Jennifer has 20 years of experience as a lead lawyer and strategic partner who uses sound legal judgment, smart business acumen, and deep operational expertise in counseling public corporations, privately held companies, large private equity platforms, and venture capital firms through complex, high stakes, multidimensional business transactions.
Jennifer's expertise includes advising and leading cross-functional in-house, client, and third-party teams in structuring, negotiating, and executing high-profile international mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, financings, restructurings, bankruptcy proceedings, venture capital initiatives and equity co-investments for U.S. and international clients. Her experience spans numerous industries including financial technology, healthcare, real estate, manufacturing, and transportation, as well as early-stage, high-growth companies where she advises on the full business life cycle from formation, capitalization, and acquisition through operation and ultimate exit.
Jennifer advises clients and C-suite executives on a range of corporate matters, including governance, legal strategy, risk management and mitigation, and ongoing operations for subsidiaries and portfolio companies. She also has prior experience serving in the in-house legal function role for a large international manufacturer and distributor as well as a high growth electric mobility manufacturer.
Representative Experience
- Represented Olympus Partners and Excel Fitness Holdings in their acquisition of fitness clubs in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas and Oklahoma.
- Represented Community Tax LLC, an leader in tax debt resolution services, in its acquisition by NextPoint Financial Inc. (TSX: NPF.U) (OTC Pink: NACQF), an all-inclusive financial services destination providing tax services, loans and other solutions for underserved consumers and small businesses, based in Dallas, Texas.
- Represented Gridiron Capital LLC in the acquisition of Sherrill, Inc. dba Vertical Supply Group, a trusted manufacturer and supplier of high-cost of failure, fall protection equipment and tools for arborists, utility, industrial, rescue, landscape and other work-at-height professionals and recreational and rock climbing users based in Greensboro, N.C. from Platte River.
- Represented Signet Jewelers in its acquisition of a jewelry subscription and retail business, Rocksbox.
- Represented Dent Wizard, a portfolio company of Gridiron Capital and the largest national provider of automotive reconditioning services and vehicle protection products, it its sale to Dealer Tire, a portfolio company of Bain Capital.
- Represented Amprion, a developer of technology for the early detection of neurodegenerative brain diseases in connection with offering of Series A Preferred Stock.
- Represented Gridiron Capital Partners in its initial platform acquisition of Jacent Strategic Merchandising, a provider of strategic impulse, in-line and check stand, merchandising products and solutions to retailers.
- Represented Petmate, a portfolio company of Olympus Partners, in its acquisition of PetQwerks, a manufacturer and distributor of alternative rawhide pet chews and treats.