Collin Williams is the Founder and Chairman of New Era ADR. Collin was previously General Counsel at Reverb.com which was acquired by Etsy for $275M. Collin also worked at Oracle, Greenberg Traurig, LLP and Butler Snow, LLP. Collin went to Middlebury College and Tulane University School of Law.
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