Clients value Jack's responsiveness, efficiency, and ability to align legal strategies with business objectives.

Overview

Jack advises privately held businesses, entrepreneurs, and management teams on complex corporate transactions, with his practice focused primarily on mergers and acquisitions. He has experience representing buyers and sellers in private equity transactions, strategic acquisitions, auto and truck dealership transactions, and other high-stakes business transactions - providing support from initial structuring through closing. Jack also advises emerging private companies in connection with early and growth stage financings, including SAFEs, preferred equity financings, subscription agreements, and related securities law compliance.

In addition to mergers and acquisitions, Jack serves as a trusted advisor to business owners and management teams on corporate governance, entity formation and reorganization, ownership structuring, and other strategic business matters. He focuses on understanding each client's objectives and delivering practical solutions, from day-to-day counseling and commercial agreements to supporting businesses through complex transactions and reorganizations.

Jack works closely with clients and their advisors to provide clear, tailored guidance informed by a deep understanding of the business considerations underlying each transaction and corporate matter.

Experience

  • Advised on numerous multi-million-dollar automotive and truck dealership sales and acquisitions, including drafting and negotiating agreements and coordinating deal management through closing.
  • Represented privately held businesses and founders through numerous multi-million-dollar mergers and acquisitions, including strategic acquisitions and platform transactions across a broad range of industries.
  • Assisted emerging companies and investors with early-stage and growth financings, including SAFE financings, preferred equity investments, subscription agreements, and related securities law compliance.
  • Represented a privately held company in a multi-million-dollar growth equity investment, negotiating investment documents, addressing governance matters, and coordinating the transaction through closing.
  • Assisted a national industrial painting and restoration contractor in its multi-million-dollar sale to a private investment firm.
  • Counseled a national specialty building products supplier in its multi-million-dollar sale to one of the world's largest private equity firms.
  • Advised a national industrial tool supplier in its multi-million-dollar sale to a private equity firm.
  • Counseled a national electrical contracting firm in multiple multi-million-dollar acquisitions and corporate reorganizations, while providing ongoing support on governance and acquisition matters.
  • Structured complex governance frameworks and entity formations and drafted organizational documents addressing ownership transitions and related succession planning considerations.
  • Supported privately held businesses in diverse industries, such as architecture and engineering, energy, health and wellness, and food and beverage.

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  • Minnesota

Education

University of Colorado Law School, J.D., 2024

  • Construction & Real Estate Law Association, President, 2021-2023
  • Twin Cities Diversity in Practice Scholar
  • 2022 Acequia Assistance Project, Student Attorney
  • Colorado's Barrister's Council Transactions Team, Executive Board Member

Vanderbilt University, B.A., Law, History, and Society, Engineering Management, 2021

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