Adam is a start up and venture capital lawyer who advises founders, growth stage companies and their investors on the legal and strategic issues that shape their businesses. A Partner in the firmโ€™s Corporate Department and a member of wiggin(x), he works with clients from formation through exit, helping to navigate pre-seed through Series-[X] financings, commercial agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and governance matters.

Known for his collaborative, business minded approach, Adam often serves as a true partner to founders and executive teams. He regularly leads cross disciplinary teams providing outside general counsel services, helping clients navigate day to day legal needs while keeping long term strategy in focus.

Adamโ€™s practice spans a wide range of industries including technology, life sciences, climate and clean tech, manufacturing, and health tech/telehealth with a particular emphasis on early stage companies. He also counsels clients on federal regulatory clearance for mergers and acquisitions, advising on compliance with the Hart Scott Rodino (HSR) Act.

Before joining the firm, Adam practiced at a global AmLaw 100 firm, where he handled regulatory, transactional, and litigation matters involving environmental law. Earlier in his career, he worked in the music industry as a manager and record label executive, which gave him a unique perspective on creative businesses and the challenges entrepreneurs face.

Adam earned his J.D. cum laude from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he served as an Associate Editor of the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal. He holds a B.A. in English from the University of Connecticut.

Education

  • Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 2010)
    • Order of the Coif
  • University of Connecticut (B.A., 2000)

Bar Admissions

Awards and Recognitions

The Legal 500 (2024-2025)

Resources

Click to visit, Blog of Reason

blog of reason logo, antitrust, consumer protection,

News

Events

When: January 15, 2025

at 5:00pm

- 7:00pm

Location: Connecticut Innovations, New Haven, Connecticut

People: Adam Silverman

When: October 1, 2024

at 5:30pm

- 8:30pm

Location: YG Club at Dunkin' Park, Hartford CT

People: Adam Silverman

When: July 22, 2024

at 1:30pm

- 3:00pm

Location: Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

People: Adam Silverman , Paul A. Hughes

When: June 17, 2024

at 1:45pm

- 3:30pm

People: Adam Silverman

When: June 13, 2024

at 10:30am

- 11:30am

Location: BioLabs New Haven, Connecticut

People: Adam Silverman

When: May 9, 2024

at 1:00pm

- 7:00pm

Location: New York, NY

People: Tobias F. Bannon, III , Adam Silverman , Jack H. Sousa

When: April 2, 2024

at 4:00am

- 7:00pm

Location: Stamford, CT

People: Jack H. Sousa , Adam Silverman

When: January 25, 2024

People: Adam Silverman

When: June 13, 2022

at 9:00am

Location: Hartford, CT

People: Adam Silverman , Robert J. Kornhaas

When: October 14, 2021

at 1:00pm

Location: Virtual

People: Tobias F. Bannon, III , Najia S. Khalid , Adam Silverman

When: June 2, 2020

People: Paul A. Hughes , Evan S. Kipperman , Adam Silverman

When: May 21, 2020

at 4:00pm

Location: (Webinar)

People: Paul A. Hughes , Evan S. Kipperman , Adam Silverman

When: November 28, 2018

at 6:30pm

- 8:45pm

Location: The Ferguson Library

People: Adam Silverman

Experience

  • Represented Exela Technologies, Inc. (โ€œExelaโ€ or โ€œthe Companyโ€) (NASDAQ: XELA), a global business process automation (BPA) leader, in its strategic investment in UBERDOC, Inc. UBERDOC is a leading patient access and price transparency platform that connects patients to top doctors.
  • Represented Swedencare AB (publ) (โ€Swedencareโ€), a listed company on NASDAQ First North Growth Market that specializes in pet healthcare, in connection with Swedencareโ€™s $475 million acquisition of The Garmon Corporation d/b/a NaturVet, a California-based pet supplement manufacturer.
  • Represented BroadcastMed, Inc., a company that provides healthcare video content marketing and education in connection with the sale of all its equity securities to an affiliate of 424 Capital, a Wakefield, Massachusetts based private equity firm.
  • Represented Triax Technologies, a Connecticut-based technology company that develops and delivers IoT technology for the construction industry, in raising $12.5 million in its Series A Fundraising.
  • Represented fintech company LoanBeam, a provider of income calculation and verification technology endorsed by government-sponsored entities (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in connection with its sale to LoanLogics.
  • Represented Inbox Health, a platform modernizing patient billing, in raising $15 million in its Series A Fundraising.
  • Represented DMG Media, publisher of the worldโ€™s largest English language newspaper website DailyMail.Com (MailOnline), announced the acquisition of U.S. โ€“ based news website Elite Daily, a global leader in social media content for millennials.
  • Represented Probi AB, a Swedish publicly traded bioengineering company that develops effective and well documented probiotics (โ€œProbiโ€), in connection with the signing of an asset purchase agreement under which Probi will acquire the operations of TNTGamble, Inc. d/b/a Nutraceutixยฎ, a leading U.S. manufacturer and supplier of probiotics, headquartered in Redmond, WA, with operations in Lafayette, CO.
  • Represented BeoCare Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Luxembourg-based private equity firm Leeward Ventures, in its acquisition of the specialty medical textile business of Shelby Elastics of North Carolina LLC. BeoCare, a leading OEM contract manufacturer of knitted textile products used in a wide range of applications in hospitals and long-term care facilities, will continue to operate Shelby Elastics as an independent division of BeoCare from its current location in Shelby, North Carolina.
  • Represented ViskoTeepak Holding Ab Ltd., a Finnish company, and its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, ViskoTeepak U.S. Holdings, Inc., in the acquisition of all of the membership interests of Vista International Packaging, LLC.

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