
Sam’s practice focuses on venture capital and other private securities transactions, counseling start-ups and emerging growth companies, funds and crowdfunding platforms. Sam is heavily involved in the start-up community in New York and regularly advises and mentors young companies and entrepreneurs regarding the legal and business issues that they face, and speaks at many of the local accelerators, incubators and co-working spaces.
Sam is a co-editor of MintzEdge, an online resource for entrepreneurs that includes useful tools and information for starting and growing a company, and is the co-editor of MintzTech Connect, Mintz’s periodic newsletter on "all things technology" in the legal and business world.
Sam provides counsel to private companies and venture capital funds operating and investing in a diverse range of industries, including biotech, fintech and financial services, media, artificial intelligence, blockchain, cybersecurity, CPG, insuretech and SaaS, among many others. Sam’s pro bono experience includes assisting asylum seekers apply for permanent asylum in the United States, representing not-for-profit clients to obtain federal tax-exempt status and providing legal services to victims of domestic abuse.
Prior to joining Mintz, Sam worked in the film and television industry on productions shot in and around New York City. He later served as a project manager at an online marketing and strategy agency, where he led a team of designers, writers, and programmers to create websites for clients including musician Sting. Subsequent to his agency work, Sam was the third employee of a start-up specializing in liquidation of technology assets for downsizing dot-com companies.
During law school, Sam was a staff member of the Cardozo Law Review and worked as an intern at the legal departments of This Is That Films and DC Comics.
viewpoints
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — September 2023
September 12, 2023 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on mePrism
September 12, 2023 | Article | By Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — May 2023
May 24, 2023 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — February 2023
February 21, 2023 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — December 2022
December 7, 2022 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — September 2022
September 19, 2022 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on YUR Inc.
May 25, 2022 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — May 2022
May 25, 2022 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — December 2021
December 10, 2021 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — August 2021
August 2, 2021 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
News & Press
Mintz Advises Cardurion Pharmaceuticals in Investment of up to $300 Million from Bain Capital
November 02, 2021
Mintz Promotes Five Attorneys to Member
May 26, 2017
Regulation Crowdfunding: A Six-Month Update
December 20, 2016
Yes, E-signatures Are Enforceable
July 12, 2016
Events & Speaking
BioLabs@NYULangone: Financing Strategies for Emerging Companies in the New Normal
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The First Most Important Decision for the Entrepreneur: How to Choose the Right Corporate Entity for Your Startup
BioLabs@NYULangone
BioLabs@NYULangone, 180 Varick St., 6th Floor, New York, NY
Recognition & Awards
- New York Super Lawyers: Rising Star – Securities & Corporate Finance (2011 – 2017)
Involvement
- Guest Lecturer, High-Growth Corporate Transactions, Cornell Law School at Cornell Tech