Max Raskin is co-founder and managing director of Uris Acquisitions, a real estate investment firm focused on revitalizing San Francisco. He is also a fellow and adjunct professor at New York University School of Law.

Before founding Uris, Mr. Raskin served as general counsel and director of private investments at QVIDTVM Inc., a New York-based investment firm. He previously worked at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Morgan Stanley and began his career as a journalist covering finance and technology for Bloomberg News and Businessweek.

Mr. Raskin writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal and hosts a monthly interview series featuring prominent guests, including San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie. He clerked for Judge Loretta Preska of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.