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Javed is a Partner and Co-Founder of General Legal. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and practiced corporate law at Fenwick & West, where he advised technology companies on complex transactions.
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J.P. is a Partner and Co-Founder of General Legal. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and practiced corporate law at Cooley LLP, where he represented startups and venture capital firms.
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Liz is a Managing Partner at General Legal. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her undergrad from Harvard College and practiced technology transactions at Cooley LLP, where she represented startups on a range of commercial contracts.
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Chris counsels startups from formation to exit, founders as they lead emerging companies, and investors in equity financing transactions. As an attorney, he has worked on equity financings and M&A transactions and has experience leading an in-house legal team advising a startup as it ramped up revenue, increased its headcount, expanded its product set, and moved into new markets.
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Dan is a Partner at General Legal and the head of the firm's Tax practice. Previously he was a partner in the Federal Tax group at Perkins Coie LLP and served as the firm's first AI Innovation Partner, coordinating strategic AI adoption across practice groups. He received his J.D. with High Honors from the University of Chicago Law School.
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Robert is a Senior Counsel at General Legal. He received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law, and his M.B.A. from Imperial College Business School in London. He has extensive experience in litigation, employment, and commercial transactions both in-house and at large law firms.
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Kuba Wisniewski is responsible for client engagement, matter intake, and attorney coordination, serving as the firm's first reviewer for incoming legal requests. Prior to joining the firm, he advised on satellite navigation and technology transfer projects at the European Space Agency, practiced government contracts and international trade law at Crowell & Moring, and served as Section Chief at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York, where he oversaw a high-volume intake operation.
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Kris focuses his practice on data privacy and information security, and he has extensive experience advising clients across multiple industries on various data privacy and protection issues. Kris earned the Certified Information Privacy Professional for the United States (CIPP/US) credential from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
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Shanita is a Senior Counsel at General Legal. Admitted in California and New York, she holds a JD/MBA from Columbia Law and Business Schools and brings over a decade of corporate experience at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Kirkland & Ellis, and Booz Allen Hamilton across M&A, emerging growth companies, and government IT consulting.
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Jess is Senior Counsel at General Legal and focuses her practice on financial services, commercial transactions, and healthcare. She previously practiced at Cooley, where she represented commercial and fintech companies of all stages, and in-house at a medtech and payments company. Before law, Jess spent over a decade in tech, giving her a practical understanding of the products and systems her clients build.
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Joy focuses her practice on complex commercial transactions, including licensing, distribution, and other strategic agreements across software, payments, financial technology, and AI companies. Admitted in New York and Texas, she received her J.D. from Howard University School of Law and her B.S. from the University of Southern California.
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Esther focuses her practice on data privacy and AI governance, with extensive experience building privacy programs across U.S. and European jurisdictions. She studied at Freie Universität Berlin and King's College London, holds an LLM from American University, is admitted in in New York, and holds the CIPP/US, CIPP/E, and AIGP credentials.
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Victor is a Senior Counsel at General Legal. He brings over two decades of experience with emerging technology transactions at startups that were acquired by SAP and Accenture as well as public sector procurement and defense technology solutions at government contractors including Booz Allen Hamilton. Admitted in New York, he received his J.D. from George Washington University Law School and his B.A. from Columbia University.
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Reena is a Senior Counsel at General Legal. A dual-qualified attorney admitted in California and England & Wales, she holds a First Class BA from University College London and brings nearly a decade of experience at Latham & Watkins and Goodwin Procter across technology, commercial law, and AI governance.
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Arturo has over 25 years of experience focused on complex commercial transactions. He began his career at Arnold & Porter and served in-house as Associate General Counsel at Sabre (NASD: SABR), and General Counsel of Evertec (NYSE: EVTC). Admitted in New York and Puerto Rico, Arturo received his J.D. from Columbia Law School and his B.S. from Boston University.
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Case has experience counseling on a wide range of transactional and corporate matters. His practice primarily focuses on early-stage and emerging companies and has led and and negotiated company and investor side financing transactions, from pre-seed simple agreements for future equity (SAFEs) and convertible notes for newly formed companies to later stage financing rounds and growth equity. He has experience advising on corporate governance matters and acting as outside general counsel for emerging companies as they develop from an early stage startup to a mature company.
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Stephen Ratner is a commercial, privacy, and product attorney who advises AI and SaaS companies on enterprise contracting, data use, technology transactions, and operational legal strategy. He has served as in-house counsel at leading AI-video SaaS and adtech companies, where he negotiated complex commercial and data agreements and partnered with product and technical teams on generative-AI, model-training, and privacy issues. Stephen also has product-management experience building legal-technology tools and AI-agent workflows, and previously practiced emerging-companies and venture-fund law at Gunderson Dettmer. Before law school, he served as Deputy Press Secretary to the Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice and interned at the White House.
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