Zvi Raskin
Experienced General Counsel for Startups and Growing Companies
New York
NY
"Great person to work with!"
About
Clients work with Zvi because he combines deep technical legal expertise with a practical, business-driven approach. He takes the time to understand each client’s objectives and provides clear, strategic guidance on how to achieve them — from structuring and negotiation through execution and closing. He is known for being… read more responsive and detail-oriented, and he offers flexible pricing arrangements tailored to each engagement.
Zvi’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial matters, including contracts, securities, corp governance, IP, employment law, commercial transactions, litigation support, and trademark matters.
Based in New York, Zvi represents clients nationwide.
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"Zvi was great. HIs very knowledgeable in contract law around consulting and confidentiality agreements. His experience with IP and tech industry is very helpful if you are in those arenas. HIs approach is very personable making him very easy to work with. A little loose with deadlines. Like his flat fee structure with the understanding that he would see the matter through and not constantly adding hours for every revision and rebuttal to a counterparty revision. I will use him again."
"Working with Zvi has been an absolute pleasure. His guidance brought a level of clarity and confidence that is genuinely hard to put a price on — and that kind of peace of mind is something I deeply value."
"Great person to work with!"
"Working with Zvi has been one of the best experiences I’ve had with outside counsel. He brings a rare combination of precision, commercial awareness, and calm strategic judgment. Every document he touched became tighter, cleaner, and more balanced without ever feeling over-lawyered or unnecessarily complicated. He knows how to protect his client while preserving momentum in a live transaction, which is not something every attorney can do. What stood out most was his ability to strike the right tone. He made targeted edits that meaningfully reduced risk, clarified attribution and compensation mechanics, and strengthened deposit protections, all while keeping the counterparty comfortable and engaged. That balance is hard to find. He’s responsive, thoughtful, and extremely efficient. He scoped the work responsibly, honored his fee estimates, and delivered ahead of schedule, including weekend turnaround when timing mattered. If you’re a founder, operator, or company navigating securities, transactional, or regulatory matters and want counsel who thinks like a strategic partner rather than just a document editor, I 1000% recommend Zvi. We look forward to continuing to work with him!"
"Great to work with and diligent!"
"I had a great experience working with Zvi. He was fast, clear, and very responsive throughout the entire process. Communication was smooth and efficient, and everything moved forward quickly. I would absolutely work with him again."
Work History
Raskin Legal PLLC
Attorney At Law
Apr 2021 - Present
We provide young and growing firms, including start-ups, SMEs and pre-acquisition/IPO-stage companies, with complete and customized turn-key legal and intellectual property solutions and resources to allow them to focus on what they do best: grow their core business.
MaxLite, Inc.
General Counsel
Jun 2015 - Mar 2021
Chief legal officer of leading worldwide manufacturer and distributor of LED and solid-state lighting products. Established company’s first legal department, providing counsel and directing company policy on a wide range of legal and commercial issues.
Lighting Science Group
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of publicly-traded company
Feb 2011 - Jun 2015
Developed and introduced systems and processes for addressing an array of challenges facing rapidly growing financially-challenged company. Provided counsel and directed company policy on a broad range of legal and commercial issues. Areas of focus included corporate law, intellectual property, contracts, securities, corporate finance, SOX compliance, litigation, and employment and benefits law.
Center for Applied Psychology
Chief Legal Officer
Dec 2009 - Jan 2011
Chief legal officer of large community mental health practice, consisting of approximately 20 practitioners (psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers and one psychiatrist).
Dentsply Sirona Dental Systems
General Counsel and Secretary of publicly-traded company
Sep 1996 - Dec 2010
General Counsel and Secretary of Public Company, a global leader in design and development of dental digital radiography products and other hi-tech dental applications. Provided counsel from earliest stage of company’s formation through its successful IPO and reverse merger. Focus extended to all legal issues and challenges facing the company.
Townley & Updike / Rosenman & Colin (NYC)
Senior Associate at leading NYC law firms
Sep 1987 - Aug 1996
Complex commercial litigation practice, including contracts, securities, real estate, insurance, torts, constitutional, RICO and partnership law, with an emphasis on complex commercial/corporate litigation. Responsibilities included motion practice in federal and state courts, depositions, trials, hearings, drafting pleadings, advising clients and extensive legal research & writing.