Fred is a co-founder and partner of Acceleron Law Group. Fred’s experience as a business executive, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and entrepreneur enables him to provide his clients with practical business advice and seasoned legal counsel. He represents emerging growth and mature Fortune 500 companies. Fred’s practice focuses on technology and corporate transactions, including technology licensing, SaaS and new media agreements, commercial agreements and M&A transactions.
General Counsel: Fred was previously Vice President and General Counsel of Paciolan, a ticketing software company acquired by Ticketmaster and eventually sold to Comcast-Spectacor, a Comcast company, and then sold again to Learfield IMG College. At Paciolan, Fred managed the legal affairs of Paciolan, which included inbound and outbound licensing transactions, venture capital and debt financings, mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance, employment counseling and management of outside counsel. As legal counsel to Paciolan, Fred has negotiated commercial licensing and SaaS agreements with professional sports teams in the NBA, NHL and MLB, and most of the major national universities in the Power Five conferences, as well as strategic agreements with technology and new media partners such as Google, Facebook and StubHub.
Chief Financial Officer: Prior to Paciolan, Fred was the Chief Financial Officer and VP General Counsel of Bitfone Corporation, a wireless software provider acquired by Hewlett-Packard. Fred managed Bitfone’s financial, legal, administrative, human resources and information technology operations in California, Canada, the United Kingdom, China, Japan and Korea. Fred negotiated and closed Bitfone’s merger with Digital Transit, Inc., its cross-border acquisition of Mobile Diagnostix and over $50M in venture capital financings, as well as commercial transactions with Motorola, Qualcomm, LG, Sony Ericsson and SK Telecom.
Private Practice In Silicon Valley and Orange County: Fred has over a dozen years of private practice experience in Southern California and Silicon Valley, representing mature Fortune 500 and emerging growth companies in connection with their technology, commercial and corporate transactions.
Entrepreneur: Fred co-founded Fortis General Counsel, LLP, a transactional law firm recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a Tier 1 California corporate law firm and by the Daily Journal as one of the Top 50 boutique law firms in California, including the only firm recognized for its licensing practice. After almost a decade at Fortis, Fred joined most of his former partners at Fortis to form his current firm, Acceleron Law Group, LLP.
Education
J.D., USC Gould School of Law; Honors Program
M.B.A. with Honors, USC Marshall School of Business; Finance Concentration
B.A., Business Economics and History, University of California, Los Angeles
Memberships
The State Bar of California
Organizations
Co-Chair, National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms Transactional Practice Area Committee
Advisor to Alta Claro, an experiential attorney learning platform
Member of Law Leadership Society at USC Gould School of Law
Membership Committee for Entrepreneur’s Organization
Honors
Rated AV®-Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell for Highest Level of Professional Excellence and High Ethical Standing