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Jeffrey R. Wolters

Jeffrey R. Wolters

Work Department

Corporate Counseling

Position

Morris Nichols partner Jeff Wolters counsels corporations, boards of directors and investors on Delaware law. His practice ranges from advising venture-backed companies to counseling public company boards and board committees. He has been “Delaware counsel” to hundreds of public and private Delaware companies over the years and many of the leading VC and PE funds. Jeff also provides formal legal opinions on Delaware corporate law and related matters under the Delaware General Corporation Law. For more, visit his bio at https://www.morrisnichols.com/lawyers-jeffrey-r-wolters.

Career

Jeff has taught courses on corporate law and been a guest lecturer at law schools, including the University of Pennsylvania, California-Berkeley, and Villanova. He frequently writes and presents on corporate law topics relevant to private equity and venture capital stakeholders and is a contributing editor to the treatise Delaware Corporation Law and Practice.

Memberships

American Bar Association (Business Law Section) Delaware State Bar Association National Venture Capital Association (General Counsel Advisory Board) TerraLex (Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group, North America-Regional Vice Chair)

Education

J.D., 1992, University of Virginia School of Law Articles Editor, 1991-1992, Virginia Law Review B.A., 1988, University of Delaware

Mentions

M&A/corporate and commercial • United States

Delaware counsel

Leading partner