Principal
Current• Founding principal of ARS Counsel, P.C., with a focus on all aspects of business and intellectual property law, and capital raising. The practice encompasses advising early stage companies from formation to startup financing, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), public offerings and private placements, and securities law while often acting as virtual in-house counsel• Completed franchise M&A transactions during the Covid-19 pandemic totaling $70 million• Helped various sized clients raise over $5 million of venture capital funds, with a single client capital raise exceeding $2.6 million which allowed them to take product to market, while offering counsel on applicable securities laws and various corporate matters• Conducts trademark filings while also representing clients in USPTO Trademark Office Actions• Represent clients in a wide range of business sectors such as fashion and beauty, television and film, authors, individual recording artists, and companies involved in emerging technologies