Jens M. Fischer
Jens has more than 25 years of experience advising clients on transactional, governance, and compliance matters.
Jens Fischer counsels clients on mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, public securities offerings, corporate governance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and stock exchange compliance, private offerings, and other matters affecting public and private entities.
Jens's clients include corporations, boards, and management. He has advised F5, Inc.; Outerwall, Inc. (along with its businesses Redbox, Coinstar, and ecoATM); Expedia; MariaDB plc; Alaska Communications; T-Mobile; Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle; Intermec, Inc.; Esterline Technologies Corporation; AT&T Wireless; Safeco Corporation; Amazon; Zymogenetics Inc.; and Emeritus Corporation, among others.
Jens is editor-in-chief and co-author of The Public Company Handbook: A Corporate Governance and Disclosure Guide for Directors and Executives (sixth edition).
Areas of focus
Industries
Services
Education & Credentials
Education
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 1997
- University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1993
Bar and Court Admissions
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Washington
Related Employment
- Perkins Coie Trust Company LLC, Member of Board of Managers
- Parker Chapin LLP (now Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), New York, NY, Associate, 1997-2000
Professional Recognition
Named an Acritas Star by Acritas Star/Thomson Reuters "Stand-out Lawyer," 2018, 2021-2023
Listed multiple years as “Rising Stars of Washington Law"
Impact
Professional Leadership
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section
- Washington State Bar Association, Business Law Section
Insights
News
Professional Experience
Corporate Securities & Compliance
MariaDB plc
Represented MariaDB Corporation Ab in its business combination with Angel Pond Holdings Corporation (a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)) and the listing of the ultimate entity MariaDB plc on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Represented MariaDB in its corporate governance and securities law compliance.
Outerwall Inc.
Represented Outerwall (along with its businesses Redbox, Coinstar, and ecoATM) in public offerings of equity, debt and convertible debt, equity tender and repurchase transactions, debt exchange offers, corporate governance and securities law compliance, and stockholder activist matters.
F5, Inc.
Represented F5 in its corporate governance and securities law compliance.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle
Represented Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle in its initial registration of equity securities under the Securities Exchange Act, corporate governance, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) compliance matters.
Redbox Entertainment Inc.
Represented Redbox in its corporate governance and securities law compliance.
Alaska Communications
Represented Alaska Communications in self-tender offering for convertible notes.
Esterline Technologies Corporation
Represented Esterline in public offerings of common stock, Rule 144A debt offerings, and debt exchange offers, and corporate governance and securities law compliance.
AT&T Wireless, Inc.
Represented AT&T Wireless in its corporate governance and securities law compliance.
ICOS
Represented ICOS in public equity offerings and corporate governance and securities law compliance. Also represented underwriter in Rule 144A convertible debt financing for ICOS.
Safeco Corporation
Represented Safeco in public equity and debt offerings and tender offers for capital securities and senior notes.
Zymogenetics Inc.
Represented ZymoGenetics in its corporate governance and securities law compliance.
Itron, Inc.
Represented Itron in public equity offering.
Emeritus Corporation
Represented Emeritus in public equity offering and listing on NYSE.
Private Companies
Global Market Insite Inc. Financings
Represented Global Market Insite Inc. in venture capital financings.
SNAPin Software Inc. Financing
Represented SNAPin Software Inc. in venture capital financing.
Financial Pacific Corporation Financing
Represented Financial Pacific Corporation in private equity financing.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Sale of Northland Telecommunications Corporation
Represented Northland Telecommunications Corporation in its sale to certain affiliates of GTCR.
Acquisition of Rightside Group, Ltd.
Represented Donuts Inc. in its acquisition of public company Rightside Group, Ltd. through equity tender offering and follow-on merger.
Sale of Outerwall Inc.
Represented public company Outerwall Inc. in its sale to certain affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC.
Merger of Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle
Represented the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle in the first merger of Federal Home Loan Banks in its merger with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.
Sale of Intermec, Inc.
Represented public company Intermec, Inc. in its sale to Honeywell International Inc.
Acquisitions by Outerwall Inc. (as well as its businesses CoinStar and Redbox)
Represented Outerwall in its acquisitions of, among others, Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, Video Vending New York, Inc. (dba DVDXpress), and the DVD kiosk business of NCR Corporation.
Dispositions by Outerwall Inc. (as well as its businesses CoinStar and Redbox)
Represented Outerwall in the disposition of, among others, its e-payment business to InComm.
Sale of Financial Pacific Corporation
Represented Financial Pacific Corporation in its sale to Allied Capital Corporation.
Sale of Hinds-Bock Corporation
Represented minority shareholder in sale of Hinds-Bock Corporation to affiliate of Middleby Corporation.
Acquisition by Global Market Insite Inc.
Represented Global Market Insite Inc. in its acquisition of NetReflector Inc.
Sale of Gear.com, Inc.
Represented Gear.com, Inc. in its sale to Overstock.com Inc.
Private Companies
Global Market Insite Inc. Financings
Represented Global Market Insite Inc. in venture capital financings.
SNAPin Software Inc. Financing
Represented SNAPin Software Inc. in venture capital financing.
Financial Pacific Corporation Financing
Represented Financial Pacific Corporation in private equity financing.