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Overview

With a strong business background, Jon oversees transactional matters for healthcare clients.

Jon’s first interest was business, and his undergraduate studies focused on finance and business administration. However, his passion was for getting deals done, and wanting to drive business transactions to completion, he soon discovered that it was attorneys, who ensured that transactions closed.

Today, Jon focuses his practice on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and general corporate matters for both startups and established companies. His experience includes private offerings of equity, debt and convertible debt instruments; strategic and private equity mergers, acquisitions and dispositions; and shareholder dispute workout transactions.

While Jon represents clients in a variety of industries, he has a special focus on the healthcare field, often representing doctors, physician groups and other providers in the negotiation of contracts and the buying and selling of medical practices. He enjoys the challenge of navigating the added layer of complexity healthcare regulatory requirements bring to transactions.

Jon is known as a reliable self-starter with a passion for business, as well as a quick study who readily understands the unique needs of clients in the healthcare industry. He aims to use his business knowledge to help clients manage their organizational needs, so that they can focus on their mission of patient care.

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Services

Recognition

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
    • Corporate Law, 2024 and 2025
    • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024 and 2025

Education

  • J.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
    • Emphasis in Business and Entrepreneurial Law
  • B.B.A., University of Missouri
    • Emphasis in Finance and Real Estate

Admissions

  • Kansas
  • Missouri

Professional Memberships and Certifications

  • Kansas City Bar Association
  • Kansas Bar Association
  • The Missouri Bar
2024 Pro Bono Contributor
Experience

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Represented regional after-market automotive insurance agency as lead associate in approximately $45 million sale to private equity fund.
  • Represented regional automotive part manufacturer as lead associate in approximately $25 million sale to private equity fund.
  • Represented national online sporting goods retail company as lead associate in approximately $5 million strategic acquisition of a sporting goods lifestyle brand.
  • Represented regional financial advisory firm as lead associate in approximately $3 million strategic acquisition of competing advisory firm.
  • Represented start-up technology company as lead associate in approximately $10 million strategic acquisition of assets of competing business purchased by means of a nonjudicial foreclosure.
  • Represented minority shareholder as lead associate in a business dispute resulting in the separation of approximately 85 legal entities with a collective value of approximately $55 million.
  • Represented private conglomerate company as lead associate in $25 million senior secured term loan credit facility and warrants exercisable in preferred stock of a high-growth life sciences and medical device manufacturer.

Emerging Companies and Venture Capital

  • Represented private conglomerate company as lead associate in $20 million senior secured term loan credit facility and warrants exercisable in common stock of crypto currency exchange platform.
  • Represented private equity fund as lead associate in $15 million private placement offering, providing counsel regarding the private placement memorandum and subscription documents.
  • Assisted in entity formation and drafted governing documents for start-up architectural design company. Represented client as lead associate in $2 million private placement offering providing counsel regarding the subscription and shareholder governance documents.
  • Assisted in entity formation and drafted governing documents for start-up robotics and engineering company. Represented client as lead associate in $3 million private placement offering providing counsel regarding the subscription documents.

Commercial Lending

  • Represented regional bank as lead associate in a $19 million credit facility consisting of a $3 million revolving line of credit and a $16 million term out loan to facilitate borrower's strategic acquisitions.
  • Represented regional bank as lead associate in a $6 million working capital credit facility consisting of a $5 million term loan and a $1 million revolving line of credit.
  • Represented regional bank as lead associate in a $7 million real estate loan to facilitate borrower's acquisition of a nursing home facility.

Real Estate

  • Represented regional home improvement store as lead associate in multiple strategic real estate acquisitions.
  • Represented regional real estate development firm as lead associate in approximately $4 million real estate sale to private equity firm.
  • Represented local family office as lead associate in approximately $3 million acquisition of multi-tenant apartment complex.
Outside the Office

With two small boys at home, Jon spends most of his free time enjoying his family. The family love to travel, especially on trips where they can enjoy the outdoors.