Jennifer Byrne concentrates her law practice in mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate finance, general corporate issues, corporate governance and emerging companies. She has extensive experience representing domestic and international companies from numerous industries, including manufacturing, private equity, banking, wealth management and financial services, biotechnology and life sciences, technology, health care, hospitality, retail, animal health and agtech, aerospace, and professional services. As outside corporate counsel to businesses, Jennifer provides counsel on day-to-day transactions as well as high-stakes disputes and transformative relationships. In that role, she is adept at efficiently coordinating experience from other segments of the firm, such as intellectual property, regulatory, international, lending, real estate, employment and litigation. She also serves as co-leader of the firm's Emerging Companies practice area and led the firm’s Corporate Services practice group for five years.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Jennifer provides guidance in a broad spectrum of transactions throughout the deal process, from pre-transaction planning to post-closing indemnification claims and disputes. This work includes taking the lead on stock and asset purchases and dispositions, mergers, restructurings, management buyouts, tender offers, going private transactions and other related transactions. In these matters she represents public and private companies, private equity firms, private equity firm portfolio companies, family owned businesses and executives.

Securities and Corporate Finance

Jennifer has broad experience advising publicly traded companies about securities offerings, Securities Exchange Act reporting issues, national securities exchange listing issues and various compliance and disclosure issues. She also counsels privately held companies raising funds through private placements of securities, compensating employees through equity-based compensation, and financing their growth and operations through debt financing.

General Corporate

Jennifer draws on her accounting and business background to assist clients in successfully achieving their financial and business goals through investments, joint ventures, strategic alliances, licensing and distribution arrangements, technology agreements, supply agreements, employment agreements and commercial contracts. She also advises clients about noncompete agreements and the protection of trade secrets and other intellectual property. In addition, she counsels businesses on succession planning initiatives.

Corporate Governance

As a trusted adviser to public and private company boards of directors, committees and management, Jennifer counsels clients regarding fiduciary duties, governance and compliance issues, strategy, anti-takeover mechanisms, buy-sell issues, executive compensation and shareholder disputes.

Emerging Companies

Jennifer works closely with the startup community, serving as corporate counsel for emerging companies and entrepreneurs in navigating formation, ownership, financing, employment and intellectual property issues and negotiating with venture capital and private equity funds. Jennifer also represents investors throughout their investments in emerging companies, from diligence and closing on the investment to ongoing management and operational issues.