
Jeffrey R. Wolters
Jeff counsels corporations, boards of directors and investors on Delaware law.
His practice ranges from advising venture-backed companies to counseling public company boards and board committees. He has been “Delaware counsel” to hundreds of public and private Delaware companies over the years and many of the leading VC and PE funds. Jeff also provides formal legal opinions on Delaware corporate law and related matters under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Jeff has taught courses on corporate law and been a guest lecturer at law schools, including the University of Pennsylvania, California-Berkeley, and Villanova. He frequently writes and presents on corporate law topics relevant to private equity and venture capital stakeholders, is a contributing editor to the treatise Delaware Corporation Law and Practice, and has been recognized as a leading Delaware Corporate/M&A attorney in Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US, and The Best Lawyers in America.
Experience
Counseling on mergers, spin-offs, restructurings and financings
Advising VC and PE funds and their portfolio companies on financings, exits and conflict transactions
Counseling on transactions involving Delaware and non-US entities
Advising public and private company boards and committees on conflict transactions
News & Insights
- Speaking Engagement, 09.07.2023 through 09.09.2023
Various Morris Nichols attorneys will serve as committee leaders and speakers.
Honors & Recognitions
Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, ranked in Delaware corporate M&A, 2014-2023
The Legal 500 US, “Leading Lawyer” in Delaware M&A corporate counsel, 2020-2023
IFLR1000 United States, listed as a leading Delaware attorney, 2020-2023
Who’s Who Legal: M&A and Governance, listed in M&A and corporate governance, 2015-2019, 2022
The Best Lawyers in America, included in Delaware corporate law and mergers and acquisitions, 2010-2024; venture capital law, 2020-2024
Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America, listed for corporate law, M&A and Delaware law, 2022
Professional & Civic
American Bar Association (Business Law Section)
Delaware State Bar Association
National Venture Capital Association (General Counsel Advisory Board)
TerraLex (Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group, North America-Regional Vice Chair)
Clerkships
- Law Clerk to The Honorable Walter K. Stapleton, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1992-1993
Education
University of Virginia School of Law, JD, 1992
Virginia Law Review, Articles Editor, 1991-1992
University of Delaware, BA, 1988
Admissions
- Delaware, 1994
“Clients describe him as ‘very smart, very practical…a zealous advocate for his clients.” Chambers USA