Biography
Jake Shapiro provides legal counsel on general business and corporate law matters and commercial transactions. Jake concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate governance and general corporate counseling, business formation and planning, commercial agreements, strategic investments, and financing. Jake advises on day-to-day corporate and commercial affairs and on a broad range of tax and transactional matters.
Jake represents public and private companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, closely held businesses, and strategic buyers and sellers.
Jake previously served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable J. Curtis Joyner of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and as an associate at a Big Four accounting firm.
Outside the Firm
A former college athlete, Jake is an avid sports fan who enjoys live music, listening to podcasts, cooking, and golf.
News & Views
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Deal
Blank Rome Represents Magna5 in Its Acquisition of ThreatAdvice’s Assets
Alan L. Zeiger, Brock C. Wittmeyer, Jake A. Shapiro, Mark Blondman, Cory G. Jacobs, Michael A. Kadlec
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Blank Rome Represents Watches of Switzerland in Its Acquisition of Hodinkee
Gary R. Goldenberg, Nathan S. Brill, Jake A. Shapiro, Spencer C. Ebach, Zachary A. Aria, T. Malcolm Sandilands
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Blank Rome Represents Watches of Switzerland in Its Acquisition of Roberto Coin, Inc.
Gary R. Goldenberg, Nathan S. Brill, Jake A. Shapiro, Spencer C. Ebach, David M. Perry, Samar Aryani-Sabet
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Blank Rome Represents Harbour Group Industries, Inc. in Negotiations with Trelltex, Inc.
Kipp B. Cohen, Thomas A. Cournoyer, Jake A. Shapiro, Alexander J. Dondershine, Elaine H. Scivetti, Adam R. Sansweet
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Blank Rome Represents Magna5 in Its Acquisition of Advanced Network Systems, Inc.’s Assets
Alan L. Zeiger, Brock C. Wittmeyer, Jake A. Shapiro, Mark Blondman, Jennifer J. Daniels, Cory G. Jacobs
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Blank Rome Represents Gladstone Investment Corporation in Its Acquisition of Exclusive 30A Rentals, LLC
Emanuel Faust, Nathan S. Brill, Jake A. Shapiro, Jon Grossman, Joseph T. Gulant, Margaret Anne Hill
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Blank Rome Represents ZS Fund L.P. in Transaction to Acquire Lily Transportation
Gary R. Goldenberg, Kevin J. Baum, Brock C. Wittmeyer, Cory G. Jacobs, Erin L. Coppock, Jake A. Shapiro
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Blank Rome Represents Mereo Capital Partners in Its Acquisition of Algus Packaging
Louis M. Rappaport, Molly Crane, Adam R. Seiden, Jake A. Shapiro, Cory G. Jacobs, Kevin J. Baum
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Blank Rome Represents Magna5 in its Acquisition of Interphase Systems, Inc.
Alan L. Zeiger, Molly Crane, Brock C. Wittmeyer, Jake A. Shapiro, Mark Blondman, Jennifer J. Daniels
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Blank Rome Represents Mereo Capital Partners in Its Investment in Luna Labs
Louis M. Rappaport, Molly Crane, Rachel A. Packer, Adam R. Seiden, Jake A. Shapiro, Cory G. Jacobs
Affiliations
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
Credentials
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Education
- Villanova University School of Law, JD
- Villanova University School of Law, LLM
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, BA
