Jeffrey Warren Berkman

Seasoned business lawyer with extensive experience working with entrepreneurs, companies, and business ventures in a variety of industries, including high tech, management consulting, real estate development, film and television, Internet, e-learning, software and hardware development, retail, life sciences, call center/business process outsourcing, and a variety of brick and mortar businesses. Serve as counsel to companies and individuals as outside general counsel and M&A/transactional counsel. Serve as business advisor to entrepreneurs seeking assistance with business start-up matters. I have handled numerous M&A deals, corporate, venture capital and commercial transactions worldwide, and bring the experience of both a dealmaker and a lawyer to U.S. and international business transactions. Specialties: Venture capital; corporate/business law; M&A, corporate financing; assisting start-ups, handling corporation structuring; working with non-profits, contract drafting/review (licensing, distribution, employment and general commercial contracts); franchising; and film/television productions/entertainment law matters. Extensive experience handling corporate and commercial transactions in the U.S. Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore and several countries in Europe. Proficient in Mandarin Chinese

• Corporate Law
• Non-Profit Law
• Venture Capital/Private Equity Law

• Free Consultation

Connecticut

Since 1990

New York

Since 1990

Founding Partner

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman PLLC

2018 - Current

Adjunct Professor -- Business Organizations II

Touro Law Center

2017 - Current

Founding Partner

The Berkman Law Firm, PLLC

2010 - Current

The Berkman Law Firm is a business/corporate firm with extensive experience handling business transactions in the United States, Asia and Europe. As the former General Counsel of an international venture capital firm, I have extensive experience handling the various legal issues businesses need to consider, including structuring an entity, financing, private equity/venture capital, distribution, website policies, contracts, buy-sell agreements and general corporate/business matters. The Firm provides premiere legal guidance to entrepreneurs, investors and emerging and established companies on a variety of U.S. and international legal matters. The Firm’s cost-effective, personal service is tailored to the individual concerns of clients, ranging from large corporations to small businesses as well as individuals.

General Counsel

Bigfoot Ventures Ltd

2000 - 2010

General Counsel, international venture capital firm with operations in the U.S., Asia and Europe.

Associate

Several Major New York City Law Firms

1990 - 2000

Teaching Fellow

Stanford Law School

1996 - 1997

Judicial Law Clerk

Second Circuit, Court of Appeals

1989 - 1990

New York University School of Law

LL.M. | International Law

1995 - 1996

New York Law School

J.D. (1989)

1986 - 1989

Honors: Magna Cum Laude Editor-in-Chief: Law Review

Activities: New York Law School Law Review

Middlebury College

B.A. | Political Science/Mandarin

1982 - 1986

The Best Attorneys for Privately Held Companies -- Finalist

New York Enterprise Report

2012

Marino Legal

Lecturer

Current

Activities: Continuing Legal Eduation (CLE) lecturer on corporate/business law matters.

Carmike Cinemas, Inc.

Director

Current

Activities: Member, Board of Directors, NASDAQ listed (CKEC)

Second Chance Animal Rescue of Levittown New York

Director

2014 - Current

Families in Support of Treatment. Inc.

Advisory Committee

2014 - Current

Activities: Non profit organization supporting families who have been affected by drug and alcohol addiction

Kowledge Platform

Director

2013

Activities: Member, Board of Directors

Due Diligence and the Business Transaction: Getting the Deal Done

APress

November, 2013

Business Law-- Regular Presenter for number of Orgs.