Drafted and oversaw official correspondence with creditors in high-profile Chapter 11 cryptocurrency bankruptcy proceedings for FTX and BlockFi. Translated complex legal procedures into clear language for retail and institutional investors.

Turned an intriguing idea for a light fixture into a successful design company which has earned millions in revenue over its 15+ year history. Michael McHale Designs became a much-imitated leader in industrial-chic lighting design, winning various design awards including a Best in Show award at The Architectural Digest Home Show, and has been the subject of numerous articles in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Dwell, and New York Magazine, amongst others. Accomplishments include:* Negotiating and maintaining successful distribution and third-party vendor agreements, and maintaining those relationships.* Creating and executing a consistent design language for all our product lines of over 40 SKUs, and a consistent branding language;* Establishing and maintaining long-term partnerships with leading e-commerce design sites including LUMENS, HOUZZ, PERIGOLD, 1STDIBS, WESCOVER, VENDOR CENTRAL, LIGHTING NY, and WAYFAIR.* Negotiating and drafting agreements with our distribution and marketing partners as well as vendors.* Monitoring and successfully deterring third parties and even overseas manufacturers from infringing upon MMD's intellectual property rights through letters before action or other creative strategies.* Marketing our brand and products on social media, via direct email marketing campaigns, paid print and digital advertising campaigns, and through editorial coverage.* Participating in various trade shows including the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), The Architectural Digest Home Show, Lightovation, High Point Market, Boutique Design New York (BDNY), and the WestEdge Design Fair.* Establishing and managing our Brooklyn design studio; hiring and managing employees; creating systems for tracking inventory and supplies.* Designed, fabricated and delivered the largest chandelier on Broadway.

Negotiated and drafted licensing agreements for AMC properties, including Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead, as well as independent movies for The Sundance Channel, for broadcast and digital transmission by third parties both domestically and abroad.

Chief legal and business affairs officer for international television production and distribution company. Highlights: * Negotiated and drafted national DVD rights and merchandising agreements for Three's Company TV Series; * Oversaw legal aspects of domestic and international TV distribution business; drafted all agreements;* Handled all agreements for international co-production of the hugely successful BBC comedy My Family including show runner and writer agreements; Oversaw British production budget lease-and-buyback tax scheme.* Oversaw theatrical legal issues for the DLT-owned Shaftesbury Theatre in London (one of the West End's largest theatrical venues) including get-in agreements with West End theatre producers.

Chief legal officer for the (then) worldwide programming agent for Procter & Gamble, providing advertiser-assisted finished programming as well as established television game show and variety show formats for local production to leading broadcasters all over the world. I was considered an expert on international television format licensing. Achievements include:* Obtaining licenses from original producers of incredibly successful TV formats such Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (Celador) and The Weakest Link (BBC), and then licensing those formats for local productions all over the world (including the Indian production of Millionaire which became the basis of the film Slumdog Millionaire)* Drafting all licenses in relation to the first-ever Western game show format to be produced in China (CCTV). * Advising on legal issues in licensed territories surrounding home games and prizes as part of game show formats.* Managing legal aspects of over 3000 hours annually of finished licensed programming to broadcasters internationally.* Regularly attending broadcast television industry conferences including MIP, MIPCOM, and NATPE.

Transactional attorney servicing clients in the entertainment and technology sectors. Legal advisor for one of the first British Internet service providers of the mid-nineties, and iconic British television producer on his White Paper calling for the formalization of television format rights into British law.

Received superb training in corporate and commercial law at leading global "Magic Circle" London law firm with a focus on intellectual property, corporate law, and technology transfer.