Gerald Coviello focuses his practice on corporate transactional matters. His work includes securities transactions, start-up and emerging company representation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions, fund formation and counseling, and commercial lending transactions. He also handles employment-related matters, pre-litigation counseling, and the resolution of shareholder disputes.
Gerald advises businesses and their owners at every stage, from formation through exit. He also serves as outside general counsel to small and midsized companies in many industries. These include financial services, banking, hospitality, media, sports and entertainment, advertising, hedge funds, technology, software, medical technology, and consumer products.
In addition to co-founding Coviello Weber & Dahill, Gerald has also founded or co-founded businesses in the sports technology, media, sports products, and fitness industries. That experience gives him a firsthand view of the commercial and practical challenges his clients face.
Gerald received his J.D., cum laude, from Pace University School of Law in 2000, where he served as a Note and Comment Editor of the Pace Law Review. He received his B.A. in Political Science, magna cum laude, from the State University of New York at Albany. Gerald is admitted to practice law in New York and Connecticut.