Jonathan A Van Horn

Practice Areas

Banking & Financial Institutions

Energy & Natural Resources

Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Canada Cross-Border Transactions

Capital Markets

Corporate Governance & Compliance

Emerging Companies

Mergers & Acquisitions

Career

Jon is a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions practice group. Jon represents purchasers and sellers in mergers and acquisition transactions, including negotiated business combinations and contested acquisition transactions. Jon’s experience in this area includes advising boards of directors and special committees. Recent engagements include advising Land O’Lakes in its acquisition of Ceres and Vascular Solutions in its sale to Teleflex. Resident in Dorsey’s Toronto office from 2002 through 2004, Jon advises clients on U.S. law aspects of U.S.-Canada mergers and acquisitions transactions. Jon also advises public and private companies on general corporate matters. Jon is a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee of the ABA’s Business Law Section and is a contributor to the committee’s thought leadership projects, including the widely consulted deal points studies. Jon’s interests outside of the office include cross-country skiing with his wife and two young sons, preparing smoked meats and curling.

Personal

University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1999), cum laude

University of Wisconsin - Madison (B.B.A. with Honors, Finance and Political Science, 1992)