WilmerHale

Retired Partner

Jonathan Wolfman is a previous co-chair or the Corporate Governance and Disclosure Group. Over 30+ years, Mr. Wolfman established an exceptional practice advising public companies on a wide range of disclosure, corporate governance and compensation issues. He regularly advised public companies on understanding and addressing new SEC rules and other emerging issues. He represented a variety of clients in M&A and capital markets transactions.

Mr. Wolfman concentrated his practice in corporate and securities law. He advised 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.

He also advised purchasers and sellers in various corporate transactions including tender offers, mergers and asset transactions. Additionally, he represented 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.

Mr. Wolfman held membership with 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 also was 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 authored a 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.

Bar Admissions: Massachusetts District of Columbia

Harvard Law School, J.D. (1989)

State University of New York at Binghamton, B.S. (1986)