Gerald Reihsen

Gerald J. (Gerry) Reihsen, III, an attorney and entrepreneur of four decades global experience, is the principal corporate/securities attorney at Reihsen & Associates, that provides legal services to investors and business people, including for investment funds and businesses in the Opportunity Zone space.
Gerry is nationally recognized for his work in the Opportunity Zone incentive ecosystem, speaking and writing on it and advising clients across the country.
Gerry is also of counsel with the full-service business law firm of Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC with officers throughout Texas and California, that provides a full range of legal services, including in respect of business creation, real estate matters, capital formation, patents and intellectual property, estate planning, taxation and tax strategies, and commercial litigation.
Gerry is a founder of several businesses, including Coasis Coalition Companies PB LLC, a public benefit company that provides support, services and products to the Opportunity Zone ecosystem, including its (a) investors. lenders and other economic participants, (b) investment funds, venture capital funds and developments, (c) agencies and organizations that are historically dedicated to assisting under-optimized communities, (d) state and local economic development agencies, and (e) residents of those communities.
With his law firms and Coasis, Mr. Reihsen continues and leverages his rich career in corporate-securities law and in founding and building innovative business enterprises, both for-profit and nonprofit, including, among others, Behringer Harvard Funds, a real estate investment fund platform grown to more than $12 billion in AUM globally, Xybridge Technolgies, the leading telecom softswitch tech company of its day (sold to DASAN Zhone Solutions-NASDAQ: DZSI) and Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep, a non-profit high school serving families in low-income communities with a rigorous college prep curriculum and a corporate work-study program.