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Jonathan Wolfman
Work Department
Corporate Governance and Disclosure ; Cross-Border Transactions ; Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits ; Technology
Position
Partner
Co-Chair, Corporate Governance and Disclosure Group
Career
Jonathan Wolfman co-chairs the Corporate Governance and Disclosure Group. Over the last 30 years, Mr. Wolfman has established an exceptional practice advising public companies on a wide range of disclosure, corporate governance and compensation issues. He regularly advises public companies on understanding and addressing new SEC rules and other emerging issues. He has represented a variety of clients in M&A and capital markets transactions.
Practice
Mr. Wolfman concentrates his practice in corporate and securities law. He advises public companies on a wide range of disclosure, corporate governance and compensation issues, including compliance with SEC and stock exchange rules, responding to shareholder proposals, formal and informal communications with investors and others, and understanding and addressing the impact of new and emerging disclosure and governance practices.
Mr. Wolfman also advises purchasers and sellers in various corporate transactions including tender offers, mergers and asset transactions. Additionally, he represents issuers and underwriters in initial and follow-on offerings of equity and debt securities.
His clients come from a broad range of industries, including technology, consumer products, industrial products, financial institutions and biotechnology.
Professional Activities
Mr. Wolfman is a member of the ABA’s Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities and is a former co-chair of the Subcommittee on Disclosure and Continuous Reporting.
Mr. Wolfman is a member of the Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals and previously served on the advisory committee of the Eastern New England Chapter.
Mr. Wolfman is the author of the corporate governance chapter in PLI’s Initial Public Offerings: A Practical Guide to Going Public and was a co-editor of The Practitioner’s Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act published by the American Bar Association.
Memberships
- Massachusetts
- District of Columbia
Education
JD, Harvard Law School, 1989
BS, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1986
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
WilmerHale‘s group, which is split between New York, Boston, and Washington DC, comprises former SEC senior staff members and security law experts such as Meredith Cross, and is led by Knute Salhus, Lillian Brown, and Jonathan Wolfman. Standout mandates include advising on SEC and stock exchange requirements, as well as anti-takeover defenses, but a particular strength of the group lies in its pedigree to support clients with ESG risks and opportunities. Alex Bahn joined from Hogan Lovells US LLP in October 2022, advising public companies and investment vehicles.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Government > Government relations
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Environment > Environment: litigation