across corporate and private equity landscapes, now serving as Assistant General Counsel for Mergers & Acquisitions at Cargill. He has progressed through increasingly senior roles at Cargill and prior positions with major corporations and law firms, advising on deals spanning energy, medical devices, life sciences, manufacturing and capital markets. Known for translating technical business needs into pragmatic, contract-level solutions, he balances deal strategy with hands-on documentation and compliance work. Based in Minneapolis, he combines corporate law expertise with a developer’s curiosity—an active contributor to open-source front-end projects where he’s improved web component hooks and developer ergonomics. That uncommon mix of legal rigor and technical fluency helps him bridge cross-functional teams and streamline integrations in technology-driven transactions.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Economics, Bachelor of Science, Economics at Florida State UniversityJuris Doctor, Juris Doctor at University of Michigan Law School
Github Skills (5)
hook10
javascript10
web-components10
react10
test-automation8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
matthewp/haunted
Feb 2019 - Jun 2019
React's Hooks API implemented for web components 👻
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 10 PRs, 2 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:John focused on enhancing the `haunted` repository, a project implementing React's Hooks API for web components. Their contributions primarily involved refactoring and expanding the library's functionality. Key changes included adding an option to disable Shadow DOM usage, converting attribute names to camelCase props, implementing custom hooks, and integrating a `useRef` hook. These modifications demonstrate a focus on improving component behavior, developer experience, and overall library usability.
reactweb-componentshookslit-htmlreact-hooks
jpray/test-netlify-cms-content
Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:23 PRs, 32 pushes, 24 branches in 3 months
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