Jeffrey R Wolters

Practice Areas

Jeff 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.

Jeff has taught courses on corporate law and been a guest lecturer at law schools, including 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.

Career

Law Clerk to Honorable Walter K. Stapleton, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 1992-1993

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association; Delaware State Bar Association; National Venture Capital Association (General Counsel Advisory Board); TerraLex, North American M&A Group (vice chair)

Personal

Adjunct Corporate M&A Professor, Villanova University Law School, 2010-2014

Education