Professional Biography

Jason Day Partner

Firmwide Co-Chair, Corporate Practice

  • Denver

    D +1.303.291.2362

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    Denver

    1900 Sixteenth Street, Suite 1400

    Denver, CO 80202-5255

    +1.303.291.2362

    JDay@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Jason Day serves as a trusted advisor to public companies on their most sensitive and high-value securities, corporate governance, and capital markets matters. He regularly counsels public company boards of directors and management on Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure obligations, capital markets deals, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures, fiduciary duties, internal investigations, proxy advisory firm standards, and stockholder activism matters.

Over his 20-plus year career, Jason has also represented issuers and underwriters in raising tens of billions of dollars in capital markets offerings, including underwritten equity and debt offerings, initial public offerings (IPOs), Rule 144A offerings, and convertible note offerings, among others. He also regularly counsels companies and their boards of directors on the acquisition and sales of public companies and other transformative mergers and acquisition transactions. Jason advises special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsors on their IPOs and de-SPAC transactions and SPAC targets on their business combinations and post-closing disclosure and governance matters.

Jason is a co-chair of the firm’s 350+ attorney Corporate practice group. His clients range from businesses preparing for an IPO to Fortune 500 corporations across a variety of industries and include some of the most recognizable companies throughout the country. Jason has particular experience in the life sciences, consumer products, energy, technology, and food and beverage sectors.

Jason is a co-author of The Public Company Handbook: A Corporate Governance and Disclosure Guide for Directors and Executives and is a frequent speaker on a variety of public company topics.

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Ranked by Chambers & Best Lawyers

Named "Corporate Governance Law Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America, 2021
Ranked by Chambers USA Eight Years in a Row

Professional Recognition

  • Ranked by Chambers USA as "America's Leading Lawyer" for Corporate: Mergers & Acquisitions, 2016 – 2023
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America: Corporate Governance Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation, 2014 – 2024
  • Named “Corporate Governance Law Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America, 2021
  • Named "Lawyer of the Year," for Securities / Capital Markets Law and Securities Regulation by Best Lawyers in America, 2020

  • Listed in 5280 as one of Denver's Top Lawyers, 2016 – 2020
  • Named Lexology and International Law Office (ILO), Client Choice Award: Capital Markets, 2014 – 2015
  • Named "Colorado Lawyer of the Year" by Law Week Colorado, 2013
  • Named a "Colorado Super Lawyer," by Super Lawyers, 2014 – 2018
  • Named a "Colorado Rising Star," by Super Lawyers, 2012 – 2013
  • Listed in the Legal 500 under capital markets-equity offerings, 2011

Professional Leadership

  • Colorado Bar Association Securities Law Section, Co-Chair, 2009 – 2011

Community Involvement

  • Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences, Former Member, Board of Visitors
  • Easter Seals of Colorado, Former Member, Board of Directors

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