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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.

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.

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.

Assaad Nasr is a general corporate lawyer with extensive experience in both domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, investments and commercial legal matters. Assaad represents a broad spectrum of clients, ranging from startup and development-stage companies, private equity and real estate investment management firms and individual investors. His clients rely on him for his pragmatic legal and commercial advice, attention to detail and comprehensive network of specialist legal and business advisors.

Assaad has an extensive private practice and in-house work history, covering a range of industries including professional services, technology, real estate, financial services, telecommunications, media, and sports & entertainment. Assaad has worked on numerous complex M&A and commercial transactions in many non-U.S. jurisdictions throughout the world, including Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

During his time as an in-house lawyer, Assaad counseled internal clients—including business practitioners and risk management personnel—on legal, business and strategic matters with respect to commercial transactions and changes in applicable law and regulatory frameworks. He also developed extensive operational experience advising on matters such as master services agreements, consulting agreements, vendor contracts, leases, NDAs, IP licenses, employment-related matters and dispute resolution.

Prior to joining Buhler Duggal & Henry LLP, Assaad ran his own law firm where he advised companies and high-net-worth individuals on legal and investment matters. Prior to that, Assaad was an Assistant General Counsel at Deloitte LLP. He started his career in the Mergers & Acquisitions group at Shearman & Sterling LLP.

Assaad received an A.B. in Economics from Duke University, summa cum laude, where he was also Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center. He is admitted to practice in New York.

Assaad is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Park Children’s Day School in New York.

Jen has over 25 years of experience in some of the most intense corporate environments. She has led hundreds of negotiations, including venture capital financings, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. Jen continues to advise founders, companies and investors in complex and strategic matters. Her practice covers the full spectrum of corporate transactions.

In addition to serving as of counsel to BDH, Jen is also the founder of Covenant, which is focused on advising companies on a wide range of commercial agreements. Covenant marries sophisticated, strategic counsel with practical, scalable solutions.

Jen was an executive at WeWork for six years during the scaling of the business where she served in several roles, including Chief Legal Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining WeWork, Jen was a partner at WilmerHale, where she was the head of the New York emerging company practice.

Earlier in her career, Jen was an associate at Covington & Burling and associate general counsel at Longitude, a financial services company acquired by Goldman Sachs and International Securities Exchange. Prior to law school, Jen worked in the Strategic Planning Group at American Express and as an associate consultant at The Parthenon Group. Jen graduated from the New York University School of Law in May 2000 and from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in December 1993. Jen is admitted to practice in New York.

Jen currently serves as a director on HYPOTHEkids and is an active supporter of the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center and the Appalachian Mountain Club.

SELECTED WEWORK NEGOTIATIONS

• Transactions with Softbank over several years, including initial structured deal resulting in separately funded joint ventures in Asian jurisdictions: China, Pacific (South Korea and Southeast Asian countries) and Japan

• Landmark deal with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) regarding cleaning staff

• Agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office regarding scope of employee restrictive covenants

• Acquisition and disposition of multiple businesses

• Partnership for operations in India

• Multiple debt financing transactions with a variety of security packages

SELECTED OUTSIDE COUNSEL NEGOTIATIONS

• Corporate counsel to over 100 startup companies, including Spark Therapeutics, Compass, Barkbox, Work Market, Celmatix and mParticle

• Representation of Emory University in its sale to Gilead Sciences and Royalty Pharma of a revenue interest for emtricitabine, a component of Truvada

• Representation of State Street Bank in the Troubled Asset Relief Program

• Representation of companies in numerous mergers and acquisitions, including Generation Health in its sale to CVS Caremark, Pixable in its sale to SingTel, Cellfish Media in its acquisition of Bandsintown, Temenos in its acquisition of TriNovus, BzzAgent in its sale to dunnhumby (a subsidiary of Tesco)

• Representations of companies in complex joint ventures, including Life Sciences Alternative Funding in its joint venture with Perella Weinberg and VIA Motors in its joint venture and exchangeable shares transaction with a Mexican company

• Representation of investors in equity, debt and structured financings, including Harris & Harris in equity investments in biotech companies and Paul Capital in purchases of revenue streams and equity interests

Carl Berry's practice focuses primarily on tax, executive compensation and employee benefits law related advice. Carl also has significant experience with corporate legal work, including with respect to mergers and acquisitions, preparation of complex limited partnership and limited liability company operating agreements, and private equity fund related work.

Carl regularly assists with issues related to acquisitions, dispositions and reorganizations of businesses, tax partnership related issues, the qualified small business stock rules, inbound and outbound tax planning, and deferred compensation and other executive compensation related issues.

Carl is of counsel to Buhler Duggal and Henry through his professional association. Previously, Carl was an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and a shareholder at Trenam Law.

Carl is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.

Carl received two bachelor’s degrees (summa cum laude) from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign majoring in Economics, Finance and Political Science. He earned his J.D. (cum laude) from Cornell Law School. While at Cornell, he achieved the CALI Award for Excellence (i.e. the book award) in federal income taxation and served as an editor on the Journal of Law & Public Policy. He is admitted to practice New York and Florida.

Tim Walker practices general corporate law, with an emphasis on representing emerging companies and their investors throughout all stages of the corporate life cycle. Tim represents clients in a wide range of complex transactional matters including venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate governance and corporate transactions.

Tim began his career as an associate at the New York office of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP.

Tim received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was the Symposium Editor for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law and organized “A Chip Off the Old Block(chain): How Blockchain Technology is Changing Law and Business,” a symposium focusing on cryptocurrencies, the Delaware Blockchain Initiative, smart contracts and blockchain regulation. Before law school, Tim earned his B.A. in History from High Point University.

Tim is admitted to practice in New York.

Usman Javed practices general business and corporate law. He represents emerging companies and their investors in all stages of the business lifecycle, including entity formations, financings, mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining Buhler Duggal & Henry LLP, Usman clerked for the Supreme Court of Pakistan and worked at a Toronto based full-service firm.

Usman read MPhil Technology Policy at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He earned his J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School where he was the associate editor for the Osgoode Hall Law Journal. He received his B.Sc (Hons), from the University of Toronto.

His admission to the New York Bar is pending.

George Seyffert is a corporate and securities lawyer. He represents investors, startup and development-stage companies in a variety of corporate matters throughout all stages of the corporate life cycle, including venture capital financings, corporate governance and commercial transactions.

George began his career as an associate at the New York office of Sidley Austin LLP, where he completed a secondment with Goldman Sachs.

George received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where he was the Business Manager for the Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law. George also served as President of the Brooklyn Business Law Association. Before law school, George earned his B.A. in History & English from SUNY Binghamton University.

George is a member of the Puerto Rican Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association.

George is admitted to practice in New York.