He received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania where he was an Articles Editor for the Law Review and graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis. His practice areas include secured lending, securities, mergers and acquisitions, asset management, restructurings and workouts, acquisitions and dispositions of distressed assets, joint ventures and general corporate governance, asset-based lending, structured PIPE (private investments in public equity) transactions, SEC registered offering and compliance work, and counseling private asset management firms. He was formerly a partner of Duval & Stachenfeld and an associate of Debevoise and Plimpton.