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About Jacqueline Brooks

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Jacqueline Brooks

Jacqueline Brooks is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group at Duane Morris LLP. She concentrates her practice in general business and commercial law. She counsels clients in mergers and acquisitions, commercial finance, private offerings of debt and equity securities, governance matters, commercial transactions, and shareholder derivative matters, including shareholder demand responses and special committee issues. Jacqueline has experience representing public companies, privately owned and managed companies, nonprofit organizations and start-up companies and provides general counsel to these organizations regarding various corporate matters.

Mergers and Acquisitions
Jacqueline has advised buyers and sellers in mergers, asset purchase and sale transactions and stock purchase and sale transactions. In these matters, she has represented numerous private companies, public companies and start-ups, and has worked on international and cross-border transactions representing clients in a variety of sectors, including manufacturing, construction, retail, healthcare and life science.

Commercial Finance
Jacqueline has handled secured and asset-based lending transactions and unsecured lending transactions for many clients in various industries by assisting with the drafting, negotiation and structuring of commercial loans.

REITS
Jacqueline represents a number of publicly traded New York Stock Exchange Real Estate Investment Trusts and advises them on offering transactions, finance transactions and corporate and REIT governance matters. She has advised REITS in connection with initial public offerings. She often acts as Maryland REIT counsel in these transactions.

Venture Capital and Private Equity
Jacqueline has represented companies raising private equity and venture capital funding, whether through debt or equity transactions. During these transactions, she assists clients with drafting and negotiating various transactional documents such as stock purchase agreements, voting agreements, warrants, subscription documents, private placement documents and other investment documents. In addition, she handles legal due diligence or responding to due diligence inquiries regarding debt and equity transactions.

General Counsel
Jacqueline also serves as general outside counsel to many private companies providing day-to-day counseling, corporate governance and contracts advice. In this capacity, she often provides advice on formation, operation and governance of corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships.


Financial Poise Contributions

  • Dealing With Defaults Webinar premiered on May 14, 2025 Webinar Series: Business Borrowing Basics 2025
  • What Kind of Loan? Webinar premiered on March 12, 2025 Webinar Series: Business Borrowing Basics 2025
  • Alternative Structures- PO Financing, Factoring & MCA Webinar premiered on September 23, 2024 Webinar Series: Business Borrowing Basics
  • Trade Finance Basics Webinar premiered on June 13, 2024 Webinar Series: Business Borrowing Basics
  • Dealing With Defaults Webinar premiered on May 9, 2024 Webinar Series: Business Borrowing Basics
  • Basic Concepts Applicable to All Borrowers & Lenders Webinar premiered on April 3, 2024 Webinar Series: Business Borrowing Basics
  • What Kind of Loan? Webinar premiered on April 2, 2024 Webinar Series: Business Borrowing Basics
  • Key Provisions in M&A Agreements Webinar premiered on September 12, 2023 Webinar Series: M&A Boot Camp
  • Selling a Business-101 Webinar premiered on August 3, 2023 Webinar Series: Business Law Review
  • Buying a Business-101 Webinar premiered on February 7, 2023 Webinar Series: Business Law Review
  • Negotiating an M&A Deal 2021 Webinar premiered on December 14, 2021 Webinar Series: M&A Boot Camp 2021
  • Key Provisions in M&A Agreements 2021 Webinar premiered on September 21, 2021 Webinar Series: M&A Boot Camp 2021
  • Negotiating an M&A Deal 2020 Webinar premiered on December 3, 2020 Webinar Series: Private Company M&A Boot Camp 2020
  • The M&A Process 2020 Webinar premiered on October 2, 2020 Webinar Series: Private Company M&A Boot Camp 2020
  • Key Provisions in M&A Agreements 2020 Webinar premiered on September 3, 2020 Webinar Series: Private Company M&A Boot Camp 2020
  • Structuring and Planning the M&A Transaction 2020 Webinar premiered on July 23, 2020 Webinar Series: Private Company M&A Boot Camp 2020
  • Negotiating an M&A Deal Webinar premiered on December 10, 2019 Webinar Series: Private Company M&A Boot Camp 2019
  • Post-Closing Issues: Integration & Potential Buyer/Seller Disputes 2019 Webinar premiered on November 12, 2019 Webinar Series: Private Company M&A Boot Camp 2019
  • The M&A Process 2019 Webinar premiered on October 15, 2019 Webinar Series: Private Company M&A Boot Camp 2019
  • Key Provisions in M&A Agreements 2019 Webinar premiered on September 10, 2019 Webinar Series: Private Company M&A Boot Camp 2019
  • Structuring and Planning the M&A Transaction 2019 Webinar premiered on August 6, 2019 Webinar Series: Private Company M&A Boot Camp 2019