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Was a pleasure to talk shop with the folks at IFLR!
Was a pleasure to talk shop with the folks at IFLR!
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I’m excited to share that I rejoined Pinheiro Neto Advogados at the beginning of this month after completing my LLM at Stanford University and having…
I’m excited to share that I rejoined Pinheiro Neto Advogados at the beginning of this month after completing my LLM at Stanford University and having…
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Earlier today, I had the privilege of joining a roundtable discussion with Representative Pete Sessions about legislation regarding Employee Stock…
Earlier today, I had the privilege of joining a roundtable discussion with Representative Pete Sessions about legislation regarding Employee Stock…
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Experience
Education
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Columbia Law School
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Columbia Business Law Review - Editor-in-Chief
Public Interest Law Foundation - President, 3L Representative, 1L Representative
Black Law Students Association - Treasurer, 3L Representative
Teaching Assistant - Civil Procedure, Negotiations, Securities Regulation
Research Assistant - Merritt Fox (Securities Law) -
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Association of Amherst Students - President, Vice-President, Judiciary Council Chair, Senator
Amherst Political Union - President, Vice-President
Amherst Office of Admission - Tour Guide
Amherst Symphony Orchestra - Vice-President, Trombone
Teaching Assistant - Economics (Intro to Economics; Money and Economic Activity) & Political Science (Regulating Citizenship) -
Activities and Societies: Cum Laude Society, Class of 2010 (President, Vice-President), Junior Statesmen of America (President, Secretary), Crane Clarion Newspaper (Humor Editor), Gold Key Admissions Tours (President), Conduct Review Board, Symphony Band, Orchestra, Jazz Band, Pit Orchestra, Varsity Football
Member, Board of Governors (2018 - Present)
Co-Chair, Board of Governors Committee on Governors (2021 - Present)
Member, Board of Governors Development Committee (2014 - 2021)
Member, Board of Governors Alumni Relations Committee (2012 - Present)
Reunion Chair (2015, 2020)
Class Agent - Class of 2010 (2010 - Present)
Volunteer Experience
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Member Board Of Governors
Cranbrook Schools
- Present 6 years 4 months
Education
Co-Chair of Committee on Governors
Publications
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Personal Benefit Has No Place in Misappropriation Tipping Cases
SMU Law Review
The Supreme Court’s decision in Salman v. United States left unanswered an important issue concerning the reach of Rule 10b-5’s prohibitions with respect to trades based on a tip of material inside information: in cases based on the misappropriation theory, is it necessary to show that the tipper enjoyed a personal benefit of which the trader was aware? The personal benefit test was originally developed in the context of tipping cases based on the classical theory of insider trading. The…
The Supreme Court’s decision in Salman v. United States left unanswered an important issue concerning the reach of Rule 10b-5’s prohibitions with respect to trades based on a tip of material inside information: in cases based on the misappropriation theory, is it necessary to show that the tipper enjoyed a personal benefit of which the trader was aware? The personal benefit test was originally developed in the context of tipping cases based on the classical theory of insider trading. The Supreme Court in Salman explicitly said that it was not reaching the matter of whether the test should be extended as well to tipping cases based on the misappropriation theory. And there is nothing in the language of Chiarella, Dirks, and O’Hagan—the earlier seminal Supreme Court cases relating to the reach of Rule 10b-5’s prohibitions on insider trading—that calls for doing so. The lower courts, however, have split on the issue, and in recent years a number of them, through a set of statements unaccompanied by reasoned analysis, seem to be sleepwalking into inserting the personal benefit requirement into misappropriation-theory-based tipping cases. We show that this recent drift is seriously misguided as a matter of both doctrine and policy. Allowing this errant doctrine to become firmly lodged in the law would needlessly leave many socially undesirable trades unpunished and hence undeterred.
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Boards Should Use Diversity as a Defense Against Activists
Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog
Many institutional investors have made increasing the diversity of corporate boards a priority, yet activist investors that rely on the support of these institutional investors often make boards less diverse. Boards should take advantage of this divergence between the priorities of institutional investors and the actions of activist investors in resisting activist campaigns, and prepare for those campaigns by increasing board diversity.
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Insider Trading: Personal Benefit Has No Place in Misappropriation Tipping Cases
Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog
A blog post on the Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog (Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets) co-authored with Merritt Fox regarding the personal benefit requirement for insider trading and arguing that such requirement should not be required for cases brought under the misappropriation theory.
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Broker-Dealer Use of “Idle” Customer Assets: Customer Protection With Sweep Programs and Securities Lending
Columbia Business Law Review (2016 Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 823)
Equity investors, whether hedge funds or retail investors, must trade stocks through broker-dealers, and when these investors are not actively trading, their securities and uninvested cash remain with their broker-dealer. What broker-dealers do with these “idle” customer assets is a vast and largely unexamined business that is a key source of revenue for broker-dealers. This Note provides the first comprehensive examination of the trade-offs in regulating broker-dealer use of idle customer…
Equity investors, whether hedge funds or retail investors, must trade stocks through broker-dealers, and when these investors are not actively trading, their securities and uninvested cash remain with their broker-dealer. What broker-dealers do with these “idle” customer assets is a vast and largely unexamined business that is a key source of revenue for broker-dealers. This Note provides the first comprehensive examination of the trade-offs in regulating broker-dealer use of idle customer assets through case studies of broker-dealer sweeps of uninvested customer cash, broker-dealer lending of customer margin securities, and the effect of securities lending on customers’ shareholder votes. On one hand, broker-dealer use of idle customer assets potentially increases agency costs and systemic risk by increasing broker-dealer interconnectedness and allowing broker-dealers to profit off customer assets. On the other hand, proper use of idle assets can generate positive outcomes for customers through higher returns and positive social benefits for the general market. This Note proposes and examines potential reforms like increased disclosure and reporting requirements that provide better protection for broker-dealer customers.
Honors & Awards
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James Kent Scholar
Columbia Law School
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize
Columbia Law School
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Powell Fellowship
Columbia Law School
The Richard G. Powell '41 and DonEden O. Powell '41 Fellowship is awarded annually to an outstanding faculty summer research assistant, especially in the area of corporate law.
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James Kent Scholar
Columbia Law School
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Paul R. Hayes Prize
Columbia Law School
Awarded annually to an outstanding 1L student in civil procedure
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James Kent Scholar
Columbia Law School
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James R. Nelson Prize
Amherst College
Awarded to the senior who, in the opinion of the Economics Department, has written a distinguished honors thesis that applies economic analysis to an important question of public policy.
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Magna Cum Laude
Amherst College
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Phi Beta Kappa
Amherst College
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Congratulations to the TowerBrook team! TowerBrook and their investment in R1 was my first client and matter at Wachtell Lipton almost 7 years ago…
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Wachtell Lipton represents TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. in its $8.9 billion acquisition of R1 RCM with Clayton Dubilier & Rice
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A very busy H1 in the activist defense space. Honored to work with so many of my amazing colleagues at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to represent…
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Very excited for our longtime friends at IGT, De Agostini and Apollo and proud to have helped with this complicated and unique transaction.
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See David Marcus' Deal Diary for all the advisers on T-Mobile and KKR's acquisition of Metronet. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP's Brian…
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We are pleased to partner with KKR to acquire Metronet, the fastest-growing pure play fiber company in the U.S., and support T-Mobile in providing…
We are pleased to partner with KKR to acquire Metronet, the fastest-growing pure play fiber company in the U.S., and support T-Mobile in providing…
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Wachtell Lipton represents T-Mobile in its $4.9 billion joint venture with KKR to acquire Metronet #WachtellLipton #jointventure #telecom #FTTH
Wachtell Lipton represents T-Mobile in its $4.9 billion joint venture with KKR to acquire Metronet #WachtellLipton #jointventure #telecom #FTTH
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We are honored to announce that Wachtell Lipton has been voted the "Best Law Firm for Mergers and Acquisitions" by Vault for 2025. This recognition…
We are honored to announce that Wachtell Lipton has been voted the "Best Law Firm for Mergers and Acquisitions" by Vault for 2025. This recognition…
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On July 9, we had the pleasure of welcoming Mayor Eric Adams (NYC Office of the Mayor) to our offices in Midtown for a town hall meeting in…
On July 9, we had the pleasure of welcoming Mayor Eric Adams (NYC Office of the Mayor) to our offices in Midtown for a town hall meeting in…
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