Jeremy L. Trahan

Practices

• Corporate Transactions & Securities
• Emerging Technologies

Professional Experience

Jeremy is a partner in the firm's Corporate Transactions & Securities practice group. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions; private equity transactions; representing early and later stage companies in emerging technology industries; securities offerings; corporate organization and governance; and strategic projects for companies of all sizes. In addition, Jeremy's practice includes counseling clients on State and Federal government contract matters.

Jeremy is a registered Certified Public Accountant; Louisiana, 1995.

Education

• University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 1996, magna cum laude
• University of Southwestern Louisiana, B.S., 1991, cum laude

• Equity and debt financing transactions (start-up and later stage):
• Angel- and venture-backed private placement financing for initial and follow-on rounds of debt and equity financing, as counsel for both the financiers and the funded companies
• Preparation and review of business plans, offering memorandum, and complex organizational documents for companies in a variety of markets
• Formation of venture capital funds, including preparation of offering materials and multi-tiered partnership agreements and counseling on fund structure and regulatory matters
• On-going corporate representation of and business planning for venture capital funds and portfolio companies
  
  
• Disposition, acquisition, and merger transactions:
• Acquisitions and dispositions for large- and mid-market medical device and medical software service providers, specialty environmental products and services companies, financial services companies, heavy- and medium-duty equipment manufacturers, and chemical producers
• Public and private company mergers, including transactions involving extensive networks of foreign operations and subsidiaries and a variety of local, state, and federal U.S. and foreign regulatory approvals
• Representation of foreign acquirers in platform acquisitions in the U.S.
• Representation in transactions involving U.S. Government contracts requiring Department of Defense novation and security clearance resolution
  
  
• State and Federal government contracting matters:
• FAR and DFAR interpretation, contract formation, performance, and administration
• Representation of products and service providers to the U.S. Government and to prime contractors in technology and research and development contract RFP/RFQ responses, teaming agreements, and contract formation
• Interpretation and guidance under FARs and DFARs for quality control programs and the drafting and implementation of Codes of Ethics and Business Conduct
• Advice under Small Business Administration (SBA) set-aside programs for small business and minority, women, and disabled veteran owned businesses
• Representations on business processes and compliance with regulatory matters, including U.S. Government security clearances and providing introductions to specialized strategic business partners
  
  
• Strategic projects:
• Joint ventures amongst heavy-duty equipment manufacturers, technology companies for R&D projects, and chemical companies for processing and co-generation facilities
• Numerous transactions involving outsourcing and strategic supply and distribution relationships for manufacturers and technology companies
• Representation of public and private companies in organizational restructuring for operational efficiency and state tax benefit
• Advise on business structure and formation issues, including the establishment of strategic relationships and business associations, and funding through private and bank sources
  
  
• General corporate matters:
• Organizational structure and Board- and C-level advisory
• Establishment of foreign subsidiaries and divisional enclaves
• Traditional financing transactions
• Executive compensation and company-wide incentive plans (equity and non-equity based)
• Public company disclosure compliance and general securities law matters

• Contributing Author, Materials on Accounting for Lawyers, Foundation Press, the leading casebook on accounting for lawyers

• "Sarbanes Oxley for Private Companies" - Thompson Hine Private Companies Seminar Series
• "Forming Strategic Relationships and Working into Government Contracts" - Dayton Entrepreneurial Development Network
• "Tracking Stock" - Ohio Society of CPA's 2000 SEC and Ohio Securities Conference
• "Contract Negotiations" - Entrepreneur's Center of the Greater Dayton IT Alliance

• Selected for inclusion in Rising Stars by Ohio Super Lawyer magazine in 2006, 2007 and 2008