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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