Mikhail Gurfinkel

Mr. Gurfinkel is SVP, Business Development and General Counsel at HemaSource. He brings with him 25 years of experience in private equity investment and law, including mergers and acquisitions in a variety of industries. He previously served as COO of Badlands NGLs, a development stage petrochemical company focused on energy derivative projects, where he oversaw all aspects of investment and operations. Mikhail also served for 7 years as President and General Counsel, Americas Region, of Basic Element Company, a $20 billion international private industrial conglomerate focusing on energy, metals and mining, manufacturing and construction. In this capacity, he worked on execution and portfolio management of the firm’s investments across the globe and was responsible for the execution of strategic transactions valued over $2 billion. Prior to that role, Mr. Gurfinkel was a corporate attorney for eight years at two of the world’s leading law firms, Clifford Chance LLP and Hunton & Williams LLP, where he specialized in M&A, banking and securities law and represented a mix of Fortune 500 clients including industrials, financial institutions and real estate companies in a wide range of matters including corporate finance, real estate acquisition and development, venture capital investment, public and private investments and issuance of debt and equity. Mr. Gurfinkel has a B.A. in philosophy and a Juris Doctorate from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.