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Mr Jason Koenig
Work Department
Partner; Corporate & Finance
Position
Jason is a corporate & finance partner. He leads M&A transactions, with a particular focus on sponsor-backed deals, public M&A and distressed transactions. He also has extensive experience with joint ventures, cross-border and restructuring transactions, and matters relating to corporate governance and shareholder activism.
Jason has executed transactions across a variety of industries, including health care, energy, technology, media and telecommunications (TMT), and cryptocurrency.
To learn more about Jason, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/jason-samuel-koenig.html.
Career
Jason Koenig joined Akin as Partner in 2022. Earlier in his career, Jason was an investment banker on the M&A team at Jefferies Group LLC.
Education
J.D., McGill University, with great distinction, 2007
B.A., Dickinson College, magna cum laude, 2002
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
Akin‘s offering in shareholder activism stands out for its breadth of expertise, being valued by clients for regulatory advice on activist campaigns, as well as the tax and corporate law aspects of matters. Clients include prominent domestic investors and the team’s recent workload has covered unseating recalcitrant directors and removing entrenched management, among other intricacies. Litigator Douglas Rappaport leads the department and draws on his regulatory and compliance expertise in assisting investment fund clients. Jason Koenig is the other key contact to note, a corporate partner who covers private equity transactions, M&A and shareholder activism. Both named lawyers are based in New York.
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP‘s market leading team is headed by founder Lawrence Barshay, who regularly represents and advises most major and high-profile players in this space, including D.E. Shaw and Goldman Sachs. Barshay specializes in the representation and structuring of investment funds and other alternative investments. Jonathan Adler and Jason Koenig are active members of the team, whose expertise includes representing financing institutions and asset managers in regards to complex transactions involving hedge funds. The team’s key strengths also include advising asset managers on the full range of fund related matters, and provides counsel on regulatory issues. With a focus on structuring alternative investment products, Dorothy Mehta is another key contact. Todd McMullan leads on counselling D. E. Shaw with formation and offering of funds, while Jonathan Hofer leads on formation and the offering of interest for Goldman Sachs. Lisa Schneider is another key contact in the hedge fund department. Washington’s Richard Ansbacher and Walid Khuri retired in March 2023, while Michael Sherman joined the Washington office from Dechert LLP in February 2023. All lawyers are based in New York unless stated otherwise.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism