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Stamford, Ct

• Practice concentrating on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, private equity, and corporate finance.• Experience in representing companies as their outside general counsel, acting as both a legal and business advisor in addressing all legal issues facing these businesses, including with regard to the preparation and negotiation of corporate governance documents, service and vendor agreement, employment and consultant-related contracts, and other commercial agreements.• Many of my corporate clients are financial and technology companies. On the finance side, I advise on primarily bank lending and nonbank financing projects (including lines of credit, revolving loans, secured and unsecured promissory notes, and convertible notes), as well as prepare and advise clients on private placements and related fundraising activities (including seed money and angel investing through venture capital, private equity and institutional investments). M&A clients include both buy and sell side, counseling on issues concerning documents such as asset, stock and membership interest purchase agreements.

Connecticut/New York

• Negotiation and drafting of corporate transactional agreements, including asset, stock and membership interest purchase agreements, debt and equity financing agreements, commercial contracts, and employment and work-for-hire agreements.• Act as outside general counsel to businesses of varying sizes and industries, providing assistance in the legal matters faced by these business on a day-to-day basis.• Attend to all aspects of commercial litigation matters, including representing and counseling clients in federal, state court and arbitration proceedings, research and analysis of law, supervising and conducting discovery, and preparing for an d participating in hearings.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Banking, Corporate, Finance, And Securities Law

Staff Editor, Health Law Journal

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science