Joseph Lesko
Advisor to Small and Medium Size Companies
California
CA
"Great to work with Jo."
About
I have experience with mergers and acquisitions and financings including seed rounds, convertible notes, and preferred stock. I also prepare documents for websites such as terms of use and privacy policies. I also draft license, consulting, employment, distribution, non-disclosure, beta test, website development, and shareholder agreements. I also prepare incorporation and LLC documents.
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"Joe was great to work with on a venture debt transaction my startup (we've raised ~$15M) in San Francisco was going through with City National Bank, SVB and others. We saved THOUSANDS by working with Joe over Goodwin. Would highly recommend him to others, he was great and very thorough. I really liked paying one flat rate over hourly - just means no stress, nothing to worry about, no trying to get him off the phone bc he has the meter on. He is a real partner and we will use him again."
"Great Experience, knowledgeable and professional."
"Worked with Joe to draft some user agreements. He helped to clarify the project based on our end goal, went above and beyond to help us with a few other questions we had. I would reach out to him again."
"Joseph was knowledge, helpful, and timely."
"Quick response time and very communicative - had a great experience."
"Joe did a nice job of clearly explaining the documents I shared and the risks. He also provided some additional language to help me in rephrasing the document."
Work History
BlackCastle Strategies, P.C.
President
Jul 2014 - Present
I am the founder and President of BlackCastle Strategies, P.C., a virtual law firm that has adopted a business model for the 21st century. BlackCastle intends to focus on providing strategic legal advice to emerging growth and mid-market companies in this new business environment. BlackCastle will build client teams to meet the needs of the client.
Pubs Arena Digital Media
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Board of Directors
Jun 2014 - Present
Taurus Processing, doing business as Pubs Arena, is an Affiliate Network that enables publishers and advertisers to fairly compete to sell and purchase their products and services through one centralized global network. Pubs Arena was formed by professionals with 40 years cumulative expertise in the advertising, online marketing, banking, payment processing and lead generation industries.
Sygiene, Inc.
General Counsel and Board of Directors
May 2013 - Present
The HygieneCloud from Sygiene is an electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system engineered to track Health Care Workers (HCWs) and WHO moments 1, 2, 4 and 5, in real-time. Sygiene’s HygieneCloud provides the most comprehensive method for monitoring hand hygiene compliance, while delivering actionable feedback for your entire hospital system.
Spritzr
General Counsel
Mar 2013 - Present
Spritzr is a refreshing approach to finding your special someone. Using the best of online and in-person dating strategies, Spritzr uses smart technology to quickly and easily connect you with singles who are already in your social circles. These are not online strangers -- these are friends of friends who you’ll probably like, because your friends do. It’s kind of like an extended dinner party.
Glass-Media, Inc.
General Counsel and Board of Directors
Apr 2012 - Present
Glass-Media transforms the world of physical advertising through its unique ability to turn any glass surface into a virtual advertising platform. By delivering the effectiveness and efficiency of internet advertising to physical locations, Glass-Media fosters hyper-local and hyper-sharing activities, interactions, and communities in the physical world.
Gnomegen, LLC
General Counsel
Jun 2011 - Present
Gnomegen has successfully developed and commercialized reagent products for the library preparation of next generation sequencing with pending patents on file. Besides its team of creative scientists, Gnomegen is backed up by consultants with leading expertise in technology, sales and marketing as well as corporate attorneys and patent agents.
BlackCastle Stategies, P.C.
President
Dec 2010 - Present
I am the founder and President of BlackCastle Strategies, P.C., a virtual law firm that has adopted a business model for the 21st century. BlackCastle intends to focus on providing strategic legal advice to emerging growth and mid-market companies in this new business environment. BlackCastle will build client teams to meet the needs of the client.
Cuipo LLC
General Counsel & Secretary
Oct 2010 - Present
BlackCastle Strategies is responsible for the legal function at Cuipo including managing outside counsel and providing services in corporate finance, executive compensation, licensing and commercial contracts.
Adjunct Faculty
UCSD Extension
Sep 2005 - Present
Instructor for Financing Strategy. Financing Strategy is designed to provide students with an understanding of the process for financing primarily growth companies.
Heller Ehrman
Special Counsel
Mar 2001 - Nov 2004
Securities; corporate governance; public companies; mergers and acquisitions; capital formation transactions; technology transfer and licensing.