Jason R. Scoby

Contact
Tel | 414.276.5000
Direct | 414.291.4714
jason.scoby@wilaw.com


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Bio

Education

  • Marquette University Law School (cum laude)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (B.A., with distinction)

Jason R. Scoby

Main Street Service, Downtown Expertise

Jason leads O’Neil Cannon’s Corporate Practice Group. He advises and represents individuals, businesses, and banks on a variety of corporate, banking, and business-related issues, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial loan transactions, corporate issues, contract negotiation and preparation, and business entity selection and formation.

Jason Assists Clients With

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Complex commercial loan transactions for lenders and borrowers
  • Corporate matters, including business entity selection and formation, shareholder agreements and operating agreements
  • General business issues, including complex contract negotiation and preparation

Experience/Representative Client Work

  • Represented numerous clients in the purchase and sale of businesses, including in the plastics, manufacturing, transportation, distribution, retail, healthcare, and business services industries
  • Represented multiple bank and borrower clients in their commercial loan transactions
  • Drafted, negotiated, and finalized numerous business agreements on a variety of transactions, including terms and conditions, independent contractor agreements, non-compete agreements, non-disclosure agreements, leases, distribution agreements, supply agreements, and licensing agreements
  • Represented numerous clients on the formation of their businesses and the preparation of their organizational documents, including operating and shareholder agreements


Professional Associations and Affiliations

  • Milwaukee Bar Association
  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • American Bar Association
  • Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries
  • Inaugural Member, Young Association for Corporate Growth  (YACG)
  • Past Chair, Milwaukee Bar Association’s Corporate, Banking and Business Section (4 consecutive terms)

Awards/Distinctions

    • Selected for inclusion in 2013–2023 Wisconsin Super Lawyers, Law and Politics and Milwaukee Magazine
    • Selected for inclusion in 2011 and 2012 Wisconsin Super Lawyers Rising Star, Law and Politics and Milwaukee Magazine
    • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® –Corporate Law, 2021–2024
    • Marquette Law Review, Associate Editor


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