Hi Everyone! First, thanks for taking the time to read š, I appreciate it.
Iām Nigel Masenda, Iām currently a corporate attorney at Greenberg Traurig LLP. Iāve spent the better part of the last four years in private practice with a focus on emerging company and venture capital work, as well as some private equity (including investment funds) and public company work. Itās a pretty general practice, practically what this looks like is helping start-ups throughout their full life cycle (from incorporation, to financing and ultimately acquisition/āpublic offering), helping sponsors set up their investment fund vehicles, private equity companies in their acquisitions of companies or assisting public companies with their annual and quarterly disclosure requirements.
Iām sure youāre wondering āā¦so whereās effective altruism?ā well, the primary driver for going to law school was to be an agent of change and to help others beyond myself ā the restoration of dignity for those who may have lost it or had it stolen from them. In the wake of the summer of 2020, I founded The Cecil Allan Fraser (link in my bio). It is one of the most exciting and meaningful initiatives that I have been a part of. Itās focus is narrow in scope and the data suggests that itās been highly effective at providing a solution to a problem thatās prevalent throughout the legal profession.
Iām now at a point in my career where I want to continue creating, and participating in, initiatives that actually provide credibly remedies to a host of problems and for it to be less of a āside hustleā and more my lifeās work š. Full-time. I appreciate that it may be a slow burn to transition outā¦(though, I prefer acting quickly and decisively..) so Iām happy to learn from each of you and will likely ask some surface level questions, but I promise I just want to learn.
Some areas that excite me are:
AI governance;
Biosecurity risks;
Social impact funds (this is a very broad category, I know!)
Hi Everyone! First, thanks for taking the time to read š, I appreciate it.
Iām Nigel Masenda, Iām currently a corporate attorney at Greenberg Traurig LLP. Iāve spent the better part of the last four years in private practice with a focus on emerging company and venture capital work, as well as some private equity (including investment funds) and public company work. Itās a pretty general practice, practically what this looks like is helping start-ups throughout their full life cycle (from incorporation, to financing and ultimately acquisition/āpublic offering), helping sponsors set up their investment fund vehicles, private equity companies in their acquisitions of companies or assisting public companies with their annual and quarterly disclosure requirements.
Iām sure youāre wondering āā¦so whereās effective altruism?ā well, the primary driver for going to law school was to be an agent of change and to help others beyond myself ā the restoration of dignity for those who may have lost it or had it stolen from them. In the wake of the summer of 2020, I founded The Cecil Allan Fraser (link in my bio). It is one of the most exciting and meaningful initiatives that I have been a part of. Itās focus is narrow in scope and the data suggests that itās been highly effective at providing a solution to a problem thatās prevalent throughout the legal profession.
Iām now at a point in my career where I want to continue creating, and participating in, initiatives that actually provide credibly remedies to a host of problems and for it to be less of a āside hustleā and more my lifeās work š. Full-time. I appreciate that it may be a slow burn to transition outā¦(though, I prefer acting quickly and decisively..) so Iām happy to learn from each of you and will likely ask some surface level questions, but I promise I just want to learn.
Some areas that excite me are:
AI governance;
Biosecurity risks;
Social impact funds (this is a very broad category, I know!)
Hey Nigel, welcome to the Forum! Feel free to message me or comment here if you have any questions.
Cheers, Toby (Content Manager for the EA Forum)