Mr. Elliott is a general business attorney who focuses his practice in the areas of commercial lending, mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance.  He provides service and advice to a wide range of private and public entities, including non-profit and emerging growth companies.  Mr. Elliott is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, where he is ranked among the most highly rated business lawyers in Pennsylvania, and in Philadelphia Magazine’s Pennsylvania Super Lawyers.  Mr. Elliott is also the Firm’s President and CEO.

Jack’s areas of concentration include:

• Commercial lending and leasing transactions
• Corporate finance and banking
• Capital formation through debt and equity offerings
• Counseling private business entities
• Structuring and implementing joint ventures and strategic alliances
• Corporate reorganizations, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures 

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, 1981

Education

• B.S. Business with emphasis in Economics (cum laude), Wake Forest, 1978
• J.D., Wake Forest University, 1981

Representative Matters

• Represented banking institution in structuring, negotiating and documenting a multi-bank $150 million revolving credit facility to borrowers in the coal industry.
• Represented banking institution in $55 million structured finance transaction which involved the securitization of long-term coal supply contracts.
• Represented banking institution in $22 million credit facility to provide acquisition financing for an equipment manufacturer and leasing company.
• Regularly represent emerging growth entities in venture capital and mezzanine debt financings.

Memberships

• Board Member, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Chairman of the Board and Board Member, Wesley Spectrum Services (1993-present)
• Wake Forest University Alumni Admissions Representative
• Member, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County and American Bar Associations (Member, Corporation Section; Commercial and Banking Law Section; Intellectual Property Section and Bankruptcy Law Section)

Publications

• Quoted, Litigation and Innovation, Pittsburgh Business Times (March 9, 1998)
• Co-author, Careful Review, Strict Adherence to Provisions Keeps Contracts True to “Form,” Cohen & Grigsby Review (Spring 1997)
• Author, Due Diligence Review Reduces Risk of Purchasing Troubled Assets, Cohen & Grigsby Review (December 1994)
• Author, Pennsylvania’s Revised Uniform Commercial Code Affects Small Business Transactions, Dynamic Business (July/August 1993)