Practice Areas
Education
- Yale Law School, L.L.B., 1967
- Stanford University, A.B., 1963, with Distinction and with Honors in History
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 1967
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Honors and Awards
Leading lawyer in The Best Lawyers in America, 1995-2011
Jon Hirschoff’s practice includes the representation of clients in connection with business acquisitions and with respect to corporate and securities matters. His clients have included privately and publicly held companies, and over the years have ranged in size from start-up enterprises and family-owned businesses to Fortune 500 companies.
Mr. Hirschoff has counseled clients with respect to strategic planning, including anti-takeover defense, proxy contests and related matters.
Mr. Hirschoff has taught law school courses in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, most recently at Yale Law School. He is included in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Securities Law (View selection criteria).
Associations and Memberships
Law Clerk to Hon. J. Joseph Smith, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1967-68
American Bar Association
Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions
Chair, M&A Jurisprudence Subcommittee
(publishes annual survey of M&A cases in The Business Lawyer)
Connecticut Bar Association
Executive Committee of Business Law Section
Publications
Reporter, Model Asset Purchase Agreement with Commentary, published by the American Bar Association
Speaking Engagements
Visiting Lecturer, Yale Law School, 2001, 2004 and 2007; taught course in Negotiated Mergers and Acquisitions
Chair, Committee Forum: The Increasing Uncertainties of Successor Liability – Are They Insurable? ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2007
Co-chair, panel on The Model Entity Transactions Act – New Ways to do Deals and Restructure Businesses, ABA Bus Law Sec. Meeting, Tampa, 2006
Panelist, “Buyer Beware: Changing Laws on Environmental Liability for Successor Corporations, ABA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, 2004
