Bio

Jonathan Koff is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Department. He has been with Chapman and Cutler LLP since 1985. Jonathan's experience includes extensive work in the corporate and securities area with an emphasis on traditional corporate securities transactions, including public (SEC registered) and private offerings of debt and equity securities as issuer's and underwriter's counsel (including IPOs and Rule 144A offerings). His experience also includes mergers and acquisitions; private equity transactions; representation of investment banking firms in merger and acquisition advisory assignments and rendering fairness opinions; representation of special committees and independent directors in change of control transactions; joint venture arrangements; investments in private equity and hedge funds; and advising publicly held companies on an ongoing basis and preparing and reviewing proxy materials, 10Ks and other periodic reports required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other matters (including dealing with securities analysts and insider trading policies) as they relate to continued compliance with securities laws and related disclosure issues. Jonathan has extensive experience representing broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, and funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in connection with both new products and ongoing matters including numerous public offerings. He has represented sponsors and investors in private funds and he has worked with attorneys throughout the firm in structuring transactions to fall within exemptions from the Investment Company Act and Investment Advisers Acts.