Jeff Tevis

Summary

Securities, technology, corporate and franchise law practice Mr. Tevis represents start-up and emerging companies in business and technology planning, licensing, transactional matters, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, private, public securities offerings. Represents Issuers, Broker-Dealers, Investment Advisors, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds in Securities Exchange, Investment Advisors, Investment Company Act compliance. Advises on Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, insider trading regulation, corporate governance. Represents clients in compliance matters before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and FINRA (formerly NASD Regulation). Prior to forming his current practice in 2002, Mr. Tevis was Senior Vice-President and Director of Compliance at The Geneva Companies, an Orange County Mergers and Acquisitions firm and Citigroup subsidiary. Previously, Jeff Special was Special Counsel to Titchell, Maltzman, Mark & Ohleyer, San Francisco. Jeff has also been General Counsel of a San Francisco Bay Area Broker-Dealer and Investment Advisor; a Santa Clara SaaS Provider; an Orange County Publicly-Held Telecommunications Company; and a Los Angeles Venture Capital firm. Jeff began his career as an Antitrust Litigation Attorney in the Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. Mr. Tevis received a B.A. with honors, an M.A. and a J.D. with honor from the University of Maryland, where he was a published member of the law review. He also earned an LL.M. in Securities Regulation from Georgetown University. Thesis, Asset-Backed Securities: Secondary Market Implications of SEC Rule 144A and Regulation S cited by Harvard Securities Law Professor, Louis Loss, several other law professors. Co-authored articles on Insider Trading, Real Estate Syndication. Member: California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland Bars; Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County