Gerald Adler

Experience

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  Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman (formerly Shereff Friedman Hoffman & Goodman)

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1989

  Associate, Corporate Department
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  Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman (successor to Shereff Friedman)

  Jul 1989 - Dec 2004

  Partner, Corporate Department

  At this nationally recognized law firm and successor to Shereff Friedman Hoffman and Goodman, the Firm I joined as an associate and became a partner), I was part of a united group of mentors and colleagues for most of my legal career. Upon election to partnership at Shereff Friedman Hoffman and Goodman and continuing post-merger at Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, I was an active member of the management team as well as a fully engaged practitioner in charge of complex corporate law matters for a robust client base. For an extended period, I was assigning partner for the corporate department (all associates in department several years), Chair of the Associate Review Committee, a member of the Nominating Committee, and part of the Recruiting Committee. My matters included public and private companies (Horn and Hardart’s sale of the Bojangles chain, among them) and I worked, comfortably, with the most demanding C suite executives. Show less

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  Dechert LLP

  Jan 2005 - Dec 2007

  Partner, Corporate and Securities Group

  As part of the acquisition of the New York office of Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman (successor to Shereff Friedman Hoffman and Goodman), by Dechert, I became a partner in the Firm’s corporate securities group. I continued to serve longstanding clients and worked as part of the team on matters originating at the Dechert, that required my expertise in corporate and corporate finance law. Representations included Universal American Financial’s multi-faceted and complicated acquisition of Member Health Show less

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  Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2012

  Partner, Corporate and Securities Group

  Given the opportunity to join a highly sophisticated, boutique practice, I moved from Dechert to Friedman, anticipating correctly, that it would allow me to come full circle-- back to a legal practice that emphasized intellect and legal talent in more intimate environment; reminiscent of my cherished years at Shereff. I joined the corporate securities group, leading a variety of deals with a deep bench of experts in all aspects of corporate finance. My practice was closely aligned with the firm’s longtime strength in representing entrepreneurs and investment funds, so as to optimize supportive expertise and mutual feeding of our respective practices. Our representation of a Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Atlas Pipeline, Partners, LP in its sale of interest Laurel Mountain joint venture to Atlas Energy was representative of our special abilities to provide legal advice with a keen understanding of the business to bring added value to the client. Show less

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  Paine Schwartz Partners

  Feb 2012 - Dec 2019

  COO & General Counsel

  As COO and general counsel, I was responsible not only for the operations of the firm but also for problem-solving with creative and pragmatic solutions. With this mindset, I created and implemented a compliance system firm wide which meets SEC requirements and is easily accessed and utilized by all employees. I also completely restructured Paine's IT system and personnel, suggested and led our move into the cloud and updated our systems resulting in a much more efficient operation. Among the many interesting matters, that I have overseen as a lawyer, at Paine, was a $1.4 billion private equity fund focused solely on food and agribusiness. As general counsel, I oversaw the deal on multiple fronts; supervised our outside counsel, advised our Chairman and CEO on all business decisions and coordinated all aspects of the transaction. Additionally, the Firm looked to me to develop and execute on special projects. They have included among others, redesigning our company's review system for evaluating all personnel including executives, managing the company's name change, and implementing a CRM for our company. Show less

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  Gerald Adler, Esq.

  Jan 2020 - now

  Business Executive and Attorney

  Advising businesses, start-ups, venture capital and private equity firms on general corporate and commercial law matters including mergers, acquisitions, financings, capital raises, restructuring, employment matters and commercial licenses and agreements.

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  Sky Harbour Group

  Jan 2022 - now

  Interim General Counsel