Bio

Jonathan’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law with an emphasis on financial institutions. He advises clients on a wide range of issues, including business entity formation, corporate governance, securities offerings, public company reporting requirements, securities exchange listing standards, and banking regulation. Jonathan has represented banks and bank holding companies in enforcement actions, regulatory applications, charter conversions, and other supervisory matters with federal and state banking regulators. He also represents issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of securities.

Jonathan is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Duke University where he earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, in economics. He earned his J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law, where he served as an articles editor of the North Carolina Law Review.  Prior to joining the firm, Jonathan practiced with Gaeta & Eveson, P.A. Before entering private practice, Jonathan served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ben F. Tennille, retired chief judge of the North Carolina Business Court.

Jonathan serves as co-leader of the firm’s Banking & Financial Institutions practice group. He is licensed in North Carolina and New York.

  • North Carolina State Bar
  • New York State Bar
  • North Carolina Bar Association
  • North Carolina Bankers Association, Affiliate Member
  • Duke University Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee
  • University of North Carolina School of Law Alumni Judicial Clerkship Committee
  • Represented a global contract research organization in aggregate $1.1 billion in secondary public offerings and share repurchases
  • Represented a Nasdaq-listed drug development collaboration company in its $1.1 billion merger with a global pharmaceutical company
  • Served as underwriters’ counsel in a registered public offering of $435 million of depositary shares, each representing an interest in fixed-rate noncumulative perpetual preferred stock of a regional bank holding company
  • Represented the underwriter in a registered public offering of $350 million of fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes by a regional bank holding company
  • Served as underwriters’ counsel in an initial public offering of common stock of a bank holding company
  • Represented two North Carolina-based bank holding companies in their initial public offerings
  • Advised a bank holding company in connection with a charter conversion of its subsidiary bank, subsequent private placement of $30 million of common stock and headquarters relocation
  • Represented a publicly traded bank holding company in connection with a $45 million private equity recapitalization transaction, multiple formal regulatory enforcement actions, and subsequent acquisition by an out-of-state financial institution
  • “Appeal of FDIC Supervisory Determinations,” Carolina Banker, Fall 2012