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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Assist clients with mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and various business transactions.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Representative Transactions: M&A: Closed more than 25 deals in 3 quarters, including 9 acquisitions, 4 sales, and 3 equity raises; assist drafting key transaction documents, lead diligence process and manage deals to close. PE: work with portfolio companies on debt facility restructuring, draft mezzanine lending and debt agreements, execute forward and reverse stock splits, draft amendments to agreements and governing documents, and work on corporate matters. VC: review and markup of Series-A investment documents, and draft convertible notes.

Corporate and real estate practice. Representative Transactions: Acquisition/disposition of commercial RE. Commercial lease transfers. Research and advise on commercial RE code enforcement. Review of commercial contracts. Draft corporate memorandum and letters.

Corporate and real estate practice. Representative transactions: Commercial RE lease review, amendments, and assignments. Drafted new business prospectus for client searching for first round investors and commercial contract review.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Highly selective program: out of 100s of applicants, 12 selected to interview and only 3 placed with HD’s Legal Department. Representative Transactions: Assisted in finalization of reverse-triangular merger of Blinds.com including drafting board resolutions. National Real Estate project involving leasing retail location roof space to cell tower providers; ensured subordinate agreements complied with the MSA. Various RE projects involving changes to leases. Participated in final review of 10-K. Performed initial mark-up of proposed program between Waste Management & Home Depot to lease WM’s dumpsters in HD’s retail locations; presented to Sr. Counsel.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Securities Broker-Dealer Legal Department. Representative Transactions: National compliance project updating state registrations. Reviewed responses and prepared disclosures for FINRA mediation/arbitration cases. Assisted in document review for pre-IPO fund for Facebook shares.

Developed business model, raised capital, and opened and operated physician’s office in underserved market in partnership with spouse’s healthcare business. Successfully sold business at a profit to attend Emory Law.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Wrote business and marketing proposals. Recaptured stagnant, dead, or lost business, converting it into over $2.5 million in active proposals or orders. Conducted market sizing and analysis for new product development team. Developed Customer Resource Management initiative for sales and marketing departments for this industrial equipment manufacturer. Company sold to private equity.

Board Member of the Oakley Community Council, a non-profit organization representing the citizens, business district, and business owners of Oakley, Ohio a suburb of Cincinnati. Treasurer of board responsible for maintaining all Council monies. Neighborhood Support Program Manager, charged with securing and budgeting support monies from the City of Cincinnati.

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Real Estate Wholesale Bank. Oversaw complex financial product lines and managed new product teams. Wrote underwriting guidelines for Wall St. investors. Developed large-volume business with market principals.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Financial Services Representative: Northwestern Mutual Internship Program: Licensed financial services representative; Marketed and sold a variety of insurance and financial products to clients after developing a highly customized long-term financial plan.

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Juris Doctor & Transactional Law Certificate Program

Bachelor'S Degree, Finance