Joel
Sherwin
About Joel Sherwin:
1-424-239-2852[email protected]
Education:
Pepperdine University
J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif
Cal. State University, Northridge
B.A., cum laude
Bar Admissions:
California
Joel Sherwin is a business lawyer with entrepreneurial, executive management and operations experience in early and growth-stage financial services companies. He is a strategic advisor to multiple companies in the Los Angeles start-up community, and concentrates his practice in company formation, start-up financing, negotiation, and general corporate matters that may arise in the life-cycle of a business.
Joel advises financial technology, payments, and e-commerce companies, along with merchant banks, prepaid program managers and payment processors on consumer privacy, BSA/AML/OFAC, KYC and other risk and compliance structures.
Practice Areas and Representative Industries:
- Corporate Strategy
- Business Opportunities/ Negotiations
- Strategic Partnerships
- Prepaid/ Money service business compliance
- Risk Management and Analysis
- Brand Focused Products and Services
- Financial Technology/ Services
- Sports and Entertainment
- Licensing and Endorsements
- Entity Selection, Structuring and Advisory
- Corporate Finance
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Joint Ventures and Partnerships
- Personal and Outside General Counsel
Experience:
- McDermott Will & Emery, Los Angeles
- COO & General Counsel of Kaiku Fiance, a Visa-branded prepaid program manager
- Worked internationally in Mexico, South America, Europe, and the Middle East
- President of US Operations, Neopay, a consultancy specializing in regulatory compliance for Money Service Businesses
Speaking/Publications:
- American Conference Institute 17th National Forum on Prepaid Card Compliance- Washington D.C. January 2017
- Are Bills of Attainder the New Currency? Challenging the Constitutionality of Sex Offender Regulations That Inflict Punishment Without the Safeguard of a Judicial Trial, 37 PEPP. L. REV. 4, (1301-45)(2010)
Outside Interests:
- Golf, exercise, travel and, after many failed attempts, finally learning to play the guitar