Guided companies from the business-plan stage through the IPO/public company stage and beyond. Assisted companies with development-stage financing, public and private offerings, mergers and acquisitions, state and federal regulatory compliance, and SEC and exchange listing requirements. Represented institutional and corporate clients, and successfully completed numerous initial and secondary public offerings, SPACs, PIPEs, reverse mergers/alternative public offerings, private placements, venture capital and private equity financings, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, and mergers
Advised emerging and established companies in the areas of M&A, venture capital transactions, private placements, private equity financing and initial public offerings. Experienced in the areas of corporate and commercial law, financing, securities laws and hedge fund formation
Advised companies on distribution and marketing issues, contractual matters, business negotiations, joint venturing arrangements, real estate matters, technology licensing, employment and compensation matters, and intellectual property rights and non-disclosure matters
While supporting an engineering design firm in New York, made principle investments, developed financing syndicates, and orchestrated acquisitions for numerous technology companies. Worked to merge, divest or restructure selected portfolio companies
Co-founded and led a wireless communications consulting firm providing radio frequency engineering services. Recruited and placed technical and engineering personnel on projects world-wide. Worked across four continents with equipment providers and carriers such as Nortel Networks, Alcatel-Lucent and France Telecom
Founded a computer services and development company focused on programming and applications development, systems integration, and information systems support. Worked with the corporate, non-profit and government sectors. Established separate subsidiary, Advanced ADP, to specifically serve the federal government marketplace. Effectively lobbied Congress and agency representatives, resulting in Advanced ADP being processed and recognized as an official agency vendor in record time
Experienced in Corporate Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors’ Rights. Led a bankruptcy team to successfully complete a bid for the assets of a major national specialty retailer as well as numerous other bankruptcy and restructuring, including some of the largest corporate bankruptcy cases
Chaired an international firm’s Emergency Response Committee tasked with developing procedures and protocols for crisis management and dealing with critical internal or external incidents. Sourced, reviewed and recommended appropriate high-level talent to add to the firm as a senior member of the Recruiting Committee