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Raoul Duggal is a general corporate lawyer focusing on the representation of international and domestic small and mid-size companies and investors. He has extensive experience advising clients on a broad spectrum of domestic and international M&A transactions, including restructuring, cross-border and refinancing transactions. He frequently advises domestic and international businesses and investors on venture capital and angel investments and their exit transactions. In addition Raoul also has also worked with public companies and has advised on domestic and international IPOs.

Raoul represents a wide variety of U.S. and European small- and mid-size companies and advises them as their U.S. outside general counsel on a regular basis. Using the firm’s trusted network of experts in tax, intellectual property, employment, real estate and litigation Raoul’s clients can rely on legal services covering the full range of their activities in the United States. With an approach based on practical and economical solutions, Raoul helps domestic and international clients conduct and effectively manage their businesses in the United States.

Prior to co-founding Buhler Duggal & Henry LLP, Raoul was associated with the New York and London offices of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. and with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Germany.

Raoul passed his First State Examination with honors, and received a Doctor of Jurisprudence (Dr. iur.) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Cologne, summa cum laude. He holds an LL.M. degree with a concentration in corporate law from New York University School of Law.

Raoul is an active member of the New York City Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the German Bar Association, the German-American Lawyers Association, the International Association of Young Lawyers and the German-American Chamber of Commerce.

Raoul is fluent in German and is admitted to practice in New York and Germany.

Eric Henry is a general corporate lawyer focusing on the representation of emerging growth and mid-size companies. He has a general corporate practice with broad-based experience serving as outside general counsel to companies and investors, providing guidance and assistance in all aspects of their financing, organization, operation and exit.

Clients rely on and value Eric for his practical and business-oriented advice. He understands the concerns of entrepreneurs and the difficult decisions facing their businesses. He is dedicated to protecting his clients and sharing in their zeal for all pursuits entrepreneurial.

Eric has considerable experience with early stage and venture financings, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and M&A transactions. He also has significant experience representing investors, including counsel on the structuring, formation and representation of venture capital and other private equity funds.

Having worked as an in-house lawyer, Eric also has operational experience advising on matters such as customer contracts, agency and other service-oriented commercial contracts, employee-related matters, commercial disputes, IP portfolio management, licensing and other matters. Eric has helped many technology companies by counseling them on their product distribution and licensing arrangements.

Prior to co-founding Buhler Duggal & Henry LLP, Eric was in-house legal counsel for Sapient Corporation, and previously was a corporate associate in the Boston offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Proskauer Rose LLP.

Eric is actively involved in various community organizations, including the Boston Bar Association and New York City Bar Association. His interests include motorcycles, historical nonfiction, travel, and gardening. Eric is fluent in Spanish.

Eric received a B.A. in History, cum laude, from Bowdoin College. He earned his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, where he was also member of the Transnational Law Review.

Eric is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and New York.

Leia Galasso practices general corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on emerging growth company representation. She has represented private and public companies in a wide array of complex transactions and her practice includes start-up company counseling, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions and corporate governance.

Leia earned her JD with a concentration in corporate law from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. While at Cardozo, Leia was a member of the Journal of Conflict Resolution. Leia graduated with a B.A. in Art History from Boston University.

Leia is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Marc Pellegrino specializes in the representation of emerging growth companies throughout their life cycles. Marc is experienced in intellectual property matters and frequently drafts licenses, Terms of Service, Privacy Policies, talent agreements, services agreements, NDAs and other commercial contracts. Marc is also broadly experienced with corporate formation and governance matters, venture capital financing transactions, and M&A transactions. He has also written extensively about the intersection of entertainment and technology, which can be found in such publications as Billboard Magazine and the NYSBA's Intellectual Property and Entertainment Arts & Sports Law Journals.

Marc earned his JD with a concentration in intellectual property and information law from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. While at Cardozo, Marc was the Acquisitions Editor of the Arts & Entertainment Law Journal. Marc graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern University (Hons.) with a B.S. in Music, Business, and Journalism. He is fluent in French.

Marc is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Kristin Rosenblum provides counsel to members of senior executive management and in-house legal teams on issues that impact individual clients’ and companies’ businesses, including advising on risk and compliance with U.S. statutes and regulations; internal and external company policies, such as website or mobile application Terms of Service, Data Privacy Policies, and Acceptable Use Policies; and general corporate matters, including formation and operation, corporate governance, and employment-related concerns. She drafts and negotiates intellectual property licenses, commercial contracts, talent agreements, master services agreements, and NDAs.

Kristin began her career as an associate at the New York office of Dewey Ballantine (later, Dewey & LeBoeuf).

Kristin received a B.A. (with honors) in Comparative Literature and French from the University of Georgia, cum laude, and an M.A. in English from the University of Florida. She graduated cum laude from Fordham University School of Law where she was a member of the Urban Law Journal. While in law school, she received ASCAP’s Nathan Burken Memorial Prize (awarded for the best paper in copyright law) for an article she authored on Open Source Software and the General Public License. She received the Peter J. O’Conner Prize for earning the highest weighted average in coursework in Evidence and New York Practice, and was awarded a fellowship to study European Union Law at the Sorbonne in Paris. She is fluent in French.

Kristin is admitted to practice in New York.

Arthur is a corporate attorney and entrepreneur. His business law experience includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial disputes. He has particular expertise in the offering of securities under the '33 Act and '34 Act, as well as general counsel representation of financial institutions and companies.

Arthur lives and practices in New York City, and began his career at the New York office of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP.

Arthur received his J.D. from the NYU School of Law, where he was the Colloquium Editor of the NYU Environmental Law Journal, publishing scholarly work at the intersection of constitutional law and economics. He received his B.A. cum laude from Harvard University, where he completed a joint concentration in Mathematics & Philosophy.

Arthur is admitted to practice in New York.

Christopher Ha is a corporate attorney with significant experience representing companies in all stages of development. His experience includes fund formation, securities, domestic and international financing transactions, public company representation and antitrust matters. He also maintains an active Korea practice and counsels clients with respect to the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement.

Prior to joining Buhler Duggal & Henry LLP, Chris was a lawyer in the investment management practice at Dechert LLP, serving as counsel to major American and European financial institutions with respect to complex legal and other issues, often relating to domestic and cross-border securities law compliance. Chris began his career in the Washington, D.C. office of an international law firm, where he represented a number of consumer products manufacturers in contractual disputes with more than forty state governments, and counseled clients entering into mergers and acquisitions in their bids for antitrust approval from the Department of Justice, as well as a Korean electronics company in an investigation by the European Commission.

Chris’s pro bono practice comprises the representation of non-profit organizations and individuals, including a civil rights organization in federal litigation against a major real estate corporation for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act and a Cameroon citizen seeking political asylum.

Chris holds a J.D. from Cornell Law School, where he was an editor of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy and a member of the Moot Court Board. He furthered his legal studies at Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne and the University of Sydney. He graduated magna cum laude from Indiana University, Kelley School of Business with a B.S. in Business.

Chris is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the District of Columbia. He is bilingual in English and Korean, and is fluent in Japanese.

Michael Horn is an experienced corporate attorney and entrepreneur. He counsels emerging growth companies and venture capital investors in New York City.

Mike began his career representing major investment banks and large corporations in sophisticated financial transactions. After building extensive experience in the Internet startup space, Mike now combines his legal background and his in-the-trenches startup experience to counsel his clients with a unique understanding of the issues they face.

Mike is an active member of the New York startup community, having created WhatIsFresh.com and CraftCoffee.com. Under Mike's leadership, Craft Coffee secured investment from a group of industry-leading global investors, including Dave McClure's 500 Startups.

Mike and his companies have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, The Next Web, Serious Eats, Tasting Table, Saveur, Bon Appetit, Gotham Magazine and WeAreNYTech. He has spoken about entrepreneurship on numerous panels alongside industry leaders at venues including Columbia Business School and New York's General Assembly. Mike is ranked among New York's top 20 startup lawyers by Chubby Brain.

Mike began his career in the New York office of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP.

Mike graduated with a J.D. from Cornell Law School, where he was a Notes Editor on the Cornell International Law Journal. He received a B.A. with Honors in social sciences from the University of Arizona, where he graduated magna cum laude.

Mike is admitted to practice in New York.