About

Jeff Bekiares is an skilled legal professional that specialize in corporate, capital elevating, and securities laws. He co-founded SparkMarket and is a leader within the crowdfunding community. Jeffrey Andrew Bekiares, a lawyer primarily based in Atlanta, Georgia, brings over a decade of enjoy in preferred corporate, capital elevating, and securities laws exercise. He kickstarted his profession at a prestigious law corporation in Atlanta, where he honed his skills for extra than six years. Eventually, Jeff decided to venture into entrepreneurship and co-founded SparkMarket, a crowdfunding platform based totally in Georgia, wherein he presently serves because the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. Throughout his profession, Jeff has worked with a various range of clients, from start-united statesto emerging boom agencies to publicly indexed organizations. His understanding lies in entity formation, governance, drafting operating and shareholders agreements, negotiating commercial contracts, coping with mergers and acquisitions, and facilitating diverse transactional topics together with asset purchases, sales, and leasing transactions. One of Jeffs remarkable achievements is his collaboration with regulators and experts inside the crowdfunding community to expand capital elevating campaigns, in particular that specialize in "intrastate" Invest Georgia Exemption campaigns. His agency, SparkMarket, made history with the aid of hosting the first a success securities-based totally crowdfunding marketing campaign inside the United States. Jeff methods his criminal exercise with a philosophy centered on practicality and affordability, catering to corporations of all sizes. In addition to his criminal paintings, Jeff is a prolific writer, speaker, and concept chief in his areas of expertise. He frequently provides lectures and contributes content material to capital raising meetings, co-working space meetups, incubators, accelerators, universities, and government organizations. Jeff additionally leads the Corporate Education & Training group within his exercise. Overall, Jeffrey Andrew Bekiares stands out as a committed attorney with a wealth of revel in and a sturdy presence in the company and crowdfunding sectors.

Legal Issues

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Securities Law

• Crowdfunding
• Mergers and Acquisitions

Certificates

No Certifications

Languages

• English: Spoken, Written
• German: Written

Accepted Jurisdictions

Experience

• Associate Lawyer
  Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
  2006

Education

Associations

Costs

• Payment With Credit Card

Location