Jake Brown

Partner

Corporate and Securities | International Business | Investment Management

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About Jake

Jake Brown is a corporate and securities attorney who represents established and emerging corporations, entrepreneurs, investment firms and other investors on a broad range of topics, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, investment management, securities laws and general corporate matters.

Jake began his legal career at Fried Frank in New York, concentrating in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Next, he served as internal counsel for the private equity divisions of Goldman Sachs, then Soros Fund Management, where he supported their investment and financing activities (including public and private investments and exits, late-stage venture capital and public and private debt financings), internal and external investment vehicle formation and offering, and general investment management legal matters. After Soros, he served as general counsel for three different private investment management firms – Atticus Capital, then Hoplite Capital, then Hudson Executive Capital – where he was responsible for all legal and compliance matters. 

Before law school, Jake served as a U.S. Army Infantry officer, and he is a combat veteran of the Gulf War.

Experience

Practice Areas

• Mergers and Acquisitions

• Venture Capital

• Investment Management, including private fund formation

• Securities Laws

• General Corporate Matters

Education

• New York University School of Law, New York, NY — J.D., 1994

• United States Military Academy, West Point, NY — B.S. in Mathematics of the Applied Sciences, 1986

Admissions

• New York

• New Jersey