Jonathan Gworek Concludes Tenure as Chair of Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee at ABA Business Law Annual Meeting

This year's ABA Business Law Section Meeting will mark the end of Corporate Partner Jon Gworek's position as Chair of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee.  Jon was appointed as chair of the committee in 2013 during the annual meeting, and in the role has been integral in planning the committees activities and meetings.   …

Scott Bleier Participating In This Year’s ABA Business Law Annual Meeting

MBBP Corporate Partner Scott Bleier will participate in two separate sessions during this year's ABA Business Law Annual Meeting in Boston.  Scott will be discussing the recent Sun Capital Partners III v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund (D. Mass. March 28, 2016) court case at the Private Equity and Venture Capital Jurisprudence meeting …

PEVC Committee Chair to attend ABA Business Law Section Conference

This week Attorney Jon Gworek, chair of the ABA Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee, is off to Montreal for the 2016 Business Law Section Spring Meeting. The Business Law Section of the American Bar Association includes over fifty committees with the PEVC being the fifth largest. Throughout this conference, the PEVC Committee has a …

MBBP Attorney Leads Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee at ABA Business Law Annual Meeting

In September, the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee of the ABA's Business Law Section met in Chicago at this year’s annual meeting. As chair of the ABA's PEVC Committee, MBBP corporate partner Jon Gworek was integrally involved in the planning of the committee’s activities and chaired the full committee meeting in Chicago which included …

MBBP Attorney to Discuss Judicial Developments Pertaining to Venture Capital at ABA WebEx Meeting

On Friday, October 23 from 1-2pm, MBBP Corporate Attorney Scott Bleier will sit as one of four panelists at a WebEx meeting hosted by the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee of the American Bar Association. The panelists will discuss important cases that are to be featured in the upcoming Annual Survey of Judicial Developments …

MBBP Client Dane Street on Inc. Magazine Hot List

Our client Dane Street, a leading national provider of IME and Peer Review services to the Worker’s Compensation, Disability, Auto and Group Health markets, was recently named to the noted Inc. Magazine’s List of Fastest Growing Private Companies for 2014. What might be even more impressive is the fact this is the 3rd year in …

MBBP Has Busy Month with a Number of Noteworthy Deals

MBBP Client Virgin Pulse received $92 Million in venture financing from Insight Venture Partners enabling Virgin Pulse to accelerate the growth of the market-leading products that replenish and recharge employees by providing tools that build better habits. In addition Serruya Capital Partners, a Toronto based private equity firm, acquired MBBP Client Tivoli Audio, a global …

MBBP’s Jon Gworek on Panel for Harvard Law School Event: Careers in Venture Capital and Private Equity for J.D. Students

Harvard Law School's Office of Career Services is hosting an upcoming event, Careers in Venture Capital and Private Equity for J.D. Students on November 12th. MBBP Partner Jon Gworek will serve as a panelist at this event along with Deirdre Cummane of ATV Capital and David Kreisler of Weil Gotshal. This event will discuss topics such as the …

Jonathan Gworek Panels ABA Event on Great Hill Equity Partners Case

On January 27th, MBBP Corporate Partner and Chair of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee of the American Bar Association, Jonathan Gworek, moderated a webinar on the implications of the recent Great Hill Equity Partners case. In this case the Delaware Court of Chancery held that under Section 259 of the DGCL, all privileges—including …

Jonathan Gworek Published in Business Law Today

MBBP Corporate Attorney and Chair of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee of the American Bar Association, Jonathan Gworek, was recently published in the January edition of Business Law Today, a publication by the American Bar Association. Jonathan's article, "The Threat of Social Media Diligence on the Confidentiality of the M&A Process", covers the very practical …