Profile
Jaret Davis represents corporate clients, both domestically and internationally, with respect to matters concerning mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings (both equity and debt), financings, securities law compliance, venture capital (both issuers and venture capitalists), joint ventures and various other types of general contractual matters.On the public company front, Jaret has represented clients having an aggregate market capitalization of over $4 billion, operating in industries ranging from a significant electronic security services operator to one of the largest distributors of HVAC systems in the United States. Jaret has a particular focus in the telecommunications and life sciences industries. On the telecommunications front, he has represented several major companies in this area, including a major application services provider, a leading Internet exchange provider operating within the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia, and several telecommunication startups. With respect to the life sciences sector, Jaret has represented biotechnology startups, some of which are publicly-traded, as well as a large Nasdaq-traded manufacturer of orthopedic implants.On the mergers and acquisitions ("M&A") front, Jaret serves as primary M&A counsel for the public companies described above, with respect to U.S. acquisitions for a large Canadian software company and with respect to Latin America acquisitions for a hedge fund with approximately $10 billion in assets under management.In addition, to a lesser extent, Jaret has represented clients in the restaurant and entertainment industry, having facilitated various clients in their purchases of restaurants, nightclubs and other venues, including the purchase, renovation and launch of what is currently one of the leading nightclubs on Miami Beach.Prior to his practice with Greenberg Traurig, Jaret served as a law clerk for both the Enforcement Division and the Market Regulation Division of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
About Jaret Davis
Admitted: 1999, Florida
Professional Webpage: www.gtlaw.com/People/JaretLDavis
Honors and Awards: Member, team ranked as the No.1 corporate law firm in Miami as selected by corporate directors, in the annual "Legal Industry Research Study" by Corporate Board Member magazine (eighth consecutive year), 2002-2009; Selected in 2009 by the South Florida Business Journal to its inaugural "40 under 40" list; Selected, "Top 20 Professionals Under Forty," by Brickell Magazine, 2009; Profiled, Who's Who in Black South Florida, "South Florida's Most Influential", 2007
Bar/Professional Activity: Treasurer, University of Miami Law Alumni Association; Master of Ceremonies, 2008 Dade County Bar Association Officer Induction
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Comment, "A Redundancy of Remedies: Insider Trading and United States v. O'Hagan: A Comparison of Sections 10(b) and 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 under the Misappropriation Theory," 53 U. Miami L. Rev. 169, 1998; Panelist, "Sarbanes-Oxley - An Overview," The Greater Miami Chamber Technology Committee Business Hour, hosted by Veracity Management Group and broadcast on 1360 AM (WKAT); Panelist, Panel Discussion Group discussing security issues facing IT infrastructure companies (discussion of Sarbanes-Oxley aspects), hosted by IT Women
Transactions: See list of "Significant Representations" appearing at www.gtlaw.com/People/JaretLDavis
Representative Clients: Terremark Worldwide, Inc.; Exactech, Inc.; Watsco, Inc.; Devcon International Corp.; Black River Asset Management
Educational Background: J.D., magna cum laude, University of Miami School of Law, 1999; Editor, University of Miami Law Review; Moot Court Board Member; Honors: Order of the Coif; Iron Arrow Honor Society; Omicron Delta Kappa; Winner of First Year Moot Court Competition; Soia Mentschikoff Scholarship Recipient; Phi Delta Phi; Recipient of Honors Designation, Litigation Skills I Workshop, Pretrial Skills; Bar and Gavel Honor Society; Alpha Epsilon Lambda; Chief (President), Iron Arrow Honor Society, the Highest Honor Attained at the University of Miami (first African-American Chief in the organization's history); Catsman Fellow, University of Miami School of Law Center for Ethics and Public Service; B.A., cum laude, Economics, Finance and Computer Information Systems, University of Miami, 1996