Overview
Jonathan loves finding practical, business-focused solutions for unique issues that arise in complex transactions. He leads Faegre Baker Daniels' capital markets practice and advises on securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance for both private and publicly held clients, as well as investment banks.
Capital Markets
Jonathan represents issuers and investment banks in connection with billions in securities offerings, including IPOs, secondary offerings, registered direct offerings, PIPEs, Rule 144A offerings and foreign offerings. He regularly advises public companies, including SPS Commerce, Tactile Medical and Evine Live, on SEC reporting and corporate governance, resales of restricted securities and equity compensation challenges. He also represents public companies in connection with other capital market transactions, including going private transactions, issuer tender offers for debt and equity, accelerated stock repurchases and other security purchase programs.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Jonathan represents buyers and sellers in a variety of public and private transactions. He also represents investment banks in their role as financial advisor in M&A transactions, including with deal structuring, fairness opinions and engagement letters. Recently, he represented CoLucid Pharmaceuticals and Datalink in their public company sale transactions.
Private Placements
Jonathan represents emerging companies, venture capital funds, hedge funds and private equity funds in private placements of debt and equity securities. He also represents public companies in their strategic investments. In the past few years, he has advised the issuers in three of the largest venture capital transactions in Minnesota history.
Personal Interests
In addition to traveling the world to places off the beaten path, Jonathan regularly competes in triathlons and once ran his own record label.Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
Education
New York University School of Law
J.D. (2000)
Pomona College
B.A. (1997)
Experience
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October 2018 2 min readEndocyte Enters Into $2.1B Agreement to Be Acquired by NovartisPharmaceuticals Health & Life Sciences Business & Transactions Mergers & Acquisitions
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September 2017 1 min readCelcuity Completes IPOMedical Devices & Products Health & Life Sciences Business & Transactions Public Companies & Governance Capital Markets & Securities
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March 2017 1 min readCoLucid Acquired by Eli Lilly for $960MPharmaceuticals Health & Life Sciences Business & Transactions Mergers & Acquisitions
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July 2016 1 min readTactile Systems Completes IPOMedical Devices & Products Health & Life Sciences Business & Transactions Public Companies & Governance
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October 2015 1 min readCode42 Completes Series B FinancingTechnology Software Companies Business & Transactions Venture Capital
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May 2015 1 min readCoLucid Pharmaceuticals Raises $55M in IPOPharmaceuticals Health & Life Sciences Business & Transactions Public Companies & Governance
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Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- Minnesota Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
Honors
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business—Corporate/M&A, 2018
- Minnesota Super Lawyers — Rising Star, Securities & Corporate Finance, 2006, 2008, and 2010-11