Joseph Smith

JOSEPH SMITH, Partner of Feldman Weinstein LLP, is widely
recognized as the leading expert in the field of Private
Investments in Public Equity perfected many of the most commonly
used PIPE transaction structures including the equity line of
credit, the overnight shelf takedown and the self-liquidating
debenture. He also has over 20 years of experience representing
small and mid-cap public and private companies in all phases of
their development, from formation through IPO and subsequent
merger and acquisition activity, and broker-dealers with their
regulatory issues. Mr. Smith spent two years as a Managing
Director and registered principal with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co.
Inc., structuring and placing PIPE transactions with the leading
team in that business. His prior legal affiliations include
partnerships with Epstein Becker & Green, PC, and Campbell &
Fleming, PC, in New York, and associations with Jeffer Mangels
Butler & Marmaro, Gaston & Snow and Lillick & Charles, all in San
Francisco. He has undergraduate and MBA degrees from the
University of California, Berkeley, and his law degree from UCLA.