Moses & Singer LLP | James Alterbaum

James Alterbaum, a senior partner in the Corporate/M&A practice area of Moses & Singer and Chairman of its Accounting Law Practice, has over 30 years experience in corporate, securities, commercial and employment law. With a background in accounting and finance, Jim takes a business and entrepreneurial approach to the law, serving public, private, and corporate clients in diversified fields, including the food, manufacturing/distribution, health care and technology industries. Jim has particular expertise in serving closely-held and family multi-generational firms facing business and corporate governance challenges, including the structuring of M&A transactions, refinancing, public and private offerings and succession plans. Jim places heavy emphasis on the strategic decision-making surrounding these transactions and focuses particularly on the negotiation process, through all its stages. Working with many professionals in other disciplines, including investment bankers, financing sources, accountants, valuation and wealth management experts, Jim strives to provide a value-added approach to the law that cuts across a variety of practice areas.

Jim is a well-regarded public speaker, who lectures regularly for the National Business Institute. A well-versed author and contributor to Aspatore’s Corporate Law Best Practices, Jim has written numerous trade articles, and has appeared on TV and radio programs such as CNBC's Money Talk, Today's Business, WLIE and Sky Radio, and has been interviewed by The New York Times, Crain’s New York Business, Long Island Business News, and Entrepreneur magazine. A recipient of Columbia University's "Mentor of the Year" award, Jim serves on the Portfolio Advisory Board of the Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship of the University's School of Business, where he lectures to Columbia's MBAs. He is a member of the Long Island chapter of The Institute of Management Accountants.