When your matter is under the budget needed for BigLaw but over the domain expertise of generalist firms, turn to Brightpoint.
We specialize in representing investors, companies and creators working at the cutting edge of hard to understand fields in financing, corporate, regulatory and intellectual property matters.
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Managing Partner
Zachary Bohlender
Zach Bohlender serves as Brightpoint Law’s Managing Partner and oversees the firm’s strategy and day to day operations. He brings over a decade of experience working with investors, companies and creators at all stages of their entrepreneurial journeys.
Zach’s practice at Brightpoint ranges from representing investment firms in complex corporate or intellectual property acquisitions to representing startup and mid-sized businesses in specialized markets on their corporate, securities and intellectual property needs.
After beginning his career as a corporate attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, Zach joined the M&A group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC. He moved to Los Angeles to practice at the renowned entertainment law boutique, King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP, where he served as their resident corporate, securities and blockchain expert. A longtime believer in using technology to make legal work more efficient, Zach co-founded and serves as CEO of Charta, a technology platform that provides streamlined contract negotiation and execution.
Zach received his BS, magna cum laude, in Finance from the University of Arizona and his JD from Berkeley.
Managing Partner
Zachary Bohlender
Zach Bohlender serves as Brightpoint Law’s Managing Partner and oversees the firm’s strategy and day to day operations. He brings over a decade of experience working with investors, companies and creators at all stages of their entrepreneurial journeys.
Zach’s practice at Brightpoint ranges from representing investment firms in complex corporate or intellectual property acquisitions to representing startup and mid-sized businesses in specialized markets on their corporate, securities and intellectual property needs.
After beginning his career as a corporate attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, Zach joined the M&A group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC. He moved to Los Angeles to practice at the renowned entertainment law boutique, King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP, where he served as their resident corporate, securities and blockchain expert. A longtime believer in using technology to make legal work more efficient, Zach co-founded and serves as CEO of Charta, a technology platform that provides streamlined contract negotiation and execution.
Zach received his BS, magna cum laude, in Finance from the University of Arizona and his JD from Berkeley.
Managing Partner
Zachary Bohlender
Zach Bohlender serves as Brightpoint Law’s Managing Partner and oversees the firm’s strategy and day to day operations. He brings over a decade of experience working with investors, companies and creators at all stages of their entrepreneurial journeys.
Zach’s practice at Brightpoint ranges from representing investment firms in complex corporate or intellectual property acquisitions to representing startup and mid-sized businesses in specialized markets on their corporate, securities and intellectual property needs.
After beginning his career as a corporate attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, Zach joined the M&A group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC. He moved to Los Angeles to practice at the renowned entertainment law boutique, King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP, where he served as their resident corporate, securities and blockchain expert. A longtime believer in using technology to make legal work more efficient, Zach co-founded and serves as CEO of Charta, a technology platform that provides streamlined contract negotiation and execution.
Zach received his BS, magna cum laude, in Finance from the University of Arizona and his JD from Berkeley.
Managing Partner
Zachary Bohlender
Zach Bohlender serves as Brightpoint Law’s Managing Partner and oversees the firm’s strategy and day to day operations. He brings over a decade of experience working with investors, companies and creators at all stages of their entrepreneurial journeys.
Zach’s practice at Brightpoint ranges from representing investment firms in complex corporate or intellectual property acquisitions to representing startup and mid-sized businesses in specialized markets on their corporate, securities and intellectual property needs.
After beginning his career as a corporate attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, Zach joined the M&A group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC. He moved to Los Angeles to practice at the renowned entertainment law boutique, King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP, where he served as their resident corporate, securities and blockchain expert. A longtime believer in using technology to make legal work more efficient, Zach co-founded and serves as CEO of Charta, a technology platform that provides streamlined contract negotiation and execution.
Zach received his BS, magna cum laude, in Finance from the University of Arizona and his JD from Berkeley.
PARTNER
Tom Meister
Tom Meister serves as a Partner at Brightpoint Law after nearly a decade working in financial technology and investment firms as a legal and business executive. He primarily represents investment firms, specialty finance companies, and financial technology and blockchain companies in bespoke debt financings and high stakes regulatory or corporate governance matters. Tom also maintains an active pro bono practice advising nonprofits and small businesses, especially in the Oakland/Berkeley area, on their financing and governance needs.
After beginning his career in the debt finance practices at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Goodwin Procter LLP, Tom served as Senior Counsel, Capital Markets and Finance at Funding Circle, where he led a variety of initiatives across its credit, partnerships and financing programs. Tom then co-founded and served as COO and General Counsel of NepFin, another venture-backed fintech lender, through their acquisition by Zilch, where he continued to serve as US COO & General Counsel. Tom’s interest in blockchain technology led him to serve as Chief Legal Officer at Airtm before becoming GP of a family office focused on the future of financial technology, Temescal Creek Investments, and CEO of a blockchain startup, Thaw Digital, both of which keep him busy when not serving his clients at Brightpoint.
Tom received his BA, cum laude, from Columbia and his JD from Berkeley.
PARTNER
Tom Meister
Tom Meister serves as a Partner at Brightpoint Law after nearly a decade working in financial technology and investment firms as a legal and business executive. He primarily represents investment firms, specialty finance companies, and financial technology and blockchain companies in bespoke debt financings and high stakes regulatory or corporate governance matters. Tom also maintains an active pro bono practice advising nonprofits and small businesses, especially in the Oakland/Berkeley area, on their financing and governance needs.
After beginning his career in the debt finance practices at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Goodwin Procter LLP, Tom served as Senior Counsel, Capital Markets and Finance at Funding Circle, where he led a variety of initiatives across its credit, partnerships and financing programs. Tom then co-founded and served as COO and General Counsel of NepFin, another venture-backed fintech lender, through their acquisition by Zilch, where he continued to serve as US COO & General Counsel. Tom’s interest in blockchain technology led him to serve as Chief Legal Officer at Airtm before becoming GP of a family office focused on the future of financial technology, Temescal Creek Investments, and CEO of a blockchain startup, Thaw Digital, both of which keep him busy when not serving his clients at Brightpoint.
Tom received his BA, cum laude, from Columbia and his JD from Berkeley.
PARTNER
Tom Meister
Tom Meister serves as a Partner at Brightpoint Law after nearly a decade working in financial technology and investment firms as a legal and business executive. He primarily represents investment firms, specialty finance companies, and financial technology and blockchain companies in bespoke debt financings and high stakes regulatory or corporate governance matters. Tom also maintains an active pro bono practice advising nonprofits and small businesses, especially in the Oakland/Berkeley area, on their financing and governance needs.
After beginning his career in the debt finance practices at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Goodwin Procter LLP, Tom served as Senior Counsel, Capital Markets and Finance at Funding Circle, where he led a variety of initiatives across its credit, partnerships and financing programs. Tom then co-founded and served as COO and General Counsel of NepFin, another venture-backed fintech lender, through their acquisition by Zilch, where he continued to serve as US COO & General Counsel. Tom’s interest in blockchain technology led him to serve as Chief Legal Officer at Airtm before becoming GP of a family office focused on the future of financial technology, Temescal Creek Investments, and CEO of a blockchain startup, Thaw Digital, both of which keep him busy when not serving his clients at Brightpoint.
Tom received his BA, cum laude, from Columbia and his JD from Berkeley.
PARTNER
Tom Meister
Tom Meister serves as a Partner at Brightpoint Law after nearly a decade working in financial technology and investment firms as a legal and business executive. He primarily represents investment firms, specialty finance companies, and financial technology and blockchain companies in bespoke debt financings and high stakes regulatory or corporate governance matters. Tom also maintains an active pro bono practice advising nonprofits and small businesses, especially in the Oakland/Berkeley area, on their financing and governance needs.
After beginning his career in the debt finance practices at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Goodwin Procter LLP, Tom served as Senior Counsel, Capital Markets and Finance at Funding Circle, where he led a variety of initiatives across its credit, partnerships and financing programs. Tom then co-founded and served as COO and General Counsel of NepFin, another venture-backed fintech lender, through their acquisition by Zilch, where he continued to serve as US COO & General Counsel. Tom’s interest in blockchain technology led him to serve as Chief Legal Officer at Airtm before becoming GP of a family office focused on the future of financial technology, Temescal Creek Investments, and CEO of a blockchain startup, Thaw Digital, both of which keep him busy when not serving his clients at Brightpoint.
Tom received his BA, cum laude, from Columbia and his JD from Berkeley.
PARTNER
Chris Morley
Chris Morley is Of Counsel to Brightpoint Law, where he advises clients on the legal and regulatory landscape of the cannabis industry. Chris helps clients across all industries understand the interplay between federal and state laws relating to state-legalized cannabis, including mitigating the risk of federal criminal exposure and improving state-law compliance. He takes a practical approach focused on ensuring his clients fully understand the relevant legal and regulatory landscape, and then helping them tailor strong and workable internal policies that enable a safe but nimble and dynamic approach to this exciting growth industry.
Chris previously worked as a litigator at Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Wright Tremaine. Recognizing the value and risks in the rapidly growing cannabis and hemp industries in the United States, Chris helped launch and lead Davis Wright Tremaine's cannabis practice group, advising clients from small start-ups to the Fortune 500 on the application of federal criminal laws to business opportunities and investments with and around the state-legal cannabis industry.
Chris received his BA, with honors, from the University of Texas and his JD from the New York University School of Law. After law school, Chris clerked for one year for the Honorable Melinda Harmon in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
PARTNER
Chris Morley
Chris Morley is Of Counsel to Brightpoint Law, where he advises clients on the legal and regulatory landscape of the cannabis industry. Chris helps clients across all industries understand the interplay between federal and state laws relating to state-legalized cannabis, including mitigating the risk of federal criminal exposure and improving state-law compliance. He takes a practical approach focused on ensuring his clients fully understand the relevant legal and regulatory landscape, and then helping them tailor strong and workable internal policies that enable a safe but nimble and dynamic approach to this exciting growth industry.
Chris previously worked as a litigator at Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Wright Tremaine. Recognizing the value and risks in the rapidly growing cannabis and hemp industries in the United States, Chris helped launch and lead Davis Wright Tremaine's cannabis practice group, advising clients from small start-ups to the Fortune 500 on the application of federal criminal laws to business opportunities and investments with and around the state-legal cannabis industry.
Chris received his BA, with honors, from the University of Texas and his JD from the New York University School of Law. After law school, Chris clerked for one year for the Honorable Melinda Harmon in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
PARTNER
Chris Morley
Chris Morley is Of Counsel to Brightpoint Law, where he advises clients on the legal and regulatory landscape of the cannabis industry. Chris helps clients across all industries understand the interplay between federal and state laws relating to state-legalized cannabis, including mitigating the risk of federal criminal exposure and improving state-law compliance. He takes a practical approach focused on ensuring his clients fully understand the relevant legal and regulatory landscape, and then helping them tailor strong and workable internal policies that enable a safe but nimble and dynamic approach to this exciting growth industry.
Chris previously worked as a litigator at Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Wright Tremaine. Recognizing the value and risks in the rapidly growing cannabis and hemp industries in the United States, Chris helped launch and lead Davis Wright Tremaine's cannabis practice group, advising clients from small start-ups to the Fortune 500 on the application of federal criminal laws to business opportunities and investments with and around the state-legal cannabis industry.
Chris received his BA, with honors, from the University of Texas and his JD from the New York University School of Law. After law school, Chris clerked for one year for the Honorable Melinda Harmon in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
PARTNER
Chris Morley
Chris Morley is Of Counsel to Brightpoint Law, where he advises clients on the legal and regulatory landscape of the cannabis industry. Chris helps clients across all industries understand the interplay between federal and state laws relating to state-legalized cannabis, including mitigating the risk of federal criminal exposure and improving state-law compliance. He takes a practical approach focused on ensuring his clients fully understand the relevant legal and regulatory landscape, and then helping them tailor strong and workable internal policies that enable a safe but nimble and dynamic approach to this exciting growth industry.
Chris previously worked as a litigator at Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Wright Tremaine. Recognizing the value and risks in the rapidly growing cannabis and hemp industries in the United States, Chris helped launch and lead Davis Wright Tremaine's cannabis practice group, advising clients from small start-ups to the Fortune 500 on the application of federal criminal laws to business opportunities and investments with and around the state-legal cannabis industry.
Chris received his BA, with honors, from the University of Texas and his JD from the New York University School of Law. After law school, Chris clerked for one year for the Honorable Melinda Harmon in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Partner, Brightpoint Compliance Solutions, LLC
Luna Prada
Luna Prada is a Partner at Brightpoint Compliance Solutions, LLC, where she advises financial institutions, investors, technology companies and other businesses on regulatory, compliance and operational matters.
She brings over a decade of experience in international financial regulation and compliance matters in large financial institutions and cutting-edge blockchain startups. After beginning her role as an associate at Hinduja Group, where she supported the conglomerate’s Latin American development efforts, Luna worked in the Compliance Department of Société Générale. She then served as the Chief Compliance Officer of Airtm, where, among other initiatives, she developed and oversaw the company’s financial crimes and financial regulatory strategy and operations. She subsequently oversaw global licensing for OKcoin before joining Brightpoint.
Luna received her JD from the Autonoma University of Madrid/UNED and her LLM in International Law from the University of Miami.
Partner, Brightpoint Compliance Solutions, LLC
Luna Prada
Luna Prada is a Partner at Brightpoint Compliance Solutions, LLC, where she advises financial institutions, investors, technology companies and other businesses on regulatory, compliance and operational matters.
She brings over a decade of experience in international financial regulation and compliance matters in large financial institutions and cutting-edge blockchain startups. After beginning her role as an associate at Hinduja Group, where she supported the conglomerate’s Latin American development efforts, Luna worked in the Compliance Department of Société Générale. She then served as the Chief Compliance Officer of Airtm, where, among other initiatives, she developed and oversaw the company’s financial crimes and financial regulatory strategy and operations. She subsequently oversaw global licensing for OKcoin before joining Brightpoint.
Luna received her JD from the Autonoma University of Madrid/UNED and her LLM in International Law from the University of Miami.
Partner, Brightpoint Compliance Solutions, LLC
Luna Prada
Luna Prada is a Partner at Brightpoint Compliance Solutions, LLC, where she advises financial institutions, investors, technology companies and other businesses on regulatory, compliance and operational matters.
She brings over a decade of experience in international financial regulation and compliance matters in large financial institutions and cutting-edge blockchain startups. After beginning her role as an associate at Hinduja Group, where she supported the conglomerate’s Latin American development efforts, Luna worked in the Compliance Department of Société Générale. She then served as the Chief Compliance Officer of Airtm, where, among other initiatives, she developed and oversaw the company’s financial crimes and financial regulatory strategy and operations. She subsequently oversaw global licensing for OKcoin before joining Brightpoint.
Luna received her JD from the Autonoma University of Madrid/UNED and her LLM in International Law from the University of Miami.
Partner, Brightpoint Compliance Solutions, LLC
Luna Prada
Luna Prada is a Partner at Brightpoint Compliance Solutions, LLC, where she advises financial institutions, investors, technology companies and other businesses on regulatory, compliance and operational matters.
She brings over a decade of experience in international financial regulation and compliance matters in large financial institutions and cutting-edge blockchain startups. After beginning her role as an associate at Hinduja Group, where she supported the conglomerate’s Latin American development efforts, Luna worked in the Compliance Department of Société Générale. She then served as the Chief Compliance Officer of Airtm, where, among other initiatives, she developed and oversaw the company’s financial crimes and financial regulatory strategy and operations. She subsequently oversaw global licensing for OKcoin before joining Brightpoint.
Luna received her JD from the Autonoma University of Madrid/UNED and her LLM in International Law from the University of Miami.
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