| Biography | Jon is a Member in the firm's Boston office, Chair of the Securities Practice Group, and is one of the core members of the Life Sciences Practice Group. He represents clients in both public and privately placed equity and debt financings under the Securities Act of 1933, provides counseling for public companies with respect to the full range of securities compliance issues under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and advises high-technology, biotechnology, and medical device companies in numerous contractual and strategic matters. Jon has an active international practice, representing European companies in merger and acquisition, financing, and other transactions with U.S. and non-U.S. companies. Jon has extensive knowledge and experience in the public offering process, representing companies and underwriters in both initial and follow-on public offerings involving straight equity, debt securities, and hybrid securities, such as convertible exchangeable preferred stock, underwritten by major national, international, and regional underwriting firms with domestic and foreign tranches. He also represents and counsels companies, both public and private, in merger and acquisition transactions, venture capital financings, and executive compensation issues. Jon serves on the board of directors and on the audit and finance committee of the National Consumer Law Center, Inc., headquartered in Boston. Honors & Recognitions · Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial (Nationwide) and Corporate M&A: Capital Markets (Massachusetts), 2010 - 2011 · The Best Lawyers in America, 2006 - 2012 · Boston Globe Magazine, Boston's Best Lawyers in the areas of Biotechnology Law, Securities Law, and Technology Law, 2007 - 2010 · Massachusetts Super Lawyer, 2004, 2006-2011 Recent Publications · Co-author, "The Size of Financing Transactions," INSIGHTS: The Corporate and Securities Law Advisor, Aspen Publishers (07.2011) Jon is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He is a member of the American, Massachusetts, and Boston bar associations. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Williams College (1974), where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. from Stanford Law School (1979). |