Alexander Lazar is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the firm's New York office and is Leader of the firm's Emerging Company & Venture Capital Team and the Blockchain & Fintech Team.
Areas of Practice
Alex provides legal and strategic guidance to clients in the fintech, software, internet/mobile, digital media, ecommerce, advertising and marketing, healthcare, and biotech industries.
Alex advises clients on a range of matters from startup through IPO, including company formation and founder matters; seed, angel, venture capital, growth equity, and other capital raising transactions; mergers and acquisitions; technology and brand licensing; and other complex commercial transactions, including joint ventures, development, collaboration, and consulting arrangements.
He is also a member of the firm’s blockchain and digital asset team and represents clients in structuring token rights and various matters involving token issuances and token and cryptocurrency trading and exchange platforms.
Pro Bono
Alex cares deeply about giving back to the community and is especially focused on ways that technology companies and innovators can help solve today’s societal challenges. Alex has worked closely for many years with Blue Ridge Labs @ Robin Hood, a tech company incubator/accelerator program of The Robin Hood Foundation that provides space, funding, and resources to help launch and grow tech platforms that address economic inequality in New York City and beyond.
