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I help law partners maximize the services that they can provide their clients, law firms to achieve expansionary goals and fill associate positions; corporations to take more of their legal work in house, and lawyers to advance their careers. Long perspective. Premium services timely provided on your schedule.15 years practice experience--with law firms, government and in-house-- informs market knowledge. I've hired, fired and retained lawyers--and been that prospective hire. Hard work and dedication results in quality fit. Broad expertise placing individual attorneys and groups in all practice/work environments. Deploy considerable broad industry knowledge and writing skill to best and most persuasively showcase an opportunity, attributes of an individual, practice group or employer, Worked to move and/or find attorneys in the following subject matter/industry/market areas: acquisition finance, antitrust, bank finance, compliance, contracts, corporate, derivatives, energy FDA, hedge funds, alternative finance, health, general commercial litigation, capital markets, emerging companies, financial litigation, blockchain, cryptocurrency, intellectual property (patent, copyright, trademark) litigation and prosecution, international and cross border transactions, investment funds, pharmaceuticals, labor and employment,, licensing, M&A, LBO, mutual funds, privacy, private equity, project finance, real estate, securities litigation, securities regulatory, securities, international trade, structured finance, tax, trusts & estates, executive comp, ERISA, derivatives, fintech, cyber security, venture capital, white collar, US, Latin America, Asia MENA, Africa.Law Practice Highlights:Engaged in Latin American casino gaming licensing for publicly traded gaming equipment manufacturer; was contract Asst GC for publicly traded software services provider, and major retail financial institution; worked with law firm specialized in high tech and early stage clients.Helped establish regulatory and legal structure for Oneida Indian Nation’s Turning Stone Casino nearSyracuse, NY.Law firm M&A practice for small publicly traded and large privately held software licensing anddevelopment, and recurring revenue communications enterprises. Broker/dealer, securities, investmentadvisor and franchise compliance. Development stage corporate governance and financings.

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