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🏆TOP RATED PLUS🏆 $100+ Billion in deals over 20+ years. I started my career on Wall Street in Corporate, M&A, and Securities Laws. I now provide strategic legal counsel and business consulting tailored to high-stakes business initiatives as well as critical advice to startups and companies raising capital. 💬"Joe helped me buy back my company from my former partners and navigate difficult waters where soured friendships turned ugly. He was gracious and understanding, yet also highly astute, often saving me from myself. He was conscious of our budget and mindful of necessary next steps. He was time sensitive and readily available. He saved my business." 💬"I have consulted with Joe on several occasions myself and referred to him, and he has delivered above and beyond each time. He is extremely knowledgeable in his field, transparent, and very responsive. Highly recommend Raetzer PLLC!" 🔴CORE PRACTICE AREAS: Capital Raising: Structuring and preparing Private Placement Memorandums (PPMs), SAFE Notes, Convertible Notes, Promissory Notes, Bridge Notes, Warrants, Reg A, Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S offerings. Business Consulting: Strategic review of current business, new business/product lines and market entrance. Business Transactions: Representing buyers and sellers in domestic and cross-border M&A. Startups and Growth-Stage Businesses: Formation, structuring, scaling, and preparing businesses for investment or acquisition. Exit Planning: Legal strategy and execution for business sales and investor exits. Strategic Advisory: Advising boards of directors, C-suite executives and founders on overall business strategy and business acquisition/disposition matters. 💬"Joe is incredibly knowledgeable and has been great to work with! He helped us initially with writing and reviewing our sales agreements and has become indispensable as we navigate a tricky situation with a finance merchant. Highly recommend" 💬"Outstanding legal expertise and absolutely great to work with. Highly recommend." 🔴LEGAL EXPERTISE: Structuring and negotiating complex M&A and capital markets transactions. Drafting core transactional documents: purchase agreements, subscription agreements, operating/shareholder agreements, and corporate governance materials. Advising on securities compliance, including Reg A, Reg D, and Reg S offerings, Blue Sky compliance, and SEC filings. Fund formation and structured finance: extensive experience with CDOs, CMBS/RMBS, and Investment Company Act issues. Partnering with senior management and boards to align legal strategies with business objectives. Collaborating with international counsel and multidisciplinary teams on multijurisdictional deals. 💬"Raetzer PLLC has been incredibly helpful for my business. Super honest, trustworthy and legitimate service! I will be hiring them again for my next acquisition deal." 💬"Professional service and extremely fast turn around. I enjoyed working with Joseph who drafted high quality contracts and I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a top notch service!" 🔴TRACK RECORD: Former Senior Associate Attorney at international Corporate M&A powerhouse Clifford Chance and top Corporate & Structured Finance law firm Thacher Proffitt & Wood both in Manhattan (New York City), where I represented investment banks, public and private companies, private equity sponsors, startups and hedge funds on strategic transactions. Closed and supported multi-billion-dollar deals across industries and jurisdictions. Delivered practical legal solutions to drive successful outcomes for clients ranging from startups to global financial institutions. I am licensed to practice law in New York and Texas. Corporate & Securities Attorney | Strategic Deal Advisor | M&A and Capital Raising Specialist 💬"Joseph Raetzer assisted me with drafting my asset purchase agreement. He provided excellent legal support for a fraction of the cost compared to a larger law firm." 💬"Joseph and the Raetzer PLLC team were exceptional — professional, responsive, and thorough from start to finish. They provided clear guidance, moved quickly, and made what could have been a complex process seamless. Highly recommend their firm for anyone seeking reliable and efficient legal support." 💬"Raetzer PLLC worked closely with us to successfully execute the lease for our new office on Wall Street, providing valuable counsel throughout the process. Joe is punctual, meticulous, and an exceptional attorney — highly professional and a pleasure to work with." 💬"Joe always kept my best interest at heart and helped me navigate a sensitive business contract. Highly recommended. Thanks again"

$1 Billion in Deals Closed. Your Business Is Next. I'm a New York-licensed business and contracts attorney with 10+ years of experience and over $1 billion in total deal volume across my career, representing founders, operators, and tech companies at every stage, from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies across the US and internationally. My practice centers on what matters most to growing businesses: airtight contracts, smart deal structures, and regulatory compliance that keeps you out of trouble and ahead of the competition. What I bring to your engagement: -Drafted and negotiated 1,000+ commercial contracts ranging from $50K to $50M, spanning MSAs, SaaS agreements, NDAs, IP assignments, and licensing deals for clients ranging from venture-backed startups to global Fortune 500 enterprises. -Mitigated $20M+ in vendor contract risk, reducing client exposure by 75%, while achieving 100% on-time renewal rates across $5M+ in software licensing portfolios. -Settled 50+ disputes, recovering or preserving $2M+ in potential damages without burning business relationships. -Designed contract templates that cut review time by 40% and reduced disputes by 60%. Closed 200+ high-value commercial agreements, directly contributing to a 15% increase in firm revenue and 30% faster contract workflows. -Earned a 100% Job Success Score and Top Rated status on Upwork across 45+ client engagements. My focus areas: Contract drafting and negotiation, SaaS and software licensing, business transactions, and regulatory compliance for tech and startups, whether you're operating domestically or scaling across borders. I bring the same strategic precision that Fortune 500 legal teams expect, delivered with the speed and accessibility that founders and growing businesses actually need. If you're closing deals, scaling your business, or protecting what you've built, let's talk.

Former General Atlantic (GA) Senior Associate and private equity operator focusing on commercial due diligence and value creation within private equity portfolios. Spent 3 years leading pricing projects globally for GA's billion-dollar portfolio companies in technology, consumer goods, financial services, and healthcare. Additionally executed commercial due diligence for over $1B in transactions. Additional experience allocating 8-figures of capital to global PE and VC funds.

Hi, I’m Zorain Zahid, Founder of APAKUS Consulting Services, helping businesses across the USA, Canada, and UK bring structure, clarity, and strategy to their finance operations. With nearly a decade of experience, we support startups, eCommerce brands, real estate businesses, healthcare companies, retailers, and service-based businesses by turning messy financials into accurate, actionable insights that support growth. We don’t just maintain books — we help businesses improve visibility, cash flow, reporting accuracy, and decision-making while keeping everything tax-ready and audit-ready. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CORE SERVICES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Bookkeeping & Accounting • Full-cycle bookkeeping • Clean-up & catch-up bookkeeping • AP/AR management • Payroll recording & reconciliation • Bank & credit card reconciliations • Financial reporting & analysis • Cash flow management • Budgeting & forecasting • Annual tax preparation support • Sales tax & VAT filing • Data migration & accounting system setup Financial Planning & Modeling • Budgeting & rolling forecasts • Cash flow forecasting • Department/project-based budgeting • Scenario & what-if analysis • Investor-ready financial models • Profitability & unit economics analysis • Cap table & growth modeling • Strategic dashboards & KPI reporting Audit Readiness & Financial Controls • GL clean-up & reconciliation reviews • Audit-ready financial preparation • Internal control workflows • Fraud-risk reduction processes • Investor & lender due diligence support • Post-audit process improvement ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Many businesses struggle with fragmented finance systems — bookkeeping in one place, payroll somewhere else, reporting delayed, and tax prep rushed at year-end. We bring everything together into one streamlined finance function so business owners can stop chasing numbers and focus on growth. We help clients: • Eliminate bookkeeping chaos • Improve cash flow visibility • Reduce financial errors • Maintain clean, tax-ready records • Automate repetitive accounting workflows • Build dashboards that actually support decision-making Whether you need accurate monthly bookkeeping, investor-ready reporting, audit preparation, or strategic financial planning, we provide both operational support and financial clarity. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ INDUSTRIES WE SERVE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • eCommerce & Retail • Real Estate (Rental, Flipping & Development) • Hospitality • Telehealth & Healthcare • Transportation & Warehousing • Medical & Wellness • Clothing & Fashion • Agencies & Service Businesses ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ PLATFORMS & TOOLS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Accounting & ERP Systems • Oracle NetSuite • Sage Intacct • SAP Business One • QuickBooks • Xero • Zoho Books Payments, Payroll & Tax • Ramp • Gusto • Paychex • ADP • Drake Tax • TaxJar • Stripe • PayPal eCommerce & Operations • Shopify • Amazon • Multi-channel marketplace reconciliation ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ DASHBOARDS & REPORTING ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ We build practical, real-time dashboards that help businesses monitor: • Cash flow • Profitability • Inventory trends • Customer acquisition costs • Revenue performance • Financial KPIs across multiple systems Our reporting integrates data from platforms like QuickBooks, Shopify, Stripe, CRMs, and operational systems to create one reliable source of financial truth. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ WHY CLIENTS WORK WITH US ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • 3400+ hours worked on Upwork • $70K+ earned on Upwork • 100% Job Success Score • Top Rated on Upwork Clients work with us because we combine technical accounting expertise with practical business understanding. We focus on accuracy, responsiveness, process improvement, and long-term partnerships — not just transaction processing. If you’re tired of spreadsheet chaos, delayed reporting, cash flow uncertainty, or disconnected finance systems, let’s connect and build a stronger financial foundation for your business.

Highly experienced Financial Analyst in Cash Flow and Partnership Modeling, Financial Software, Strong understanding of Commercial Real Estate Acquisition Analysis Check out my CRE Underwriting Package in my Project Catalog below.

Skilled translator with experience in public policy, finance, marketing, and literature. I am well-versed in technical and grammatical styles of writing and have been editing, proofreading, and translating academically and professionally for over 8 years. I am bilingual in Spanish and English, and have lived and worked in various countries in South America. I most recently worked for the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations, translating policy proposals, negotiations, and providing high-level technical guidance on UN thematic issues. When completing projects, I am highly organized, accurate, and efficient, and I am well-versed in word-processing programs, Google Applications, Adobe Suite, and HTML.