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Justin W. Chairman

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Justin W. Chairman counsels both public and private companies on issues that arise in capital raising, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), securities compliance and corporate governance activities, as well as contract, finance, securities, and general corporate matters. Justin specializes in working with real estate investment trusts (REITs), and also represents clients in various other industries, including the life sciences, technology, media, staffing, consulting, and other industries.

Extended Profile

In keeping with Morgan Lewis’s commitment to community service, Justin is actively involved on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the Philadelphia branch of the Anti-Defamation League.

Justin often speaks at client and industry events on topics such as security industry trends and US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) initiatives.

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania, 1992, B.A.
  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1995, J.D.

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania

Awards and Affiliations

Recommended, Finance: Capital markets: equity offerings, The Legal 500 US (2013, 2016–2018)

Recommended, Finance: Capital markets: debt offerings - advice to issuers, The Legal 500 US (2017, 2018)

Recommended, M&A/Corporate and Commercial - M&A - Large Deals ($1bn+), The Legal 500 US (2013, 2016, 2017)

Ranked, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2008, 2009)

Member, Drafting Committee, Pennsylvania Bar Association for the Title 15 Business Associations Code

Member, American Bar Association and Philadelphia Bar Association

Associate Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review

Publications

7/7/2016 - Bigger Is the New ‘Smaller’

News

12/12/2017 - Morgan Lewis Advises Repros Therapeutics in Sale to Allergan

7/14/2014 - Morgan Lewis Advises Mylan in Connection with Its Acquisition of the non-U.S. Developed Markets Specialty and Branded Generics Business of Abbott Laboratories

2/27/2013 - Q&A With Morgan Lewis' Justin Chairman, Law360

3/28/2011 - Morgan Lewis Advises GSI Commerce on $2.4 Billion Acquisition by eBay

Events

1/8/2018 - Securities Act – Public Offerings 2018

4/25/2017 - Morgan Lewis Public Company Academy

2/2/2017 - 2017 Securities and Executive Compensation Updates

1/18/2017 - 2017 Securities and Executive Compensation Updates (Philadelphia)

2/2/2016 - 2016 SEC and Corporate Governance Update

2/12/2015 - SEC Developments and Trends for the 2015 Proxy Season — February 2015

1/27/2015 - SEC Developments and Trends for the 2015 Proxy Season — January 2015

1/27/2012 - 2012 SEC Hot Topics Roundtable

11/18/2011 - Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers White Collar Seminar

11/17/2011 - Executive Compensation Roundtable—Executive Compensation and Say-on-Pay in 2012: Avoiding the Sophomore Jinx

Executive Compensation Roundtable

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