Albert M. Michael

Albert M. Michael (“Albie”) started his legal career in South Africa where he became senior partner in a law firm doing sophisticated corporate transactional work. Mr. Michael’s clients included a telecommunications conglomerate, financial institutions, public as well as small to midsize companies.

Prior to his admission to the New York Bar in 2004, Mr. Michael worked in Hong Kong for 7 years. Initially, as General Counsel and Executive Director of the international subsidiary of a NASDAQ listed Corporation with the responsibility for all its international legal activities in Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa, which included numerous M&A deals and cross-border transactions. After completing a full-time LLM program at Boston University with a concentration in securities law, Mr. Michael returned to Hong Kong to join the venture capital firm, Piermont Ventures as General Counsel, and is presently still associated with this VC firm as a director.

After working for two prominent New York matrimonial practices specializing in high net worth divorces, and prior to joining Grisham Law Firm as partner in 2014, Mr. Michael managed his own boutique practice, Michael Law, P.C. with particular focus on high net worth matrimonial matters as well as corporate and financial law.

Currently, Mr. Michael works as of counsel with Grisham Law Firm’s corporate law division, representing the Firm’s corporate clients in matters involving securities offerings, M&A’s, SEC compliance, cross-border transactions and corporate governance matters with particular focus on working with start-up companies in matters ranging from incorporation and initial capitalization to venture capital financing and board fiduciary duties. Mr. Michael also represents a number of venture capital firms in connection with their investments and is presently assisting with Wilson John Law Firm’s crowdfunding initiative.