May 17, 2006 : Newtek Names Chief Legal Officer

📅 May 17, 2006 - Business service and Web hosting provider Newtek Business Services (newtekbusinessservices.com) announced on Tuesday that it had appointed Andrew E. Lewin to the position of chief legal officer, from which he will primarily focus on SEC work and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.


Lewin has worked as a corporate and securities attorney and investment banker for more than 20 years. Before joining Newtek, Lewin served as general counsel to Fusion Telecommunicaions International and took the company through its public offering.

He also worked in venture capital and investment banking, and was a senior vice president of First Albany Corporation and a senior technology investment banker in the New York office. He practiced law as a corporate and securities lawyer from 1985 to 1995.

"Newtek has quickly become one of the premier providers of business services and financial products to small and medium-sized businesses throughout the United States," says Lewin, "through its ability to be a low cost provider of services and its ability to acquire small and medium-sized business customers cost effectively. I am excited to join Newtek's outstanding management team."