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Neil P. ODonnell, Esq.
Partner

Mehak Rashid, Esq.
Partner

Neil ODonnell is a partner at Legal Scale. His practice primarily focuses on private equity transactions and fund formation. Neil represents investors and emerging-growth companies with early-stage financings, including issuances of SAFEs, warrants, convertible debt and other equity securities. He also provides advice on compliance and corporate governance for his clients.

Prior to founding Legal Scale, Neil raised and deployed debt and equity capital to purchase cell tower ground leases in South America. Neil also previously worked in Restructuring Group and Equity Derivatives Group at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Before completing law school, Neil worked at Merrill Lynch, Jacobi Capital and Synaptic Capital Management.

Neil received his J.D. and M.B.A. from Cornell University and his B.S. and M.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Neil is a chartered alternative investment analyst (CAIA) and chartered financial analyst (CFA). He is admitted to the bar in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Arizona, D.C., Colorado, Massachusetts and Washington.

Mehak Rashid is a partner at Legal Scale. Her practice primarily focuses on representation of private credit funds and corporate borrowers in a wide range of financing transactions, including asset-based financings, leveraged acquisition financings, working capital and factoring financings and other secured and unsecured financings. She also provides general corporate work for her clients.

Prior to joining Legal Scale, Mehak worked in the Finance Group and M&A Group at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. In addition, Mehak also worked in the Strategic Lending Group at Morgan Stanley Bank, where she created and presented financial models for the business side of transactions and reviewed credit agreements on the legal side.

Mehak received her J.D. and M.B.A. from Cornell Law School and her B.A. in Political Science and Math from Rutgers University (New Brunswick). She is admitted to the bar in New York, New Jersey, D.C., Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Cesar Sanchez, Esq.
Counsel

Eric Ding
Associate

Cesar Sanchez is a Counsel at Legal Scale. His practice primarily focuses on a variety of domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including asset-based financings, fund financings, leveraged acquisition financings, as well as other secured and unsecured financings. He also advises on general corporate matters for his clients.

Prior to joining Legal Scale, Cesar worked in the Corporate and Securities group at Dechert LLP. Cesar also previously worked as a secondee in the legal team of FS Investments and the Derivatives & Liability Management team at KKR, where he facilitated strategic capital investments and risk mitigation initiatives.

Cesar received his J.D. from Cornell Law School and his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan. He is admitted to the bar in New York.

Eric Ding is an Associate at Legal Scale. His practice primarily focuses on a variety of corporate transactions, including security offerings and mergers and acquisitions, as well as general corporate matter advisories.

Prior to joining Legal Scale, Eric worked in corporate transaction groups of major law international firms. Eric received his J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, his MLA with a concentration in Software Engineering from Harvard Extension School, and his B.A. in Communications from New York University. He is admitted to the bar in New York.

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