Jack H. Sousa
Principal
Jack has a broad-based transactional practice in business law matters,
including corporate formation and governance, securities offerings, corporate
financings, and mergers and acquisitions. Jack also has significant experience
in employment, intellectual property, and real estate law and transactions.
Jack's typical clients cover a wide range of companies, from venture
capital funds, start ups, digital media, technology, manufacturing, retail,
apparel companies, and non-profits, as well as individuals, including
accredited investors and corporate executives. He regularly deals with
formation, structuring, corporate governance, corporate and securities
filings, as well as stockholder agreements, operating agreements, and
general corporate diligence and filings.
Jack oversees many of the firm's private securities offerings, from
equity and equity-linked offerings to debt financings and handles securities
filings, both federal and state
Blue Sky filings. He advises both companies and individuals regarding stock plans
and agreements for grants and options, restrictive covenant agreements
such as NDAs and non-competes, and employment and consulting agreements.
Jack assists clients with intellectual property matters, from negotiating
joint development agreements, to protection and enforcement of IP rights,
to federal trademark registration filings. He has significant experience
with both stock and asset purchase transactions, from diligence through
closing. Jack often helps clients with commercial contracts and various
real estate matters from residential and commercial closings to commercial leasing.
Jack received his undergraduate degree in History and Communication from
Boston College in 2005. He graduated in 2008 from Fordham University School
of Law. Prior to Lev Berlin & Sousa, Jack worked at Whitman Breed
Abbott & Morgan in Greenwich, CT and Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
(now Locke Lord Edwards) in New York, NY. He is a member of the Connecticut
State Bar Association, and the Fairfield County Bar Association, and Jack
has also served as a director, officer, and advisory board member of a
local public charity since 2010. Jack is the President of the New Canaan
Men's Platform Tennis League and serves as pro-bono attorney for Connecticut
Young Professionals, a local non-profit. Jack was named a Connecticut
Super Lawyer® 2017 (Rising Star - Business/Corporate).
Jack lives in New Canaan, CT with his wife Laura and their two daughters,
Charlotte and Eleanor.
Contact Jack H. Sousa:
Telephone: (203) 838-8500 Ext. 121
Fax: (203) 854-1652
Email:
jsousa@levberlin.com