Bio

Charles is a corporate attorney with particular expertise in private equity and venture capital.  His practice focuses on counseling buyers and sellers in connection with mergers and acquisitions, minority and control investments and portfolio dispositions, typically with respect to established or emerging technology companies.  Additionally, he regularly represents established and emerging technology companies throughout all phases of their development—formation, financing, general corporate growth and realization events.  

Charles received his JD from The University of Chicago Law School and a BA from New York University.  Prior to joining RK&R, Charles focused on all aspects of complex commercial, securities and employment litigation, arguing before both federal and state courts of original and appellate jurisdiction, with the litigation department of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.  Now, he blends transactional skill with prior experience as commercial litigator to provide integrated, practical legal advice.

Charles is a member of the bar of New York and is admitted to practice before the Southern, Eastern and Northern District Courts of New York.  He is an active member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and its Committee on Minorities in the Profession, as well as the American Bar Association and its Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee.

A fan of emerging technology and digital networking, Charles can be found on LinkedIn, Martindale-Hubbell Connected, Twitter and Foursquare.  He is a frequent speaker on a variety of legal topics and, as an avid skier, is the creator and moderator of VCs on Skis, an invite-only networking event hosted annually by RK&R for the NYC Venture Capital/Entrepreneur community.

Charles was recently named “2010 Attorney of the Year” by The New York Enterprise Report.