With over 40 years of securities law experience, not only as a seasoned professional but as a Professor at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. Mr. Stein brings a wealth of knowledge to readers of CryptoWorldJournal.
Having learned about the stock brokerage industry working as an attorney at Paine Webber and EF Hutton. Mr. Stein learned margin from the head of the margin department; trading from the traders on the trading desks and exchange floors; investment banking from the investment bankers.
Securities law can be nuanced and complex. A lawyer who is writing a prospectus does not have the same “vision” of the document as an attorney who is litigating about it. Mr. Stein have written offering documents for more than 150 syndicated financings and have litigated over hundreds more.
Mr. Stein was the General Counsel of a national real estate firm with $1.5 billion worth of properties under management before turning 40. After returned to private practice, in the early 1990s, time was split time between teaching (at Golden Gate University in San Francisco) and working as an advocate, consultant and expert witness in securities arbitrations and more complex financial litigation.
Throughout, Mr. Stein have counseled start-ups and entrepreneurs across many industries. During the dot.com days, Mr. Stein was the adviser to several start-ups and served on the Board of Directors of one company until it was ready to hire full-time management.
