Christopher F. Meatto, Esq.

SHAPER, IMPLEMENTER, TEAM WORKER, RESOURCE INVESTIGATOR

“Upon graduation from Harvard Law School, I practiced law as a litigation associate for 7 years at large New York City law firms. I subsequently founded a law firm, Meatto Russo Burke & Wallace, which went on the represent Swatch and the Swiss Watch industry in both its international campaign against counterfeits and as corporate counsel to the founding of the Swatch brand in the United States. I placed my full time practice of law on hold to found my own fashion watch company long before there were "startups" or the lavish funding of startups. I eventually and wisely returned to my true passion, the practice of law in a very small environment. I shifted my practice to primarily focus on the first wave of tech startups here in New York. I placed that practice on hold for 18 months to become lead litigation counsel in an international child abduction case that spread over 3 countries. I succeeded in obtaining an order in United States District Court for the return of 5 children to an American father living in Singapore from his American wife. I have just wrapping up and a 7 year tenure as General Counsel to a digital health startup which has raised $40 million from more than 500 individual investors. I intend to retain that client and establish a boutique law practice with one or two partners in New York City.”

Recent Engagements:

Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel: Fruit Street Health, P.B.C.

General Counsel: Healthcare Shares, P.B.C

General Counsel: Hippocrates VC

Major Law Firm Experience:

Kramer Levin: early career senior litigation associate

Founder: Meatto Russo Burke Wallace

Founder and managing partner of boutique litigation firm. Practice areas Included Intellectual Property, Commercial Litigation, general corporate, and complex international representation. Offices at 747 Third Avenue, New York, New York. MRBW, led my Meatto, represented the Swiss Watch Industry and Swatch Watch in the United States, overseen by Nicholas Hayek, and helped launch and save the Swiss Watch Industry when, as reported in his 2010 obituary: "Nicolas Hayek: Entrepreneur who created the Swatch brand and saved the Swiss watchmaking industry” (Independent and Forbes obituary 2010). MRBW ran a worldwide international anti-counterfeit campaign to protect the Swatch watch, seized counterfeit watches, and won several key intellectual property litigations to protect the brand.

Current Related Entities

NYCG.COM: Startup Financial and Management Practice: NYCG services the non-legal aspects of my relationships with startup clients, including financial, HR, and investor relations

Passions:

Manchester United, Murakami, London, Entrepreneurs, Balance Sheets, Supreme Court Opinions

Education

LAW SCHOOL
Harvard Law School, Cum Laude

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
B.A., Political Science, Summa Cum Laude

REGIS HIGH SCHOOL

Classics Major, Greek and Latin