Areas of Practice

• Venture capital financings
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Equity and debt financings
• Healthcare transactions
• Banking transactions
• Public offerings
• Corporate governance matters
• Media and publishing matters
• Technology transfer and licensing matters
• Formation of manufacturing, healthcare, media, technology and financial services companies

Represent

• U.S.-based business enterprises
• Foreign and U.S. commercial and investment banks
• Foreign and U.S. private equity firms
• Venture capitalists
• Foreign business enterprises as to U.S. interests and international transactions
• Health care insurance companies and provider organizations

Bar Admissions

• New York; New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Legal Career

• Joined Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP in 1986 after being associated with the New York City firm of Christy & Viener [now Salans]
• Consulted to the National Academy of Sciences, the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Antitrust Division of the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General prior to entering private practice
• Served as law clerk to Justice S.M. Schreiber of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1982-83)

Professional Activities & Associations

• Member, American Bar Association, Sections on Business Law and Health Law
• Member, American Bar Association, Section on Transaction and Business Health Care

Board Experience

• Director and Chairman of Compensation Committee, CVC, Inc. (semi-conductor and data storage equipment manufacturer) (1990-2001)
• Director, Futurekids, Inc. (1995-1999)
• Director of and advisor to various charitable entities and institutions; most recently director of the Children's Mental Health Alliance and Instructor on Entrepreneurship in curriculum offerings of Workshop in Business Opportunities (1984-present)

Education

• J. D., cum laude, Harvard Law School (1982)
• A. B., magna cum laude, Harvard College (1979)