Tom Maher Email & Phone Number

Marina Del Rey, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Specialize in advising investors and early stage companies and their founders on a wide variety of corporate and business matters, including corporate formations, venture capital financings, strategic transactions, and ongoing corporate governance.

As Creative Director continue to oversee development on Gestalt: Steam & Cinder, an upcoming action-RPG/plaftformer game, releasing on PC and major consoles. Liaise with publishing partners, platform holders, media and influencers.

As CEO, Project Lead and General Counsel, oversaw all company legal and business matters, including business operations, contract development and negotiation, fundraising initiatives, team management, and project development. Responsible for drafting, negotiating, and executing all intellectual property and licensing agreements for company IP, including cross-media licensing deals, nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements, and trademark filings. As project lead for Gestalt: Steam & Cinder, was responsible for developing core intellectual property; managing the development cycle, including overall game design, core programming, narrative, and direction; and leading an international team of artists, engineers, composers, and sound designers.Launched and managed Gestalt: Steam & Cinder's Twitter social media presence.

Global, Us

Advise investors and emerging, high-growth companies and their founders on a wide variety of corporate and business matters, including corporate formations, venture capital financings, strategic transactions, and ongoing corporate governance. Focus on gaming, digital media, and sustainability and renewable energy technologies.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Advised myriad private and public clients in Silicon Valley on a wide array of legal issues, fast-paced investment deals and business matters, including corporate formation and business strategy, intellectual property, marketing and branding, major venture capital investments and initial public offerings valued in excess of a billion dollars. Operated as outside general counsel to startups, handling a range of business and legal issues, including formations, contract negotiation, intellectual property protection, corporate governance, privacy, and employment matters. Worked with local, low-income entrepreneurs and non-profit community arts organizations, successfully shepherding clients through the 501c3 formation process.

Freelance Director/Editor/Producer

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Worked on myriad in-house matters, including contract negotiations for multi-million dollar film franchise deals (e.g. Iron Man, Avengers), major co-promotion and marketing arrangements for global marketing and branding initiatives, and copyright, trademark and rights holder matters, including DMCA requests and intellectual property maintenance.

As a participant in the JET Programme, served as a cultural ambassador and taught, designed, and created primary curricula for fourteen weekly English Oral Communication classes comprising over five hundred high school students at a top public high school in Osaka, Japan. Elementary proficiency in Japanese.

J.D.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English & Psychology, Magna Cum Laude