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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
- SEC Postpones Share Repurchase Rule
- SEC Share Repurchase Rule Suffers Legal Setback
- SEC Adopts Changes to Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G
- SEC Adopts Final Cybersecurity Rules
- SEC Approves NYSE and Nasdaq Clawback Listing Standards
- SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Share Repurchase Disclosure
- NYSE and Nasdaq Adopt Proposed Listing Standards to Implement Clawback Rules
- The Corporate Transparency Act: Questions and Answers
- SEC Adopts Amendments to Rule 10b5-1 and Adds New Disclosure Requirements
- SEC Adopts Long-Awaited Clawback Rules
- SEC’s Pending Proposed Rules on Cybersecurity Incident and Risk Management Disclosure
- SEC Amends Filing Fee Disclosures and Payment Methods
- SEC Adopts Amendments to Rule 15c2-11, Most Provisions Effective September 26, 2021
- 2021 Proxy Advisory Firm Updates
- SEC Adopts Changes to Required Financial Disclosures for Acquisitions and Dispositions
- Federal Reserve Announces Changes to Main Street Lending Program
- FDIC Issues Proposed Rule to Mitigate the Deposit Insurance Assessment Effect of Participation in the PPP, the PPPLF, and MMLF
- Federal Reserve Announces Expansion of Scope and Eligibility for Main Street Lending Program
- Federal Reserve Announces Main Street Lending Program
- CARES Act Temporary Changes to Community Bank Leverage Ratio
- Lending Limit Relief under the CARES Act
- Small Business Lending under the CARES Act
- SEC Expands “Test-the-Waters” Communications to All Issuers
- SEC Proposes Update to Guide 3
- Client Alert: SEC Proposes Amendments to Smaller Reporting Company Definition
- Client Alert: FDIC Rescinds 7-Year De Novo Bank Business Plan Requirements
- Client Alert: Fourth Circuit Issues Decision on Fiduciary Duties of Directors and Officers Under N.C. Law
- Client Alert: Transaction Timelines and the Regulatory “Sweet Spot”
- Client Alert: Implementation of New Framework for Evaluation of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
- Client Alert: Third-Party Vendor Diligence – A Critical Element of the Risk Management Process for Community Banks
- Client Alert: FINRA Issues Regulatory Notice on Private Placement Filing Requirements
- Client Alert: Federal Banking Agencies Final Rule on Capital (Basel III)
- “Appeal of FDIC Supervisory Determinations,” Carolina Banker, Fall 2012
