Prior Projects
Venture Capital and Company Financings:
Company counsel for a Series A (raising USD $3.5M) and a Series B (raising USD $10M) for a biotech company
Company counsel for USD $20M of private placements for a manufacturing and materials-science company
Counsel for a Silicon Valley angel investor who has made numerous startup investments
Corporate Compliance:
Served as a securities and corporate compliance counsel for several NASDAQ-traded companies
Blockchain/DLT Projects:
Company counsel for a biomedical blockchain project
Company counsel for a Token Generation Event (ICO) involving over USD $22M of digital tokens
Other Projects:
Counsel for a software development firm, a digital marketing firm, and for numerous real estate investment projects
Articles Written
You can find a list of my recent articles here (requires you to be logged into LinkedIn).
Or choose an article from below:
“Ripple Labs Decision: 3 Big Takeaways”
This article discusses a U.S. federal court decision that was impactful for the crypto sector.
“Contagion, Crypto and Venture Capital”
This was an article about a string of U.S. bank failures that occurred in Q1 2023. It discusses how depositors are insured by the FDIC, and how the bank failures should affect venture capital.
“Publishing A.I. Art: What Could Go Wrong?”
This article discusses the risk of using AI art for your website, posters, marketing materials—publishing it in general. It discusses the state of copyright for AI art, and touches upon how AI models are trained.
“No Copyright on A.I. Art (But How to Argue for It)”
This article discusses how copyright law and AI art intersect. Although an AI model cannot be considered an author of copyrighted material, the article discusses how there’s at least a reasonable argument for that a prompt writer should be considered an author eligible for copyright protection.
“FinCEN: 4 Ways it’s Changing and Expanding”
This article discusses FinCEN, a United States agency that acts like the “world financial police.” An action in Q1 2023 showed that the agency was expanding its policing powers.
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