Bio

Jeff Hartlin is a partner and chair of the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings in Palo Alto and is based in the firm’s Palo Alto and San Diego offices. Mr. Hartlin concentrates his practice in corporate law, capital-raising, mergers & acquisitions and securities and has represented public and private companies in the software, hardware, information technology, biotechnology/biopharmaceutical, medical device, web 3.0, semiconductor, clean technology and financial industries. His experience in all aspects of the capital raising process includes representing issuers, underwriters, venture capital firms and placement agents in IPOs, SPAC financings, registered directs, at-the-market offerings and rights offerings, as well as venture and angel-backed private placements, PIPEs, debt financings, Rule 144A transactions, reverse mergers and Regulation S offerings. Mr. Hartlin also routinely represents startup and other early-stage companies from incorporation through early financing, pre-IPO capital raising, IPO and eventual sale. Mr. Hartlin has represented several public and private companies in equity and debt private placements with a combined value of several billion. He also represents Nasdaq and NYSE companies with their periodic reporting requirements and listing qualification issues. He regularly advises boards of directors and management of public and private companies regarding corporate governance issues, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act and the JOBS Act. Mr. Hartlin also represents public and private corporations in merger and acquisition transactions, de-SPAC transactions, joint ventures, leveraged and non-leveraged acquisitions, spinoffs, spin-ins and dispositions. He is frequently engaged to advise companies in activist stockholder matters.