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Manage client engagements and operations of boutique law practice representing business interests in corporate, commercial, finance, operational, and disputed matters; and counselling individuals primarily in the areas of estate/trust planning and administration, including asset protection and succession planning. • General Counsel/Strategic Advisor. Trusted advisor and consigliere, serving as outside general counsel, assembling and leading interdisciplinary advisory teams, and communicating practical guidance to founders, senior management and other leadership of growing businesses across diverse industries navigating legal, commercial and operational issues, including entity management; corporate governance best practices; scaling and growth; capital raising; stakeholder relationships (such as shareholders, directors, employees, customers and vendors); organizational structure; building out internal functions (e.g., human resources, payroll & benefits, accounting, finance and tax); adoption of policies and procedures; contract and regulatory compliance; and risk management and insurance.• Business Development/Finance/Transactions. Advise on mergers and acquisitions (business sales/purchases), joint ventures; commercial loans; acquisition and construction financing; real estate, equipment/ other asset sales/leases; service/vendor contracts; intellectual property registration, licensing and protection; construction and project development; permitting/licensing; and on franchise and distribution relationships, including drafting, negotiating and/or reviewing material documents. • Litigation/Dispute Resolution. Advocate in disputed matters resolved administratively, in litigation or arbitration, or by pre-suit settlement related to commercial/contract litigation, tort and insurance claims, labor and employment actions (including FLSA wage and hour disputes), and federal and state regulatory actions/ investigations (e.g., EEO, ADEA, ADA and OSHA).

Strategic advisor and problem solver, with substantial project management accountabilities, overseeing legal and compliance functions and providing operational leadership across a multijurisdictional private investment advisory and asset management firm, managing a diverse portfolio of U.S. and international investment holding entities and operating businesses, including real estate financing and development activities. Pairing deep financial services experience with broad subject matter proficiency to perform traditional general counsel functions supporting corporate and strategic initiatives enterprise-wide, as well as to proactively identify and counsel the principal and key stakeholders on compliance, planning, risk management and lifestyle matters peculiar to high-net-worth individuals.

Experienced transactional attorney engaged on general corporate, corporate governance and commercial matters, mergers and acquisitions, and on financings (including private equity investments) across various sectors, including regulated industries such as health care and public utilities. Substantive knowledge includes healthcare regulatory matters.

At former AmLaw 50 international law firm, with leading corporate and mergers and acquisition (M&A) practices:• Represent issuers, underwriters, fiduciaries and other participants in the United States, European and Middle Eastern capital markets in connection with the public offering and private placement of debt and equity securities related to corporate finance (including private equity), project finance and structured finance transactions; and advise on applicable securities law. Transactions include mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and other strategic transactions. • Represent borrowers and lenders in connection with secured financings and other loan facilities, including real estate acquisition and construction financing, equipment financing, repurchase facilities, warehousing facilities, and servicer advance facilities governed by the applicable laws of U.S. and foreign jurisdictions.• Draft, negotiate and review transaction documents, including term sheets, securities offering and sale documents, loan agreements, intercreditor agreements, underwriting agreements, indentures, lease agreements, employment agreements, stock option plans, escrow agreements, security and other collateral agreements, and legal opinions. • Advise regarding general corporate matters, such as entity formation and structuring, including preparing and reviewing organizational documents, shareholder agreements, corporate resolutions, committee charters, and minutes.

Experienced capital markets associate at then-leading Wall Street finance firm, assuming increasing responsibility managing complex transaction workflows from inception to closing, including conducting and supervising due diligence.• Represent issuers, underwriters and other participants in the United States and European capital markets in connection with securities offerings, both public and private, involving debt and equity securities, primarily related to structured finance products, including advice on applicable securities regulations. • Advise domestic and multinational companies in domestic and cross-border transactions involving a broad range of corporate, finance and real estate matters, including advising on entity formation, corporate structuring, joint ventures and other organizational transactions, and drafting, reviewing and negotiating transaction documents, opinions and ancillary filings.• Counsel clients regarding corporate governance, compliance and disclosure requirements, including preparing pertinent securities law filings for public company compliance.

At leading Wall Street finance firm, represent governmental authorities, global financial institutions, non-profit entities and private enterprise in infrastructure/project finance transactions, including in connection with the issuance, redemption or refinancing of revenue and general obligation bonds, private activity bonds, and tax-exempt and taxable securities related to, among others, economic development, real estate development, public utility, air and sea port, transportation, health care, education and not-for-profit projects. Conduit issuances include tax advantaged or incentive-based financing under public-private-partnership (PPP) framework. Extensive representation of lenders and borrowers, including liquidity providers and credit facilities, in varying financing structures.