Experience

Jason’ s transactional experience includes representing:

• Apollo Global Management, Inc. in its $11 billion merger with Athene
• Apollo Strategic Growth Capital in its $5 billion business combination with American Express Global Business Travel, to form a publicly listed company
• Churchill Capital Corp II in its combined $1.5 billion acquisition of Software Luxembourg Holding S.A. (Skillsoft) and Global Knowledge Training LLC from funds affiliated with Rhône Capital, to create a digital learning company
• D1 Capital Partners, alongside entrepreneur Nat Turner and Cohen Private Ventures, in its $700 million acquisition of Collectors Universe
• EarthLink Holdings Corp. in its approximately $1.1 billion merger with Windstream Holdings
• The special committee of the board of directors of Empire Resorts in its sale to Kien Huat Realty III and Genting Malaysis Berhad
• The independent directors of Far Peak Acquisition Corporation in its $9 billion combination with Bullish
• IBM in the spin-off of its managed infrastructure services business into a separate publicly traded company
• The Karfunkel-Zyskind Family, alongside a unit of Stone Point Capital LLC, in their take-private of AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., valuing AmTrust at approximately $2.95 billion and in connection with the associated settlement and support agreement with affiliates of Carl C. Icahn
• Mosaic Acquisition Corp. in its merger with Vivint Smart Home, Inc. to form a publicly listed company with an enterprise value of approximately $4.2 billion
• Nutraceutical International Corporation in its approximately $446 million sale to an affiliate of HGGC
• The special committee of the board of directors of Perry Ellis International in connection with its merger with a group led by its founder, George Feldenkreis
• SVF Investment Corp. 3, sponsored by an affiliate of SoftBank Investment Advisers, in its merger with Symbotic, to form a publicly listed company with a pro-forma equity value of $5.5 billion
• UCP, Inc. in its merger with Century Communities, Inc.

Jason regularly writes on emerging issues in Delaware corporate law, including two pieces co-authored with retired Vice Chancellor Donald F. Parsons, Jr. of the Delaware Court of Chancery, a chapter in Research Handbook on Mergers and Acquisitions entitled “Activist stockholders, corporate governance challenges, and Delaware law” and an article in the Washington and Lee Law Review entitled “Docket Dividends: Growth in Shareholder Litigation Leads to Refinements in Chancery Procedures.”

Jason is a member of the Corporation Law and LGBTQ+ sections of the Delaware State Bar Association.  From 2015 to 2022, Jason also served as an associate member of the Delaware Supreme Court’s Board of Bar Examiners.