Jeffrey Andrew Bekiares

Jeffrey Andrew Bekiares

  • Business Law, Securities Law
  • Georgia
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Jeff Bekiares is an attorney with over ten years of experience in general corporate, capital raising and securities laws practice. He began his career at a great Atlanta law firm, practicing there for over six years before leaving large firm life to become the Co-founder, COO and General Counsel of SparkMarket, a Georgia based crowdfunding platform. He has worked with clients at a variety of stages: from start-ups, to emerging growth to exchange listed public companies. He specializes in entity formation, governance, operating and shareholders agreement, commercial contract drafting, mergers & acquisitions, capital raising and all manner of transactional matters, including asset purchase, sale and leasing transactions.

Jeff has worked closely with regulators and experts in the state and national crowdfunding community to design capital raising campaigns (primarily “intrastate” Invest Georgia Exemption campaigns) that are compliant and safe for issuers and investors, and his company SparkMarket hosted the nation’s first successful securities-based crowdfunding campaign in U.S. history. He practices law with a philosophy based on the practical and affordable, for companies of all sizes.

Jeff is also a prolific writer, speaker and thought leader in his areas of practice and interest, and regularly lectures and provides content to and in connection with capital raising conferences, co-working space meetups, incubators and accelerators, institutions of higher learning, and government agencies. He is also the practice leader in our Corporate Education & Training group.

Practice Areas
    Business Law
    Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
    Securities Law
Additional Practice Areas
  • Crowdfunding
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
Fees
  • Credit Cards Accepted
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Georgia
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Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
  • German: Written
Professional Experience
Associate Attorney
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
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Associate Attorney in Corporate Department
Education
University of Florida
J.D. (2006) | Law
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Honors: 5th in Class.
Activities: Law Review
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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
B.A. (2002) | International Studies
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Honors: Highest Distinction
Activities: Daily Illini
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Professional Associations
State Bar of Georgia  # 076217
Member
Current
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Contact & Map
Founders Legal
3423 Piedmont Road NE
Suite 360
Atlanta, GA 30305
Telephone: (404) 537-3686 Ext. 803
Cell: (404) 537-3691