JD, NYU School of Law, 2016
BA, summa cum laude, Economics and Psychology, University of Miami, 2013

In law school, Rachael was a Senior Editor for the Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law.

• Colorado State Bar
• New Jersey State Bar
• New York State Bar

• Private equity fund in negotiating an anchor investment in the PIPE round of a biotech SPAC
• Family office in connection with its major public shareholding in a SPAC and related matters
• Fintech company in its strategic acquisition of an artificial intelligence business
• Blockchain foundation in its $150 million initial coin offering including private SAFT and public auction fundraising rounds
• Fintech and cryptocurrency company in $20 million "founder" round capital raise from strategic and financial investors
• Fintech company in its strategic acquisition of a payments processing business
• Various funds and family offices in private equity co-investments with numerous fund managers and fundless sponsors
• Fund of funds in a series of private equity secondary sales
• Private equity fund in bank recapitalization investments including up to 9.9% voting stock ownership and related Federal Reserve passivity commitment filings
• Artificial intelligence technology company in its offering and sale of blockchain tokens for use in disintermediating certain advertising activities
• Family office advisor with over $2.5 billion AUM in hedge fund, private equity fund and direct deal investments
• Long/short equity manager with over $3 billion AUM in structuring and launch of hedge funds, long only funds and managed accounts, and ongoing regulatory and corporate advice
• Structuring and negotiation of over $1 billion private equity program for Middle East wealth manager
• Various fund managers in side letter negotiations and investor due diligence questionnaires and responses
• Carillon Tower Advisers, Inc., a division of Raymond James Financial, Inc., in its acquisition of Scout Investments Inc. from UMB Financial Corp. for $172.5 million
• New York State Catholic Health Plan, Inc., d/b/a Fidelis Care New York in the US $3.75 billion acquisition of its entire health insurance business by Centene Corporation
• Administrative agent for the term lenders in connection with a first lien term loan credit facility, a debtor-in-possession term loan credit facility and an exit term loan credit facility extended to Payless ShoeSource and the Payless ShoeSource chapter 11 cases
• Mercer Investments, a division of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, in its acquisition of Summit Strategies Group

• Co-author, "SEC's Division of Examinations Releases Risk Alert for Digital Asset Securities," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, March 10, 2021
• Co-author, "OCC Conditionally Approves Bank Charter for Second Crypto Firm," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, February 24, 2021
• Co-author, "SEC and CFTC issue Settlement and Order against Abra simultaneously," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, August 10, 2020
• Co-author, "FINRA issues guidance on retail communications relating to private placements," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, July 24, 2020
• Co-author, "SEC Proposed New Framework for Fund Valuation Practices," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, July 24, 2020
• Co-author, "'Crypto Mom' Proposes 3-Year Safe Harbor for Token Projects" Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, February 11, 2020
• Co-author, "SEC Relief For Digital Custody Co. Takes Guarded Approach," Law360, November 14, 2019
• Co-author, "LabCFTC importance is elevated and US financial regulators join the FinTech "Global Sandbox," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, October 30, 2019
• Co-author, "Cryptocurrency exchange intends to raise $130 Million through an IPO," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, August 26, 2019
• Co-author, "Formation of registered series of Delaware LLCs to be permitted," Westlaw, Thomson Reuters, August 1, 2019
• Co-author, "SEC and FINRA address digital asset custody issues," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, July 11, 2019
• Co-author, "SEC sues Kik for its US$100m ICO," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, June 10, 2019
• Co-author, "SEC Adopts Regulation Best Interest Increasing Broker-Dealer Standards of Care and Disclosure Obligations," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, June 7, 2019
• Co-author, "SEC Urges Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisors to Evaluate their Cloud-Based Storage Security Settings," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, June 5, 2019
• Co-author, "No news is good news? The SEC may be undermining innovation in FinTech," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, May 15, 2019
• Co-author, "SEC issues first no-action letter for unregulated ICO," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, April 10, 2019
• Co-author, "Commissioner Peirce warns the SEC not to cast Howey's net too wide," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, February 15, 2019
• Co-author, "SEC issues statement on digital asset securities issuance, investment and trading," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, November 21, 2018
• Co-author, "Regulators bring enforcement actions against 1pool Ltd.," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, October 8, 2018
• Co-author, "CFPB finalizes GLBA privacy rule exemption," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, August 28, 2018
• Co-author, "SEC adopts new Form ATS-N and amendments to Regulation ATS to increase transparency and oversight of alternative trading systems," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, July 23, 2018
• Co-author, "SEC's Jay Clayton and William Hinman Reiterate Howey is Here to Stay," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, June 22, 2018
• Co-author, "New York State starts cryptocurrency exchange inquiry; SEC and CFTC foresee additional cryptocurrency and ICO regulation, Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, April 24, 2018
• Co-author, "Anatomy of an ICO," Project Finance NewsWire, April 2018
• Co-author, "SEC Cyber Unit successfully pursues fraudulent ICOs," Financial Services: Regulation Tomorrow, December 21, 2017