Amanda Raychev is a Partner at LumaLex Law with more than 15 years of experience advising entrepreneurs, business owners, and investors on complex corporate and transactional matters. Her practice focuses on corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance, with particular experience representing businesses operating in highly regulated and emerging industries.
Amanda regularly serves as outside corporate counsel to companies throughout all stages of the business lifecycle. She advises clients on entity formation and complex ownership structures, capital raises and other financing transactions, structuring partner admissions and buyouts, acquisitions, and dispositions, corporate governance, and day-to-day business matters. Her work also includes negotiating and drafting a wide range of commercial agreements, including employment and independent contractor agreements, vendor and service agreements, operating and shareholder agreements, financing documents, and other contracts essential to her clients’ operations and growth.
A significant portion of Amanda’s practice involves businesses navigating complex or evolving regulatory environments. She has extensive experience advising cannabis companies on licensing, regulatory compliance, corporate structuring, and transactions, including assisting clients with competitive cannabis license applications. She also represents business and entrepreneurs in other emerging and highly regulated industries, including alternative health and wellness, telehealth, and healthcare related businesses, where corporate and transactional decisions often intersect with complicated regulatory considerations. Amanda also serves on the leadership team of CannabisLAB, a professional organization focused on education, networking, and collaboration within the legal cannabis industry.
Amanda also advises nonprofit and mission-driven organizations, including 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and churches, on formation, governance, commercial arrangements, and ongoing operations. Her experience working with both traditional businesses and organizations operating in developing areas of law allows her to help clients structure creative business models while identifying and managing the legal and regulatory risks that accompany them.
Prior to joining LumaLex Law, Amanda served as senior in-house counsel for a fintech company, where she built and managed its legal department and developed innovative resolution and recovery strategies. She also served as in-house counsel to a private investment firm, handling transactions involving secured lending, Debtor-in-possession financing, investment fund matters, and municipal bond financing. Earlier in private practice, Amanda led the transactional department of a South Florida law firm, advising businesses on corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, asset protection, succession planning, and commercial contracts.
Amanda has been a member of The Florida Bar since 2010 and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida. She is actively involved in The Florida Bar’s Solo & Small Firm Section and currently serves as Secretary of the Section.
Outside of the office, Amanda and her husband recently welcomed a baby girl to their family. An avid ocean lover, she is happiest on or under the water and particularly enjoys scuba diving, boating, and travelling.