Nic Easley  is the founder and CEO of 3C Consulting, LLC™, the leading global strategic cannabis consulting firm. Nic and his team have traveled to 30 countries and 30 U.S. States and Territories working with over 300 cannabis companies across all sectors of the industry.

He is known for his passionate commitment to introducing demonstrated best practices from other industries into the cannabis space. His industry-leading track record of building strong cannabis businesses and guiding others towards their own victories has established him as a trusted and proven resource for anyone considering investing in the cannabis industry. Nic founded Multiverse Capital™ with his fellow Managing Director Skip Sanzeri to provide investors with unique access to deal flow and deep cannabis operational experience.

Nic serves on numerous state regulatory boards ranging from agriculture, public health and human safety, pesticides, and compliant business practices. He is also a committee or board member for multiple cannabis industry organizations, including as a Board Member for Americans for Safe Access (ASA). Nic recently educated delegates on medical cannabis at the UN Intergovernmental Expert Group Meeting on International Challenges Posed by the Non-Medical use of Synthetic Opioids.

Nic received a High Times Trail Blazer award in 2015 and was named one of the rising stars in cannabis investment by Business Insider in 2018. Nic is a Veteran of the United States Air Force and fluent in numerous languages holding degrees in both Environmental Studies and Biology. Nic’s scientific background combined with over 15 years of agricultural field and biological experience provides Multiverse Capital™ portfolio companies with new possibilities of productivity, profitability, and professionalism.

Steve is Vice Chairman of Omega Advisors, Inc., a New York based long/short equity hedge fund.  He joined Omega in 1999. Steve became a limited partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co. at the end of 1998.  Before that, he was Goldman Sachs’ partner-in-charge of the Global Investment Research Department and Co-Chairman of the Investment Policy Committee.  He became a partner in 1986 and a managing director in 1996. Prior to joining Goldman, Sachs & Co. in 1977, he was a manager of the Common Stock Department at Prudential Insurance Company. He was a member of the editorial board of the Financial Analyst Journal and has published many articles in financial publications.  He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the New York Society of Security Analysts and was a Trustee of the Securities Industry Institute.  For 16 consecutive years ending in 1994, Steve was a member of the Institutional Investor “All-America Research Team”. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Mount Sinai Hospital as well as on the Investment Committee.  Steve is a member of the Investment Committee for the UJA-New York Federation. Steve received an M.S. in finance from the University of Illinois in 1972 and a B.A. from Rutgers in 1970.

 

Matthew Eisenberg has more than 28 years of experience advising investment management industry participants including:

• Investment managers
• Investment funds (hedge funds, private equity funds, futures funds, funds of funds)
• Family offices
• Pension plans
• Other institutional investors
• Placement agents.

Eisenberg has significant expertise advising as to legal, regulatory and business matters, including: formation and structuring, registration and licensing; compliance policies and procedures; separately managed accounts; special purposes investment vehicles; seed investments; counterparty and service provider arrangements’ marketing and distribution practices; joint ventures and other strategic transactions; legal due diligence review of fund offering documents’ and regulatory examinations and investigations.

Significant Representations

• Structuring and formation of investment managers, family offices and placement agents
• Structuring and formation of private investment funds – including hedge funds, private equity funds, futures funds, funds of funds, special purpose investment vehicles – employing a broad range of investment strategies and structures.
• Advising investment managers (including single and multi-family offices) and placement agents regarding investment adviser, broker-dealer, commodity pool operator, commodity trading adviser, state (“blue sky”) and other registration and compliance matters.
• Advising family offices, funds of funds and other institutional investors regarding seed, founder and strategic investments and allocations – through investment fund investments, “funds of one” and separately managed accounts.
• Legal, compliance and “market” review of hedge fund, private equity fund, venture capital fund and other investment fund offering and organizational documents and terms for family offices, funds of funds, pension plans and other investors.
• Advising investment managers, family offices and placement agents regarding various operational matters including: hiring, retention, compensation and supervision of employees and other personnel; development and implementation of compliance policies and procedures; and service provider and counterparty arrangements.
• Advising investment managers regarding strategic transactions and arrangements – including joint ventures, equity and asset sales, mergers and acquisitions, exit strategies and succession matters.
• Advising investment managers and placement agents regarding marketing and distribution practices and arrangements, and related operational, regulatory and compliance matters.

Eisenberg earned his law degree from NYU School of Law. After law school, he joined Rogers & Wells in 1990. In 1993, he joined the law firm of Winthrop, Stimson Putnam & Roberts. From 1996 to 2007, he was co-founder and partner at an investment management-focused law firm based in Fairfield County, CT. From 2007 to the present, he has been a partner at Finn Dixon & Herling, and a senior member of its investment management, investment funds and family office practice areas.

Elaine Chan is a Senior Investment Manager at The Johnson Company, a single family office based in New York City that invests across all asset classes and geographies.  Prior to joining The Johnson Company, Ms. Chan was at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, where she was part of the private equity team and contributed to overall portfolio and risk management functions.  Before joining The Foundation, she was in the Strategy & Planning group at Citi’s Investment Bank.

Ms. Chan received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Matthew F. Erskine, JD

Matthew Erskine is the managing partner of Erskine & Erskine LLC, a fourth generation law firm, and The Erskine Company, LLC, a consulting firm.  He focuses on strategic planning and legal services for business owners, professionals, individuals, families, collectors, and inheritors of unique assets. Helping his clients and their families solve their problems through customized estate, tax and management solutions.

Matt has a particular expertise in the stewardship of unique assets that few other estate planning and trust attorneys or family offices can match.  Working with collectors of coins, fine art, jewelry, heirlooms, and other valuable assets, as well as owners of real estate and family businesses, Matt brings his and his family’s generations of experience and intimate knowledge of unique areas of the law to help clients achieve their desired investment and personal goals.  This includes strategic planning and execution on forming operating and non-operating foundations.

The Erskine family has been counsel to client families since 1876, overseeing estate and income taxation planning, personal trusts, dynasty trusts, private foundations, and family offices.  Matt is also active in numerous community organizations in the Worcester, Massachusetts area, including the American Antiquarian Society, the Worcester Economics Club, and the John J. Kittredge Numismatic Foundation.

After graduating from Lawrence Academy, Matt received his B.A. in Medieval History from Carleton College and his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School.