Press Release 02.01.24
2023 Americas M&A Atlas Awards Honors Jim Masetti as Lawyer of the Year
Additionally, two transactions receive Deal of the Year Awards
JP Cordon advises emerging growth companies, venture capital firms, private equity, and institutional and angel investors on financings, mergers & acquisitions and general corporate governance.
He regularly serves as outside general counsel to clients, assisting them with board governance, evaluating and executing financing alternatives, securing and protecting intellectual property, and disputes with customers, suppliers, employees and other stakeholders. His practice spans various industries, with a focus on high growth companies.
JP advises enterprises from when they are just an idea through an exit and/or liquidity event, including any issues that arise in between throughout the course of an enterprise’s life cycle. He regularly advises senior management and boards of directors of both public and privately held entities and venture capital and private equity funds on strategic matters, complex issues, navigating risks, and achieving other long-term business objectives.
Representative Experience
- Representing AI-powered ECG company in second venture financing and commercial agreements with hospitals and healthcare providers.
- Representing developer of quantum sensing and imaging technology in venture financing and corporate governance.
- Representing creator of efficient photonic connections in early stage venture financing and corporate governance.
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- Representing developer of platform for tracking health data and outcomes in equity financing.
- Representing Arieli Capital in numerous matters, including their primary investments in healthcare companies, property management platforms and investment platforms.
- Representing blockchain-based transfer agent in development of platform and equity financing.
- Representing robotic arms for manufacturing and processing in equity financing and corporate governance.
- Representing Atlantic Coastal, a SPAC, in merging with technology companies.
- Represented Catalyst Spirits in sale of an initial investment with a path to total ownership by Campari Group in Howler Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey with Natural Banana Flavor.
- Represented Freed Up Capital in minority investment in LAFC.
- Represented Larva Labs in the sale of CryptoPunks and Meebits to Yuga Labs, maker of Bored Apes Yacht club.
- Represented Cartessa Aesthetics, seller of medical devices, in significant investment from Copley Equity Partners and PennantPark Investment Advisers.
- Represented Ullico Inc. in acquisition of Arizona and Texas operations of Triton Utilities, which owns and operates numerous water and wastewater utilities.
- Represented ACAC in announced merger with Essentium at approximately $1 billion (now withdrawn).
- Representing New Jersey licensed cannabis retailer in early-stage venture financing and corporate governance.
- Representing New York licensed cannabis retailer in early-stage venture financing and corporate governance.
- Represented Regalix and Nytro.ai in sale of the company to MarketStar, a deal honored as the 2024 Americas Media & Marketing Deal of the Year by M&A Atlas Americas Awards.
- Represented family from Honduras in successful claim for asylum.
- Represented Biodiscovery in $100 million sale of the company to Bionano Genomics.
- Represented Ullico Inc. in acquisition of Michigan American Water Company which owns, operates and maintains a water production and distribution system in Michigan.
- Represented Quantum in $67.5 million rights offering, a deal honored as the 2022 Best Governance Around a Corporate Transaction by Corporate Secretary.
- Represented ReDesign Health, a healthcare company incubator, in its acquisition of the assets of Together Senior Health.
- Represented Nikola Corporation, an electric vehicle manufacturer, in obtaining two equity lines of credit totaling $600 million from Tumim Stone Capital.
- Represented 1stDibs, a luxury goods online marketplace, in its approximately $117 million initial public offering.
- Represented SecurityScorecard, a leader in security ratings, in its $180 million Series E round.
- Represented Tomo Networks, a fintech startup improving the homebuying experience, in its investment in Ferry International.
- Represented The Raine Group, a global investment firm, with the restructuring of Beachbody’s corporate structure and follow-on investment in Beachbody.
- Represented Atlas Copco, a world-leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions, in its $69 million acquisition of Perceptron.
- Represented Techmer, a leading designer and producer of engineered compounds and color and additive concentrates for the plastics and fiber industries, in the sale of a significant ownership interest to SK Capital.
- Represented Qnergy, a provider of solutions for methane emissions mitigation, in its $10 million Series B financing.
- Represented The Raine Group, a significant stockholder of DraftKings, in connection with DraftKings SPAC merger valuing DraftKings at approximately $3 billion.
Education
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J.D., Fordham University School of Law
cum laudeB.A., State University of New York, Stony Brook
Admissions
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New York
Languages
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Spanish