Making minority equity investments in early-stage and mature companies.

Lead attorney for Mainstay (fka Open Exchange) business unit, managing corporate, equity, brokerage, licensing, commercial contracting and other legal issues for institutional real estate brokerage and information/analytics-focused business.

Advised on all aspects of this technology-focused management consulting firm, including strategy, commercial arrangements, employment, litigation, corporate policy matters. Half-time schedule.

Advised on all aspects of development of new worldwide organization to invest in transformative emerging technology companies designed to solve global challenges and drive impact in the fields of health and food systems. Activities included advising on investments, organization structuring and governance matters, commercial agreements, intellectual property, employment arrangements, etc. (Due to pandemic conditions, the family office decided to dissolve the entity pre-launch).

- Represented public and private companies and private equity funds in all manner of international and domestic transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investment activities, and other general corporate matters.- Represented institutional investors in connection with private equity fund investments, and represent private equity funds and their management in connection with fund formation and management entity matters.- Awards and honors:-- M&A Advisor 2018 Asia Deal of the Year Award winner, for representation of Porton USA, L.L.C. (U.S. subsidiary of Chinese parent, Portion Pharma Solutions, Ltd.) for its acquisition of J-Star Research, Inc., a New Jersey corporation.-- M&A Advisor 2014 Int'l M&A Award – Cross-Border Deals, Oceania Region Deal of the Year Award winner, for representation of Abbott Laboratories in connection with its negotiation and creation of a $300 million joint venture with Fonterra Co-operative Group for the creation of a large dairy farm operation in China.- Pro bono: Represented African refugee seeking asylum status in the United States; Represented student in Chicago Public Schools in pursuit of Individual Education Plan; Represented large Community Development Financial Institution for a variety of corporate matters.

Represented investors in limited partnerships, LLCs, and other investment vehicles, and represented corporations and other business organizations in financial, structural and securitization transactions.

Summer legal clerkship, aiding in transactions and legal research

- Managed all three business units in the Market Testing Division, including Market Testing (Raleigh), Storage Testing (Minneapolis) and ISP Testing (San Francisco). - Responsible for all people and processes, including project delivery, client relations, employees and budget.

- Actively managed personnel and project life cycles – intro, execution, delivery, invoicing- Managed client communication and relationships throughout projects - Provided revenue forecasting for current and future periods for entire business- Prepared due diligence reports for sale of eTesting Labs Inc.to Lionbridge Technologies, and its VeriTest division.- Aided with general ledger account maintenance and reconciliation

Assisted in operating the Golf.com web site, edited and wrote stories, and covered major tournaments.