Jacob is an associate in the firm’s Corporate practice representing clients in public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, and corporate governance matters. He regularly assists companies with public disclosures and the drafting and filing of related documents. Additionally, Jacob counsels companies in a range of industries, including real estate investment trusts (REITs), health care, life sciences, telecommunications, energy and utilities, and financial services.

Before joining the firm, Jacob was an associate in the corporate practice at another law firm.

• Represented Quikrete Holdings, Inc., a building materials company servicing the U.S. and Canadian infrastructure, commercial, and residential markets, in 144A offerings of $3.95 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes and $1.50 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes to financing its acquisition of Summit Holdings, Inc., a leading producer of aggregates and cement, for a total enterprise value of approximately $11.5 billion.
• Represented a public utility company in a public offering of $1.25 billion of fixed-to-fixed rate junior subordinated notes.
• Represented a public utility company in a $118 million utility tariff securitization to recover a portion of the undepreciated costs from the early retirement of a coal-fired electric generating facility.
• Represented a public utility company in a public offering of $350 million of “green bonds” to finance solar projects.
• Represented an energy services company in a public offering of $300 million senior notes.
• Represented the underwriters in connection with a public offering of $350 million fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes by a financial services company.
• Represented the underwriters in connection with a public offering of $250 million fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes by a financial services company.
• Represented a NYSE-listed real estate investment trust in connection with a forward sale of common stock.
• Represented a NYSE-listed real estate investment trust in connection with its underwritten public offering of notes and its related tender offer and redemption of outstanding notes.
• Debt tender offers, including an abbreviated tender offer for $350 million of debt securities for a REIT, a cross-border tender offer for equity shares of a mining company, and a tender offer for $150 million junior subordinated notes of an energy holding company.
• Represented a biotechnology company in connection with its $150 million merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
• Represented a Nasdaq-listed biotechnology company with several at-the-market offerings of common stock.
• Represented a Nasdaq-listed communications company in connection with a $52 million private placement offering for equity securities.
• Represented a private equity fund in connection with several strategic add-on acquisitions.
• Represents emerging companies in connection with seed and/or venture investments in the technology space.
• Served as primary external commercial contracting counsel for a specialty chemical manufacturer in connection with various lines of business, including with respect to the drafting and negotiating of commercial and supply agreements.

• Super Lawyers®: Rising Star, Pennsylvania: Securities & Corporate Finance (2025)