Alan Jacobs is a retired corporate attorney with substantial experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, SEC compliance and corporate governance matters.  He has counseled numerous public and private companies regarding, among other things, debt and equity offerings, commercial transactions, conflicts of interest and fiduciary duties in the context of multi-million dollar acquisitions and dispositions, and internal investigations and related administrative proceedings relating to allegations of fraud and accounting irregularities.  Mr. Jacobs was an equity partner in Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, and a member of Heller Ehrman, LLP.  He was also an Executive Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and CCO of three NYSE-listed companies, a member of the Staff of the SEC and a practicing accountant.  He has lectured in Corporation Law, Securities Regulation, Law and Accounting, Corporate Finance and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Mr. Jacobs is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant and admitted to practice law in CA and DC.  He is a former member of The NASDAQ Delisting Panel and the Board Advisory Services Group of the National Association of Corporate Directors and a current member of the Negotiated Acquisitions and Federal Regulation of Securities Subcommittees of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.  He is an AV Preeminent rated lawyer in Martindale & Hubbell and was honored in Best Lawyers in America for Mergers and Acquisitions Law in 2005 and 2006.