Jeffrey E. Jordan

Practice Areas

Jeff Jordan is a partner of the firm who practices principally in the areas of federal securities law and state corporation law. Jeff represents public and private companies in a variety of corporate transactions and corporate governance matters.

Client Work

Jeff represents issuers in connection with the underwritten public offering of equity and debt securities, including initial public offerings. He also represents issuers in connection with private offerings of securities, including venture capital transactions. Some of the more significant offerings Jeff has handled include the initial and follow-on public share offerings by TNS, Inc., public debt and equity offerings by Washington Real Estate Investment Trust and the initial and follow-on public share offerings in the United States by TLC Laser Vision Centers Inc.

Jeff’s practice involves business acquisitions and dispositions, including stock transactions, assets transactions and mergers. He represented Transaction Network Services, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by PSINet, Inc. for $720,000,000 in cash and stock, which was described in contemporary newspaper reports as the largest acquisition transaction between two Washington, DC area high-technology companies.

He advises public issuers with respect to their reporting obligations under the federal securities laws and counsels boards of directors, audit committees and officers concerning compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, duties under stock exchange governance rules and duties under state corporation laws.

Jeff has substantial experience in negotiating and drafting documents involved in the offering of securities and documents involved in the acquisition or sale of businesses. He has substantial experience in the process of filing registration statements and merger proxy statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and responding to the SEC’s review and comment process.

Jeff has also represented broker-dealers and investment advisers on registration and other regulatory matters, including the US broker-dealer and investment adviser subsidiaries of a major Canadian investment bank and the broker-dealer and investment adviser subsidiaries of a national bank located in Washington, DC.

Previous Work

Jeff began his legal career in 1979 in the Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Market Regulation at the SEC.

Publications, Presentations and Recognitions

Jeff has spoken at conferences on Sarbanes-Oxley Act topics. He is a member of the editorial board of The Corporate Compliance & Regulatory Newsletter published by Law Journal Newsletters, a division of American Lawyer Media. His recently published articles include:

• “Sarbanes-Oxley, the SEC and NASDAQ — Preparing Your Company for an Initial Public Offering”
• “The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Your Annual Report”
• “When Should an Audit Committee Consider Independent Counsel?”

Bar and Court Admissions

District of Columbia Bar
Pennsylvania Bar

Education

American University Law School, JD (summa cum laude), 1979
Haverford College, BA, 1976

Life Beyond the Law

Jeff Jordan is married and has three children. He uses his corporate skills to support charitable causes, assisting in the organization of a crisis pregnancy center in Northern Virginia, the organization of the New York Firefighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund, which raised over $150 million for the families of firefighters, and the organization of a therapeutic horseback riding center for disabled and disadvantaged children. He, his wife and younger children spend much of their spare time riding and caring for their four horses. Jeff also enjoys a variety of eclectic pursuits, ranging from fencing to collecting American Civil War antiques and memorabilia.