Andrew Hecht

Andrew Hecht is an experienced corporate lawyer and entrepreneur. Prior to founding Hecht Law PC, Mr. Hecht was a corporate and securities lawyer at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, a leading international law firm, based in the firm’s offices in New York, Tokyo and Palo Alto.

Previously, Mr. Hecht co-founded and served as first Chief Legal Officer of Wall&Main, Inc., one of the earliest companies to announce its intention to enter the post-JOBS Act crowdfunding industry. Prior to studying law, he was a successful software developer, who helped design and build the enterprise servers that became the initial backbone of the online bill payment industry. He also developed speech recognition-based trader workstations to enable stock traders to engage in high speed hands-free trading.

Mr. Hecht holds a B.A in Asian Languages & Civilizations from Amherst College, a J.D. from the Duke University School of Law and a M.E.M. in Environmental & Resource Economics from Duke University - Nicholas School of the Environment.