Along with our partners, the advisory committee for Legado consists of legal counsel, bank owners, commercial real estate brokers, and serial entrepreneurs. They will provide the company with judicious advice and support the mission, vision, and core values of Legado.

Hope Newsome, Esq. is co-founder and managing partner of Virtus LLP. Her practice includes providing legal and compliance counsel to entrepreneurs, broker-dealers, investment advisers, private funds, and issuers. Hope previously served as general counsel and chief compliance officer of a private equity firm responsible for more than 50 public and private funds with various offering amounts up to $250 million and more than $600 million deployed capital in the areas of real estate, energy, senior housing, hospitality and 1031 exchanges. An author and panelist on relevant regulatory topics within the financial services industry, Hope has significant experience providing counsel on the issuance, investment management and distribution of private equity and debt.