Jared Crain

Jared provides his business clients with legal counsel on entity formation and organization, general corporate matters, equity incentive plans, financing and capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions.

Jared advises clients on all aspects of entity formation, including choice of entity decisions, and prepares all related governing documents such as bylaws, shareholder agreements, and operating agreements. Once an entity is formed, Jared aids his clients with general corporate matters such as equity compensation arrangements, including profits interests, stock options, and phantom equity plans. He also helps his clients with commercial contracts, such as master services agreements, independent contractor agreements, and data licensing agreements.

Jared represents companies, as well as angel investors and venture capital investors making investments in private companies. He has experience with capital raising through the sale of convertible debt, SAFEs, and common and preferred stock sales.

Jared has successfully represented his clients on complicated deals worth as much as a billion dollars in transaction value. He represents private companies, public companies, and private equity clients across all categories of participants in M&A transactions and has represented clients across a wide array of industries, including the health care, technology, software, design, manufacturing, and professional services industries.