Profile

 
Summary

In his corporate law practice, Mr. Myer advises on all aspects of business transactions, finance, securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate operations, and corporate governance.

He drafts business plans and offering memoranda, negotiates angel or venture capital for start-up companies, negotiates bank or other institutional financing for established businesses and drafts contracts with companies’ key employees, customers and vendors. He also represents investment advisers who operate hedge funds and others who manage large public mutual funds.

Prior to moving to Seattle, Mr. Myer was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell (New York and Frankfurt), Paul Weiss (London) and White & Case (Miami).

Before his career in law, Mr. Myer received a master’s degree in management and finance from MIT and worked as a financial analyst and management consultant with Arthur D. Little, Inc.

Mr. Myer grew up in Austria and speaks fluent German.

 

Bar Admissions

Florida

New York

Washington

 

Education

University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, J.D., 1995. Honors: Magna cum Laude, Order of the Coif, Law Review, Phi Delta Phi.

Sloan School of Management, M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, M.S.M., 1980.

Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, A.B., 1978, Honors: Summa cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa.

 

Published Works

Paying for Personal Representatives and their Attorneys May Cost You an Arm and a Leg, 49 U. MIAMI L. REV. 855 (1995)

Online Securities Offerings and Investor Protection, COMPUTER L. REV. INTL. (6/2001) (written with Stephen Wilske and Sarah A. Barker)

 

Representative Clients

Cloudfish, Inc. (Mobile messaging services)

Flaggpole, Inc. (On-line social utility)

Michaelo Espresso, Inc. (Espresso equipment sales and service)

Mother LLC (Sporting goods)

Polaris Capital Management, LLC (International and global equity value management services)

Northcote Alternatives, LLC (Equity index trading strategies and consulting services)

Truly Mobile Closings LLC (Real estate escrow services)

 

Professional Associations and Memberships

Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network, Seattle Chapter Executive Committee

Northwest Entrepreneur Network

Seattle Alternative Investment Association

Washington Athletic Club: Human Resources & Benefits Committee, Finance and Budget Committee, Audit Committee, Wine Advisory Committee

Washington State Bar Association, Securities Law Committee

King County Bar Association, Solo/Small Firms Section

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John Myer