GREGG B. SHULKLAPPER, Counsel

Gregg is a seasoned corporate attorney with over eighteen years experience working with both emerging and established private and public companies as well as their investors and financial advisors. Gregg represents clients in a wide range of domestic and international corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, angel, venture capital and private equity financings, joint ventures, strategic alliances, business formation, corporate governance, restructurings and recapitalizations, commercial contracts, executive employment agreements as well as equity incentive plans. Gregg has extensive experience working with clients in the technology, telecom and media businesses, but he also represents or has represented businesses and investors in a broad array of other industries, including the life science and real estate industries.

Gregg is the principal of Shulklapper Associates LLP and works closely with TRF on an Of Counsel basis.

From 2005 to 2008 Gregg was Senior Vice President of Business Development and General Counsel of Iris Wireless, LLC, a technology solutions provider to mobile telecom operators. At Iris, Gregg was responsible for all aspects of the company's legal affairs, including structuring and negotiation of strategic alliances, customer and vendor agreements (including outsourcing agreements and SLAs), technology licensing, corporate governance, intellectual property matters, litigation and federal, state and international law compliance. Gregg also served as point person for Iris' corporate development efforts, including the management of all of its financing transactions. Gregg also was instrumental in facilitating Iris' expansion into Asian markets, including China and Korea, as well as markets in Central and South America, where he developed, negotiated and nurtured key customer and strategic relationships.

Prior to his tenure with Iris, Gregg spent close to ten years with Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he maintained a broad-based corporate and securities practice. At Willkie, Gregg represented clients on organizational and general business matters, venture capital and private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, complex joint ventures and alliances, initial and secondary public offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities, bridge, mezzanine, secured and unsecured bank financings, workouts and restructurings, tender offers and Exchange Act reporting.

Gregg is a member of the Bar of the State of New York. He received his Juris Doctor in 1992 from Fordham University School of Law, where he was a staff member of the Fordham Law Review. Gregg received his Bachelor of Science in 1989 from Cornell University.

Practice Focus

Corporate transactional matters, including

Mergers, acquisitions and dispositions
Venture capital and private equity
Equity and debt financings
Joint ventures and strategic alliances
Business formation and maintenance
Commercial contract drafting, negotiation and review
Restructurings and recapitalizations
Employee matters
Corporate governance
General corporate matters