jnorris@foxrothschild.comBiography
Biography
Jessica assists clients on transactional matters, focusing on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. She represents both sellers and buyers (strategic and financial) across a broad range of industries. Her clients include companies, private equity funds and family-backed offices.
She counsels her clients on:
- Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
- Portfolio company management.
- Strategic alliances.
- Joint ventures.
- Going-private transactions.
- Distressed businesses.
Jessica leads deals ranging from $20 million to $1 billion. She enjoys partnering with executive teams to gain an in-depth understanding of her clients' business activities and objectives to provide efficient, client-centered counsel.
Jessica assists clients on transactional matters, focusing on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. She represents both sellers and buyers (strategic and financial) across a broad range of industries. Her clients include companies, private equity funds and family-backed offices.
She counsels her clients on:
- Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
- Portfolio company management.
- Strategic alliances.
- Joint ventures.
- Going-private transactions.
- Distressed businesses.
Jessica leads deals ranging from $20 million to $1 billion. She enjoys partnering with executive teams to gain an in-depth understanding of her clients' business activities and objectives to provide efficient, client-centered counsel.
Before Fox Rothschild
Jessica joined us from a national law firm. She previously practiced at global and national law firms.
While earning her law degree, Jessica was Note and Comment Editor of the Journal of Dispute Resolution. She also served as treasurer of the Women's Law Association and the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity.
Representative Matters
- Deal counsel to a New York-based private equity fund on its platform and add-on investment strategy in the renewable energy and engineering services industries.
- Deal counsel to a New York-based private equity fund on its platform and add-on investment strategy in the telecommunications infrastructure industry.
- Deal counsel to a New York-based private equity fund on its platform and add-on investment strategy in the HVAC industry.
- Deal counsel to a Los Angeles-based private equity fund on its platform and add-on investment strategy in online retail, brick and mortar retail, consumer products and global project management industries.
- Deal counsel a Los Angeles-based private equity fund on its platform and add-on investment strategy in the professional services industry.
- Deal counsel to a publicly traded, leading designer and manufacturer of factory-built structures in its strategic acquisitions.
- Deal counsel to a UK-based manufacturer of healthcare products on its strategic acquisitions.
- Deal counsel to a family office on its platform and add-on investment strategy in the construction management industry.
- Deal counsel to a family office for its platform and add-on investment strategy in the manufacturing and semiconductor technology industries.
- Deal counsel to a private nationwide telecom and renewable energy infrastructure maintenance, repair and engineering company.
- Deal counsel to a private SaaS company.
- Sell-side deal counsel to companies in the following industries: healthcare, manufacturing, steel fabrication, commercial door and loading dock maintenance, HVAC, telecom and SaaS.
- Deal counsel to a New York-based private equity fund on its platform and add-on investment strategy in the renewable energy and engineering services industries.
- Deal counsel to a New York-based private equity fund on its platform and add-on investment strategy in the telecommunications infrastructure industry.
- Deal counsel to a New York-based private equity fund on its platform and add-on investment strategy in the HVAC industry.
- Deal counsel to a Los Angeles-based private equity fund on its platform and add-on investment strategy in online retail, brick and mortar retail, consumer products and global project management industries.
- Deal counsel a Los Angeles-based private equity fund on its platform and add-on investment strategy in the professional services industry.
- Deal counsel to a publicly traded, leading designer and manufacturer of factory-built structures in its strategic acquisitions.
- Deal counsel to a UK-based manufacturer of healthcare products on its strategic acquisitions.
- Deal counsel to a family office on its platform and add-on investment strategy in the construction management industry.
- Deal counsel to a family office for its platform and add-on investment strategy in the manufacturing and semiconductor technology industries.
- Deal counsel to a private nationwide telecom and renewable energy infrastructure maintenance, repair and engineering company.
- Deal counsel to a private SaaS company.
- Sell-side deal counsel to companies in the following industries: healthcare, manufacturing, steel fabrication, commercial door and loading dock maintenance, HVAC, telecom and SaaS.
Bar Admissions
- Missouri
- Kansas
Education
- University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law (J.D., 2002)
- University of Missouri (B.A., 1999)
Memberships
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Association of Corporate Growth
- Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
