Jake is a partner in the Cleveland and Akron offices of Vorys and a member of the corporate group. He has decades of experience working with public and private companies, private equity firms, entrepreneurs, and financial institutions in a broad range of corporate and securities transactions. Jake’s experience includes assisting clients on matters involving mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity issuances, corporate restructurings, fund formation, venture capital and angel investing, strategic alliances, and corporate governance.
Jake also counsels management, directors, and shareholders in connection with entity formation, contract negotiation, operational and employment issues, commercial leasing, financing, and exit strategies. He has assisted clients in a wide range of industries including financial services, health care/dental, real estate, manufacturing, technology, hospitality, cannabis, and aerospace sectors.
Jake frequently writes and presents on corporate law-related topics. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association.
Career highlights include:
Mergers & Acquisitions
Represented a private equity fund in a leveraged buyout of a metal processing company
Represented a public company in the acquisition of polymer manufacturing division
Represented financial advisory firm in corporate restructuring and add-on acquisition
Represented DSO in acquisition and dispositions of dental practice portfolio
Represented an ESOP-owned aerospace parts manufacturer in an asset sale to private equity purchaser
Represented vertically integrated cannabis company in sale of dispensary portfolio
Represented privately owned technology company in sale to private equity purchaser
Represented real estate developer in disposition of commercial and industrial property through contribution and sale of equity interests
Represented a private equity firm in its acquisition of a physical rehabilitation services company
Represented a privately held industrial equipment dealership in an asset disposition
Securities
Represented family office sponsor in blind pool investment fund formation in connection with acquisition of multi-family property portfolio
Represented a medical device company in a private placement of convertible preferred stock
Represented a mezzanine investment fund in subordinated debt financing transactions
Represented healthcare holding company in issuance of debentures on Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
Represented manufacturing company in private placement of secured notes and warrants
Represented a management consulting company in the issuance of common stock
Represented health care company in private placement offering of convertible promissory notes
Represented a biotech company in the issuance of senior preferred stock
Represented a software development company with the issuance of convertible preferred equity
Represented commercial real estate developer in negotiation of preferred equity joint venture and Reg D offering of limited partnership interests
