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  Jeffrey M. Stoler
Partner


PRACTICES
Corporate, Securities and Financial Institutions, Investment Management

CONTACT
265 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110

Tel. 617.449.6511

Fax. 617.326.3112

jstoler@mccarter.com


EDUCATION
J.D., Stanford Law School, 1980
B.A., Stanford University, 1976
Stanford Law Review, 1979

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania


MEMBERSHIPS AND
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Meritas, Board of Directors
Greater Boston Legal Services Corporation, Board of Directors
IdeaSphere, Board of Advisors
Venturcap Investment Group, Board of Advisors
Launchpad Investor Group, Member

 

Jeffrey M. Stoler is a partner in the Corporate Group and his practice focuses on securities and venture capital work.  Mr. Stoler‘s client base consists primarily of technology and high growth companies, although he also serves as lead outside counsel to a variety of established and publicly-held companies.  Mr. Stoler primarily handles financings (including public offerings, private placements, venture capital deals), mergers/acquisitions, contracts/licenses, management/leveraged buy-outs, joint ventures/strategic alliances, franchising and intellectual property matters.

In connection with his specializations, Mr. Stoler has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, CFO Magazine, the Boston Globe and elsewhere.

Mr. Stoler is a frequent public speaker on legal matters, and has been selected as a panelist at the KPMG Audit Committee Institute in Short Hills this year.  He has lectured at the International Securities Conference in Salzburg, Austria on the topic of U.S. initial public offerings by European companies.  He has co-authored various business law publications including the Technology Council's "Joint Ventures: Strategic Partnerships for Rapid Growth Companies" and the American Bar Association's "Legal and Tax Guide for Privately-Held Businesses.

Mr. Stoler currently serves on the Awards Committee on the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council as well as various Boards of Directors, including the boards of Meritas, Greater Boston Legal Services Corporation, the Children's Museum, etc.


PUBLICATIONS

06/21/04 VC funding for software game companies: What's holding them back?, Mass High Tech


SPEAKING

"Transnational IPOs: U.S. IPOs by European Companies" (1999 International Securities Conference, Salzburg, Austria)

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Merger and acquisition counsel on deals aggregating over $3.6 billion.

Counsel for public and private offerings aggregating over $1.4 billion.

Nationally recognized rights offering practice.