Management Real Estate

Alan N. Walter ** South Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042 . 646-660-

5588

****@*************.*** . www.waltercounsel.com

Summary of Qualifications

The first general counsel of a nation-wide business and compliance

consulting firm.

The first general counsel of a multi-state mortgage banker.

An attorney with extensive hands-on experience in management and business.

A lawyer talented in anticipating and analyzing problems, finding

solutions, and developing and simplifying procedures.

Accomplishments

Negotiation, documentation and closing of transactions valued in the

billions of dollars

Creation and supervision of in-house academy on investment advisor

regulation

Increase in legal support to department managers

Reduction in lead time for accomplishing legal work

Creation and maintenance of master templates and forms for in-house and

outside use

Crafting of new products and services to offer clients

Creation of contracts manual

Recognition and designation as 'Captain Ethics' by firm

Skills and Knowledge

Contracts. Preparation and negotiation of:

operating, shareholder, partnership and buy/sell agreements

merger and acquisition documents

real estate and financing related documents

internet and website related contracts, including terms of service

vendor, sales and licensing agreements

purchase orders

non-competition, non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements

investment advisory, wealth management and financial planning agreements

investment advisor and registered representative agreements

back office, custodial and service agreements

management and subadvisor agreements

marketing, referral, strategic alliance and joint venture agreements

Corporate

counseling on entity and capital structuring

negotiation and documenting of mergers and acquisitions

formation, organization and representation of business entities

rendering of corporate secretarial functions

preparation of private placement memoranda

preparation of SEC and blue sky filings

Financing. Representation of lenders, investors and owners with regard to

debt and equity transactions, including:

mortgage and construction financing

project finance

asset-based lending

secured transactions

equity investments and divestitures

leveraged buyouts

loan workouts and restructurings

foreclosures

Employment

counseling on personnel policies, employee benefits and other human

resource issues

preparation and negotiation of employee, contractor and consultant

contracts

revision of company policy manuals

Intellectual Property

protecting and policing of trademarks and trade secrets

evaluation of trademark searches; registration of trademarks

preparation and negotiation of trademarks and domain purchase agreements

counseling on copyrights and fair use doctrine

preparation of privacy policies

Real Estate

representation of clients in connection with

the acquisition, financing, management, leasing and sale of real

property, including office buildings, shopping centers, apartment

buildings and mixed use projects

management of title insurance agency

resolution of title insurance underwriting issues

Mortgage Banking

licensing of mortgage banker throughout the United States

ensuring compliance of loan originations and closings with federal and

state law

Litigation

representation of clients in state and federal court

supervision of outside counsel

Business and Management

management of litigation by and against firms

coordination of insurance needs, applications and claims

counseling on legislation

resolution of ethical issues

management of projects

mentoring of junior attorneys and staff

advising on and participating in business development and marketing

performing of internal audits

preparation and monitoring of budgets of international operations

review and analysis of financial statements and engineering studies

management of company cash and investment portfolio

management of international payroll

development and implementation of sales and marketing initiatives,

including use of technology and the internet

development and presentation of seminars on legal issues

Employment

The Hamburger Law Firm, Of Counsel; Englewood, NJ; 2006 to...

(formerly Managing Counsel, Corporate Practice Group)

The MarketCounsel Foundation, Trustee; Englewood, NJ; 2007 to...

MarketCounsel, General Counsel; Englewood, NJ; 2006 to 2009

I was the first general counsel of MarketCounsel, a nation-wide business

and regulatory compliance consulting firm serving investment advisor

firms. MarketCounsel has been on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing

private companies in the US for the last three years.

The Money Store, General Counsel; Florham Park, NJ; 2003 to 2005

I was the first general counsel of this multi-state mortgage banker.

Alan N. Walter, Counsel; Montclair, NJ; 2001 to 2003; private law practice.

The LINC Group, Executive Vice President and General Counsel; New York, NY;

2000 to 2001. The LINC Group was a start-up multi-state title agency.

Near North National Title of New York, Vice President and Counsel; New

York, NY; 1999 to 2000. NNNT of NY was a new affiliate of Illinois'

largest title insurance agency.

Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman, Associate; New York, NY; 1996

to 1999. Robinson Silverman is now part of Bryan Cave, one of the 25

largest law firms in the U.S.

Stryker, Tams & Dill and Kirsten, Simon, Friedman, Allen, Cherin & Linken,

Counsel

Newark, NJ; 1986 to 1996. Stryker celebrated its 100th anniversary in

1998. Upon the dissolution of Kirsten Simon, the transactional group

moved to Stryker.

Belco Petroleum Corporation, Executive Assistant to the President, Senior

Attorney, Internal Auditor; New York, NY; 1980 to 1986. Belco was a

multinational, publicly traded, Fortune 500 company before merging with

Enron.

New York State Department of Law, Litigation Bureau, Deputy Assistant

Attorney General; New York, NY; 1978 to 1980

Admissions; Licenses

Bar Admissions: New York, 1979; New Jersey, 1987

Finra Series 65, Investment Advisor Representative, 2009

New Jersey Insurance Producer License, 2000 to 2005

Publications

'Securing a Lien During a Leveraged Buyout', New Jersey Law Journal, March

27, 2006, page S-10,

<http://www.law.com/jsp/nj/PubArticleNJ.jsp?id=114**********>.

'Investing in People', Financial Advisor, June 26, 2009, <http://www.fa-

mag.com/online-extras/4284-investing-in-people.html>.

'The Missing Piece', Financial Planning, Sept. 2009, page 79,

<http://www.financial-planning.com/fp_issues/2009_9/the-missing-piece-

2663739-1.html>.

Education

New York University School of Law, J.D., 1978

Harvard College, B.A., 1975, cum laude, concentrations in mathematics and

philosophy

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