Practice Areas
Education
- J.D., 1992, University of Virginia School of Law
- Articles Editor, 1991-1992, Virginia Law Review
- B.A., 1988, University of Delaware
Clerkships
- Law Clerk to The Honorable Walter K. Stapleton, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Admissions to Practice
- Delaware, 1994
Jeff is a member of the Delaware Corporate Law Counseling Group, which specializes in providing advice on corporate transactions. Jeff’s work involves counseling on all Delaware law aspects of a transaction, and often involves advising boards of directors and board committees, including independent committees appointed to negotiate mergers or other significant transactions such as those in which directors or large stockholders may have a conflict of interest. Jeff also provides formal legal opinions on Delaware corporate law and related matters.
Jeff is a frequent speaker at legal conferences such as ABA meetings and PLI conferences, and is also a frequent presenter on Delaware corporate law at law firms and law schools. He teaches a course on Corporate M&A at Villanova University Law School. He was selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America in the field of Corporate Law.
Noteworthy
- Best Lawyers in America 2012
Representative Matters
Jeff has worked with hundreds of public and private Delaware companies over the years on matters ranging from routine corporate questions to M&A transactions, proxy contests and independent committee matters, including matters for such companies as Acxiom, Benchmark Capital, Berkshire Hathaway, Comcast, Ford Motor Company, Gilead Sciences, Google, Lam Research, Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc., VantagePoint Capital Partners and The Williams Companies.
News
- Jeffrey Wolters Featured Author in ABA Business Law Today – Running a Proper Independent Committee Process: Practice Tips from Recent Delaware Cases
Jeff Wolters authored Running a Proper Interdependent Committee Process: Practice Tips from Recent Delaware Cases appearing in the Delaware Insider section of the March 2012 issue of the ABA's Business Law Today. - Jeff Wolters and Tom Kellerman Co-author Corporate Governance for Venture-Backed Companies in Review of Securities.
- Jeffrey Wolters, Amy Simmerman Featured Authors in Practical Law The Journal – Innovations in Poison Pill Drafting
Jeffrey Wolters and Amy Simmerman authored Innovations in Poison Pill Drafting – appearing in the November 2011 issue of Practical Law The Journal. - Jeff Wolters Presents at PLI Advanced Venture Capital 2011 Seminar in San Fransisco.
- Jeffrey Wolters Presents at the 2011 Georgia Business Law Institute – Recent Developments in Delaware Corporate Law
Jeffrey Wolters presented Recent Developments in Delaware Corporate Law at the 30th Annual Georgia Business Law Institute. - Jeff Wolters Presents at 2011 Northwestern Corporate and Securities Law Institute
Bill Lafferty and Jeffrey Wolters served as panelists for the 31st Annual Ray Garrett, Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute, at the Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago.
Notable Publications and Presentations
- Wolters, Jeff and Kellerman, Tom, Corporate Governance for Venture-Backed Companies, The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation
- Jeffrey R. Wolters, Innovations in Poison Pill Drafting, Practical Law The Journal (November 2011)
- James D. Honaker, Jeffrey R. Wolters, Analysis of 2011 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Aspen Publishers, Inc.
- Jeffrey R. Wolters, Delaware Corporation Law and Practice, Bender Publishing
- Jeffrey R. Wolters, Mergers, Corporate Attorney's Practice Guide, LexisNexis
- Jeffrey R. Wolters, The State of M&A Deals in 2010, M&A Negotiation Series
- Wolters, Jeff and Black, Lewis (Contributors), State Law On Going Private: Developments in Delaware Law, Securities Law Techniques, Vol. 5, Chapter 68 (A.A. Sommer, Jr. ed., 1997)