Eric Shames | New York Securities Lawyer

Eric J. Shames, Esq. is a lawyer, businessman and private-equity funding coordinator. He is currently a Managing Director of Strategic Litigation Solutions and a practicing attorney.

Previously, he was the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Toronto based investment firm, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and held a similar position at New Jersey based on-line brokerage firm, Freedom Investments, Inc. He has more than 20 years experience in the fields of securities law, financial market regulation and enforcement, litigation assessment, strategy and management, as well as in investment structuring and funding.

Eric Shames holds a Juris Doctor from Yeshiva University, an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University.

Mr. Shames has lectured extensively on litigation and arbitration strategy, investment management, portfolio diversification, and derivative hedging. He has authored a newspaper column on contemporary economic news and issues and has been a guest lecturer at Fordham Law School. Mr. Shames also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Securities Law, Regulation and Compliance and has been a member of the Editorial Board of the Latin American Herald Tribune since 2011. Eric was also a volunteer first responder at the World Trade Center site on 9/11.

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