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Jonathan H. Talcott

Jonathan H. Talcott

Partner

101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Suite 900
Washington, D.C., 20001
330 Madison Avenue
27th Floor
New York, NY 10017
jon.talcott@nelsonmullins.com

Jon currently chairs the securities practice. He has previously chaired the corporate and transactional group and served as managing partner of the Washington, D.C. office.

Jon currently chairs the securities practice. He has previously chaired the corporate and transactional group and served as managing partner of the Washington, D.C. office.

Jonathan H. Talcott

Jon currently chairs the securities practice. He has previously chaired the corporate and transactional group and served as managing partner of the Washington, D.C. office.

Experience

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Experience

  • Counsels companies across all industries including: technology companies, biotech companies, financial technology companies, cryptocurrency exchanges, Bitcoin miners, banks, thrifts, mortgage companies, mortgage REITs, equity REITs, business development companies (BDCs), and investment banks
  • Advises: SPACs on IPOs, capital raises, PIPEs, and acquisitions; companies merging with SPACs in deSPAC or acquisition transactions; and investment banks serving as financial advisers in SPAC IPOs or deSPAC transactions
  • Practice focuses on securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions
  • Has worked on a variety of public and private securities offerings, including initial public offerings, follow-on public offerings, at-the-market offerings (ATMs), equity lines of credit (ELOCs), bought deals, shelf takedowns, private offerings of public equity (PIPEs), confidentially marketed public offerings (CMPOs), and other wall-crossed offerings
  • Has advised on more than 300 offerings raising in excess of $30 billion during the course of his career
  • Private securities offerings including those conducted under Rule 144A and Regulation D with a particular emphasis on Rule 144A debt and equity offerings
  • Represents investment banks when they are acting as underwriter, initial purchaser or placement agent in the securities offering process
  • Part of practice focuses on venture capital investments by private equity funds and by public corporations
    • Usually these investments are being made in financial services or financial technology companies
  • Assists in the formation of venture capital funds which make equity and debt investments in various industries
  • Has assisted in the formation of several financial services companies including de novo banks, thrifts, mortgage companies and financial technology companies
  • Appears before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the federal and state bank regulatory agencies
  • Assists institutions with quarterly and annual filings and with occasional regulatory problems, along with counseling institutions in connection with the merger or offering process
  • Lecturer and author on legal matters facing the financial services industry

Previous Professional Experience

  • Worked with another law firm in Washington, D.C.
  • Staff Attorney, Office of Thrift Supervision, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (1991–1994)
  • Served as a banker with J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc. in New York City (1984–1986)

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, JD (1989)
    • Notes Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA, History, with honors (1984)
    • John Motley Morehead Scholar

Admissions

  • Connecticut
  • District of Columbia
  • New York

Practice Areas

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