Alignment is key to effective representation. Harry Abraham serves as outside general counsel to companies at all stages of their lifecycle, partnering with founders, operators, and investors to drive growth, manage risk, and execute strategic transactions. Leveraging his experience as both in-house and outside counsel, Harry delivers practical, creative solutions to complex legal and business challenges that align with his clients’ business objectives.
Harry brings more than 13 years of experience advising businesses from formation through exit, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and complex commercial transactions. He regularly leads buy-side and sell-side transactions, drafts and negotiates definitive agreements, structures deals, and coordinates cross-functional stakeholders to close efficiently. As Outside General Counsel, Harry also oversees corporate governance, commercial contracting, intellectual property strategy, and day-to-day legal operations, including advising on real estate and asset protection strategies.
Harry has represented clients ranging from startups to multi-billion-dollar enterprises and institutional clients across the technology, entertainment, sports, real estate, insurance, beverage, toy, manufacturing, escrow, manufacturing, and medical sectors, advising owners, executives, founders, athletes, musicians, producers, and creatives in high-value strategic and transactional matters. He also brings extensive insurance experience, advising on coverage, risk allocation, and claims-related matters, further enhancing his ability to structure transactions and mitigate downside exposure.
In addition to his transactional practice, Harry’s litigation experience enables him to advise clients on pre-dispute strategy, risk mitigation, and enforcement, including matters involving intellectual property, commercial disputes, and employment issues. This dual perspective allows him to proactively identify and address risks that impact valuation, deal certainty, and execution, particularly where parties face stalled negotiations or complex, high-friction disputes.Harry is a first-generation American of Latin American descent and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Harry received a Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego, with a corporate concentration, and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is admitted to practice in California.
