Capital Market Solutions.

In his previous career, Miles advised clients on a full range of corporate activities. His practice included advising companies on all aspects of their formation and capitalization, and in evaluating, structuring and executing strategic and financial transactions.

Miles was previously at Dentons, where he gained extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, frequently representing both buyers and sellers in a wide variety of industries, as well as with equity and debt financings, where he represented both investors and companies in all types of private investment transactions. He has also advised clients, both in the United States and internationally, on the formation and operation of private investment structures.

His experience includes representing a private equity fund in connection with the restructuring of one of its portfolio company’s debt structure; representing a private equity fund in acquiring a controlling interest in a privately computer-based certification firm; representing a cloud computing provider in connection with its acquisition by a public company; representing several technology companies in multiple series of debt and equity financings; assisting a large insurance company in financing the acquisition and servicing of multiple portfolios of viatical settlements; representing a privately held regional cellular telephone company in the acquisition of multiple cellular telephone markets from a national carrier; representing a private investment fund in obtaining financing to fund loans to individual franchisees of a national franchise.

Prior to practicing law, Miles worked as a professional classical musician, concertizing extensively in New York and across Europe. He is a licensed pilot based out of Essex County Airport, and, after eighteen years as a Manhattan resident, now resides in Montclair, New Jersey with his wife and their young son.

Zachary is an entrepreneur and proven manager with a focus on infrastructure services, including cloud platforms, hosting services, automation software and financial transaction clearing. He has a successful history of managing high growth companies, from operations through finance/fund raising and product development. Most recently, Zachary was an early member of the management team at Voxel, a NY-based cloud hosting company with a focus on infrastructure automation that sold to Internap (NASDAQ: INAP) in 2011.

Ossip is an expert technologist and architect with a successful history of designing, implementing and scaling financial software platforms. Previous to Ldger, Ossip was the Chief Architect of Click and Buy, one of the world’s largest global payment platforms for eCommerce transactions.

Peter Morgan is an attorney in private practice. For nearly 20 years, Mr. Morgan has advised clients on a full range of issues related to securitization of a variety of assets. His practice involves advising finance companies, credit providers, investors, rating agencies and intermediaries on all aspects of the formation and capitalization of finance companies; the structuring, negotiation and execution of junior and senior credit facilities and private equity into finance companies; and the structuring, negotiation and execution of highly structured securitizations.

Among the many transactions that Mr. Morgan has done, Mr. Morgan has spent considerable time reviewing many of the most notable marketplace loan and like asset securitizations on behalf of a credit rating agency and has negotiated flow purchase arrangements for marketplace loans on behalf of investors in marketplace loans.

Mr. Morgan serves as an advisor to Ldger in his personal and individual capacity only and will not be acting as an agent, partner or employee of the law firm where he practices.

John Meserve has more than 30 years experience in the financial services arena with a deep regulatory background established in his early years in Washington, D.C.

Most recently, he held leadership roles with BNY Mellon as an Executive Managing Director of the affiliate ConvergEx Group, as well as the Chief Executive Officer in charge of the group’s research and commission management businesses which include Westminster Research Associates, Jaywalk, and ConvergEx Research Solutions. John built the business from a niche player providing a small, “alternative” model of soft dollar brokerage services into a widely recognized industry leader with undisputed market dominance. In these roles John established extensive personal relationships with 1000+ institutional money managers, 200+ broker-dealers and hundreds of independent/alternative research and market data providers.

Previously, as a Senior Vice President at The Bank of New York and head of the International Marketing Division he drove similar change and growth, transforming BNY from the smallest player in the depositary receipts business into the dominant player, industry-wide. In this capacity John established a global sales team and has traveled personally to over 75 countries. Recognized as a thought leader and one of the foremost experts globally in the areas of institutional commission management, independent research, and depositary receipts, John has been frequently sought out and quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Institutional Investor, among many others. Prior to The Bank of New York, John began his career in the financial services industry as a Vice President with Citicorp/Citibank where he pioneered their sales of depositary receipts to international companies and completely shook up the industry, fundamentally changing the dynamics of the market by creating a culture of competition.

John Meserve also held several positions in the public sector, including positions as a legislative and campaign staffer to a Maine Congressman and Senators, and later in political appointments within the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Transportation. He rose rapidly through the ranks, continuously earning more responsibility, including staffing the President’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness and the Steel Advisory Committee, and participating in a technical telecom trade mission to Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Other major issues of involvement included the prevention of the Fujitsu acquisition of Fairchild, critical Japan trade negotiations, and other key non-trade related matters such as international whaling disputes and the establishment of the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award.

John Meserve holds an MBA from George Washington University and a BA from Bowdoin College. He is a former chairman and member of the Institutional Brokerage Committee, Securities and Financial Markets Association; a founding member and former member of the Board of Directors for Investorside Research Association; and is a former member of the Alliance in Support of Independent Research. He has been a frequent speaker and moderator at events held by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA – formerly SIA), Securities Traders Association, Institutional Investor events, and other specialized industry forums. He holds FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses.