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High NY-New York's Highest Cannabis Community-invites you to an evening of connection & education as our expert panelists offer a primer & profressional insights on how to effectively raise & efficiently deploy private capital into Cannabis businesses.
Event Schedule:
6:30pm to 7:00pm - Plant Based Food & Networking
7:00pm to 7:10pm - Intro to High NY from Michael Zaytsev
7:10pm to 8:00pm - Private Capital in Cannabis Panel + Audience Q&A
8:00pm to 8:30pm - Networking
Meet Our Panelists:
Neil Kaufman
As the managing partner of Kaufman & Associates, Neil M. Kaufman represents emerging growth, middle market & public companies & investment firms in their corporate, securities, financing, borrowing, merger & acquisition & other legal matters. Mr. Kaufman is particularly well known for advising clients with respect to SEC regulation, public offerings, private placements & mergers & acquisitions, as well as all types of commercial contracts. He is a frequent speaker on corporate, securities & cannabis law topics, & is an approved Vistage speaker on mergers & acquisitions.
Mr. Kaufman serves as:
Member of the Board of Trustees & Chairman of the Audit Committee of Altegris KKR Commitments Master Fund, a closed-end private equity mutual fund.
Member of the Board of Trustees & Chairman of the Audit Committee of Two Roads Shared Trust, a collection of open-end alternative mutual funds.
Chairman Emeritus of the Long Island Capital Alliance, a not-for-profit organization devoted to assisting emerging growth companies.
Chairman of the Long Island Chapter of Financial Executives International.
Mr. Kaufman formerly served as:
Chairman of the Board of a Nasdaq-listed technology company.
Chairman of the Banking, Corporate & Securities Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association.
Mr. Kaufman received a:
J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1984, where he was a staff member of the Journal of International Law & Politics.
B.A. from Binghamton University in 1981 with recognition for outstanding academic performance.
He is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.Mr. Kaufman is a 2019 SuperLawyer.
Jeffrey Schultz
Jeffrey Schultz joined Navy Capital in November 2018 as General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, & was named Partner in 2019. Mr. Schultz brings more than 12 years of experience as an attorney in the hedge fund & private equity fund industry. Prior to joining Navy, Mr. Schultz served as Managing Director, Senior Counsel & CCO for an emerging private equity fund manager, & prior to that, he served as Chief Legal Officer & Chief Compliance Officer of Phoenix Investment Adviser, a hedge fund manager with peak AUM of $1.4B. At Phoenix, Mr. Schultz oversaw all legal & compliance matters, & was instrumental in designing & building an institutional legal, compliance & operational infrastructure for both firms.
Mr. Schultz began his career in private practice as an associate in the investment management practices of Bingham McCutchen LLP & Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan & his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He is a sought-after speaker & guest-lecturer on legal & compliance issues in the hedge fund & cannabis industries. Mr. Schultz is also a member of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Cannabis Law.
MORE PANELISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!
Moderator & Host:
Michael Zaytsev, or Mike Z, is a business coach, best-selling author, & award-winning Cannabis entrepreneur. As founder ofHigh NY-one of the world's largest CannabisMeetupcommunities- & a frequent public speaker, Mike Z has facilitated Cannabis education for thousands of people all over the world. His TEDx talk invites people to Think Differently About Cannabis.
Mike Z is author ofThe Entrepreneur's Guide to Cannabis &The Cannabis Business Book.His writing has been published in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Herb, International Business Times, & more.
Before becoming an entrepreneur & certified coach, Michael worked in private wealth management at J.P. Morgan & in enterprise sales at Google.He's a proud alumnus of Stuyvesant High School & Claremont McKenna College.
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:
Kaufman & Associates
https://kaufman-associates.com/
AS ALWAYS THERE IS NO CANNABIS CONSUMPTION OR TRANSACTING PERMITTED AT THIS EVENT.
PLEASE RESPECT OUR HOST VENUE AND THE LAW.
Press Passes Available Upon Request & Subject to Approval
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