Professional Biography
Jens Fischer

Jens M. Fischer Partner

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.6752

    F +1.206.359.7752

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.6752

    JFischer@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Jens M. Fischer, a partner in the firm's Corporate & Securities practice, has more than 25 years of experience advising corporations, boards, and management. He focuses on mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions (M&A), public securities offerings, corporate governance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and stock exchange compliance, private offerings, and other matters affecting public and private entities.

Jens has provided transactional, governance, and compliance counsel to many clients in numerous industries over the years, including F5, Inc., Outerwall, Inc. (along with its businesses Redbox, Coinstar, and ecoATM); Expedia; MariaDB plc; Alaska Communications; T-Mobile; Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle; Intermec, Inc.; Esterline Technologies Corporation; AT&T Wireless; Safeco Corporation; Amazon; Zymogenetics Inc.; and Emeritus Corporation.

Jens has been recognized as an Acritas Star/Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyer” for his M&A and SEC-related counseling. In addition, he is editor-in-chief and co-author of The Public Company Handbook: A Corporate Governance and Disclosure Guide for Directors and Executives (sixth edition).

Professional Recognition

  • Named an Acritas Star by Acritas Star/Thomson Reuters "Stand-out Lawyer": 2018, 2021-2023
  • Listed multiple years as “Rising Stars of Washington Law"

Professional Leadership

  • American Bar Association, Business Law Section
  • Washington State Bar Association, Business Law Section

Related Employment

  • Perkins Coie Trust Company LLC, Member of Board of Managers
  • Parker Chapin LLP (now Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), New York, NY, Associate, 1997-2000

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