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Jason D. Benson

Jason specializes in securities law compliance matters. His practice focuses on public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, periodic reporting under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and securities work related to mergers and acquisitions. He is also actively involved in a variety of aspects of business and corporate law, including advising clients with respect to Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance and exchange listing standards.

Jason also represents both borrowers and lenders in complex finance transactions and issuers in commercial paper offerings. Jason has most recently worked on a public offering of preferred securities, a securitized mortgage financing for a hotel REIT and a private company tender offer.

Jason has been a shareholder in McGrath North since 2002.



PRACTICE AREAS

Securities Regulation
  • Registration Statements and Exempt Offerings
  • SEC Reports, Proxy Statements and Disclosure Compliance
  • Stock Transactions and Insider Trading
  • Initial Public Offerings

Financial Services: Corporate Finance/Bank Finance

Corporate and Business Law
  • Incorporations, Partnerships, Joint Ventures
  • Financing and Loan Agreements
  • Business Planning
  • Shareholder and Buy-Sell Agreements


PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Admitted
  • Nebraska, 1999

Education
  • Creighton University School of Law J.D., Cum Laude, 1999
  • Coe College B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1996

Accomplishments
  • Speaker, "Crossing State Lines - When You Have Stockholders in More than One State," Nebraska Bar Association Annual Meeting, 2004
  • Author, "Roadmap to Securities Law Compliance for Private Companies," The Nebraska Lawyer, March 2006

Professional Organizations
  • Omaha Bar Association
  • Nebraska State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

Contact  (402) 341-3070
jbenson@mcgrathnorth.com