Firm: Dawn Bernd-Schulz PLLC
1325 G Street, NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20005
Practice Areas: Business, Financial Markets and Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership, Securities Offerings, Venture Capital, Immigration
Firm: The Law Offices of Destiny Aigbe PLLC
1101 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 450 , Washington , District of Columbia 20036
Practice Areas: Securities Offerings
I am a securities lawyer. My practice includes public and private offerings, broker-dealer and investment banking matters, secondary market transactions, venture and private equity capital investments and mergers and acquisitions. My clients consist of public and private companies, broker-dealers, investment banking firms and individual entrepreneurs. We also represent issuers, underwriters, and placement agents in private and public securities offerings, including reverse mergers, initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary offerings, private placements, debt offerings, private investments in public equity (PIPEs), and equity crowdsourcing.. Mr. Aigbe focuses his securities litigation practice on a wide range of matters, including matters arising from securities fraud, M&A litigation, shareholder derivative matters, individual direct shareholder litigation, appraisal rights cases, and shareholder inspection rights. Sometimes Mr. Aigbe is engaged in consumer and employment litigation as well as estate and probate litigation and real estate litigation. Mr. Aigbe has a particular focus on shareholder M&A and securities fraud class action litigation.. Clients include individual stockholders, shareholder activists, hedgefunds, pension funds, and family offices, and union funds.. Mr. Aigbe studied Finance at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. Mr. Aigbe then worked for Bank of America's Investment Banking Division where he participated in mergers and acquisitions in the energy and power sectors. Mr. Aigbe attended Vanderbilt University Law School where he focused on the Law of Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions and earned a certificate in Law and Business. Mr. Aigbe has been an avid investor for the last 10 years. He focuses on micro-cap and mid-cap companies that are involved in special situations such as a mergers, spinoffs, corporate restructurings, or workouts. From his involvement in online investing communities, he has earned a reputation among activist investors and research firms hoping to usher in a new era of disclosure, loyalty, and duty to stockholders and investors.. Mr. Aigbe has served the US government for part of his career. He has worked for the US Department of State where he handled employment law and civil rights matters. Mr. Aigbe was in Baghdad in 2012 where he counseled employees on their rights and responsibilities and presented information to senior leaders. Mr. Aigbe has also worked as transaction and contracts manager for the National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Defense's Defense Contract Management Agency.. Mr. Aigbe resides in North Bethesda, MD with his wife and daughter. He is an avid fan of abstract and contemporary art and enjoys jogging.
Firm: Batzel Law PLLC
641 S Street NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20001
Practice Areas: Mergers & Acquisitions, Contracts & Agreements, Corporate & Incorporation, Securities Offerings
Firm: LawVisory
1250 Connecticut Ave NW , Washington , District of Columbia 20036
Practice Areas: Securities Offerings, Business, Corporate & Incorporation, Tax, Securities & Investment Fraud
Mr. Jeff Smith is a highly experienced securities, tax, business, M&A, regulatory compliance, digital assets, capital markets, and FinTech attorney with over 26 years of experience strengthening the legal and compliance functions of financial services companies, investment advisers, broker-dealers, digital asset companies, family offices, technology companies, and investment vehicles. He has represented companies at all stages of maturity with their legal and compliance needs related to capital and debt raising efforts via private and public offerings. He has also served as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for many companies while also working in the Director of Enforcement’s office at the Securities and Exchange Commission and serving as Investigative Counsel for President Obama at the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Mr. Smith also serves on public company boards and was highly instrumental in facilitating the merger between Digital World Acquisition Corp and Trump Media & Technology Group, resulting in Trump Media becoming a publicly traded, well-resourced company. Mr. Smith also advises presidents, heads of parliament and ministers throughout Africa as part of his work in international economic development and is an expert in tax structuring and asset preservation planning. He has also been a pioneer in the development of tradable fractional and partitioned interests in rarities and real world asset tokenization as a co-founder of RarityX.. CREDENTIALS
