Jonathan J. Russo

• Representative M&A Matters
  • Advised Hoya Corporation as a consortium member in connection with Bain Capital's $17.8 billion acquisition of Toshiba's Flash Memory Chip Business.
  • Advised SoftBank Group Corp. in its CAD $99 million investment in Nemaska Lithium Inc.
  • Advised LifeSpeak Inc. in its acquisition of Wellbeats Inc.
  • Advised ProZyme Inc. in its sale to Agilent Technologies Inc.
  • Advised Visual Sonics Inc. in its sale to SonoSite Inc.
  • Advised Elsevier in its acquisitions of a comprehensive drug database provider and of an evidence-based clinical content provider.
  • Advised Synaptic Pharmaceutical Corporation in its sale to H. Lundbeck A/S.
  • Advised Spin Master Corp. in numerous acquisitions, including its acquisition of Melissa & Doug LLC, its acquisition of the GUND plush toy line and its acquisition of Swimways Corp., and numerous equity investments.
  • Advised Laboratory Partners Inc. in its acquisition of seven medical laboratory companies.
  • Advised Laboratory Partners Inc. in the sale of four divisions.
  • Advised Ufinet Telecom SAV in its acquisition of IFX Networks LLC.
  • Advised UltraV Holdings LLC in its acquisition of Relativity Media LLC.
  • Advised Phoenix Venture Fund in the sale of Xplore Technologies Corp. to Zebra Technologies Corporation.
  • Advised Xplore Technologies Corp. in its acquisition of Motion Computing Inc.
  • Advised Ideal Snacks and Medora Snacks in their sale to Permira.
  • Advised a major media company in the acquisition of an online sports network.
  • Advised a major media company in a private equity investment in an online sports ticket operator.
  • Advised Phoenix Venture Fund in its acquisition of Banner Aerospace.
  • Advised Westcom Technologies Corp. in its acquisition of Lexar.
  • Advised a private equity firm in the recapitalization of two publicly traded technology companies.
  • Advised a publicly traded REIT in its acquisition of twelve hotels.
  • Advised numerous independent cable television and cellular companies in their sale to leading cable television and cellular providers.
  • Advised two property and casualty insurance brokerage companies in their sale.
  • Advised numerous financial advisors in mergers and acquisitions transactions, restructurings and recapitalizations.
• Representative Securities Offerings
  • Advised the CEO of Canada Goose Holdings as a selling shareholder in its IPO and two follow-on offerings.
  • Advised the underwriters in the IPO of zSpace, Inc.
  • Advised the underwriters in the IPO of Keryx Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Advised the underwriters in the IPO of LXR Biotechnology.
  • Advised the underwriters in the IPO of Cobra Industries Inc.
  • Advised the underwriters in the IPO of Bigmar Inc.
  • Advised Visible Genetics Inc. in its IPO.
  • Advised Arel Communications in its IPO.
  • Advised Ariely Advertising Ltd. in its IPO.
  • Advised the underwriters in a public offering by Loop Media Inc.
  • Advised the underwriters in a follow-on offering by Lannett Company Inc.
  • Advised the underwriters in a follow-on offering by Ammo Inc.
  • Advised the underwriters in five follow-on offerings by Asure Software Inc.
  • Advised the underwriters in a follow-on offering by TransAct Technologies Incorporated.
  • Advised the underwriters in a follow-on offering by Charles & Colvard Ltd.
  • Advised the underwriters in a follow-on offering by XpresSpa Group Inc.
  • Advised the underwriters in a follow-on offering by Air Industries Group.
  • Advised the underwriters in two follow-on offerings by BG Staffing Inc.
  • Advised the underwriters in a public offering by FalconStor Software Inc.
  • Advised SG Cowen in a registered direct transaction by Kosan Biosciences.
  • Advised numerous placement agents in ATM offerings.
  • Advised Xplore Technologies Corp. in a follow-on offering.
  • Advised iSign Solutions Inc. in a follow-on offering.

Honors & Awards

• Canada M&A Deal of the Year—16th Annual Americas M&A Atlas Awards 2025
• Canada M&A Deal of the Year—Americas M&A Atlas Awards 2022
• Global Consortium Deal of the Year—M&A Atlas Global Markets Awards 2019
• M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia—The Asian Lawyer 2017
• 11th Annual M&A Advisor’s Turnaround Award 2016 Financials Deal of the Year

External Publications

• “Two Noteworthy Delaware Court Rulings on Controlling Stockholder Transactions,” published in VC Experts, August 2010. Co-author.
• “Securities Act Rule 144A and Portal,” published in Rule 144A: The Expanded Private Placement Market (Prentice Hall Law & Business), 1991 Associations. Co-author.