Experience

Grayscale Investments

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Commercial Counsel

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Negotiate and structure a wide variety of commercial contracts.Build and strengthen workflows, and processes between our department and other departments to shape the company's commercial contracts and playbooks.Ensure compliance with securities laws, rules, and regulations, including listing standards.Partner with global cross-functional teams, including Public Relations, Investor Relations, Treasury, Tax, and Information Security on various projects.Provide day-to-day commercial legal support, business-focused counseling, and advice.Stay up-to-date and keep Legal team advised on external governance trends, SEC and NASDAQ issues, general legal issues, and best practices.



Cantor Fitzgerald

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Counsel

  • Oct 2018 - Jun 2022

  Negotiated, drafted, and reviewed various agreements and contracts in support of multiple businesses protecting the firm from financial, legal, and reputational risk. Covering; Broker-Dealer, Equities, Fixed Income, FX, Swap, Prime Brokerage, and Digital Assets.Managed document management team. Functioned as a resource for business colleagues on a variety of legal issues including, but not limited to, interpretation of contracts, existing laws, rules, and regulations. Participated in industry advocacy and advised on proposed changes. Researched and keep current with new statute and legal developments.Analyzed and evaluated existing contracts for potential liability issues involving corporate transactions.



U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Intern Student Honors Program

  • Aug 2017 - Nov 2017

  Reviewed information in case files to assist in investigations in the Department of Enforcement.Prepared interview files and joined staff during in-person testimony. Reviewed information in case files to assist in investigations in the Department of Enforcement.Prepared interview files and joined staff during in-person testimony.



ITT Inc.

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Intern

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Researched and analyzed global tax law within the Tax Department at a multinational firm’s global headquarters. Researched and analyzed global tax law within the Tax Department at a multinational firm’s global headquarters.



John Jay Legal Services, Inc.

• Legal Student Intern

  • Jun 2016 - May 2017

  Represented small retail investor in securities arbitrations and mediations. Represented small retail investor in securities arbitrations and mediations.



Monarch Financial

• CEO

  • 2008 - Mar 2013

  Recruited to build an institutional trading desk for the firm to transact with institutional investors electronically.Developed and executed plan, then managed the desk after deployment.Promoted to restructure firm in crisis to stabilize and restructure.Reported to, and worked extensively with, the Board through restructuring.Launched effort to scope the extent and severity of issues and develop budget and structure to fix and go forward.Recruited, hired, and managed new employees.



Abbey National Treasury Services

• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Proprietary Trading

  • 2006 - 2007

  Recruited to create a new proprietary trading desk within the firm’s Treasury Department.Led a team managing a one hundred million USD relative value, equal dollar hedged, long short S&P 500 equity proprietary trading pairs book.Created a new business plan with the firm’s senior management, including portfolio management and risk and modeling capability. Negotiated contract terms with third party providers. Recruited to create a new proprietary trading desk within the firm’s Treasury Department.Led a team managing a one hundred million USD relative value, equal dollar hedged, long short S&P 500 equity proprietary trading pairs book.Created a new business plan with the firm’s senior management, including portfolio management and risk and modeling capability. Negotiated contract terms with third party providers.



Herzog Heine & Geduld

• Market Maker

  • 1999 - 2002

  Made proprietary markets in over twenty NASDAQ equities. Generated, an average gross production of twelve million USD per year, ranked in the top ten percent firm wide by revenue and volume. Made proprietary markets in over twenty NASDAQ equities. Generated, an average gross production of twelve million USD per year, ranked in the top ten percent firm wide by revenue and volume.



Merrill Lynch

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Analyst

  • 1995 - 1999

  Developed business requirements and worked across the firm, notably IT and trading to implement private client order management and trading systems. Developed business requirements and worked across the firm, notably IT and trading to implement private client order management and trading systems.