Jay W. Freedman

Jay W. Freedman

Jay W. Freedman is the managing partner of Foley's Washington, D.C. office. He leads the Business Law Department and is a member of the firm's Transactional & Securities and Commercial Transactions & Business Counseling Practices. Mr. Freedman has a broad-based corporate practice, including mergers and acquisitions and securities regulation. He counsels clients on a variety of matters, including choice of entities upon formation, financing alternatives, employee matters, contracting, and leasing. He also has an active estate planning and administration practice.

Mr. Freedman has represented small business investment companies, venture capital firms, and privately owned and publicly held companies in all phases of their business activities. He has also represented real estate clients in both their ongoing activities, as well as dispositions to REITs. His clients have been involved in a wide range of activities, including health care, retail, manufacturing, and high technology.

In addition to the traditional negotiation and documentation of mergers and acquisitions, Mr. Freedman has been involved in a number of transactions involving pre-merger filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.

Prior to entering private practice in 1968, Mr. Freedman served in the Office of General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission. Mr. Freedman has been active in a number of community activities, including having served as president of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, Woodmont Country Club and the Washington, D.C. chapter of the American Jewish Committee. He is currently a member of the boards of directors of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, the Heifetz International Music Institute, The Georgetown Business Improvement District and The Kreeger Museum. He is a former secretary of the Executive Committee of the Yale Law School Alumni Association and is a member of The Economic Club of Washington. He is also profiled in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Law.

A graduate of Yale Law School (J.D., 1967), Mr. Freedman received his undergraduate degree from Williams College (B.A., 1964). He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.