Prior to joining the firm, John served as an associate at a San Francisco law firm where he focused his practice on advising clients on both public and private mergers and acquisitions transactions across a variety of deal structures and sectors. He also advised clients in blockchain technology and the regulatory risks.
John has experience with advising financial institutions on the formation of new fundraising vehicles, adoption of poison pills, developing and launching cryptocurrency trading, and regulatory issues related to the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, and the Dodd-Frank Act.