I am a business transactional attorney with a practice focused on obtaining commercially viable solutions for my clients. I have extensive experience handling complex business transactions, private fund formation both domestically and in foreign jurisdictions, private placements of debt and equity, contracts, real estate and estate planning for a broad range of clients ranging from fund managers, high net worth individuals, institutional investors, entrepreneurs, inventors, executives, business owners, family-owned businesses, and privately-held companies. I’ve practiced for 17 years, including at a major law firm in Dallas and as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for the Private Equity and Alternative Investments group of Lehman Brothers and Neuberger Berman. During my time as General Counsel, my group raised and deployed over $9 Billion of capital in private equity funds, co-investments and hedge funds. I also successfully advised the management team through a management buyout during the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.My diverse transactional experience, includes complex investment fund structuring, business entity formation, capital formation, debt/equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, angel investments, private equity, venture capital, exit strategies, sales of businesses and business interests, joint ventures, spin-offs and divestitures, entity conversions, reorganizations, recapitalizations, international commerce, offshore entities, asset protection, and structuring litigation settlements.