Jacob Shapiro is a New York-licensed attorney with broad experience in corporate transactions, U.S. securities regulation, and cross-border capital markets. His practice has included advising public companies, private equity firms, and financial institutions on SEC compliance, NYSE governance, and complex debt and equity offerings. He has represented clients in public and private placements under Rule 144A/Reg S, REIT mergers, proxy contests, and municipal bond issuances. Jacob also has experience with fund formation, banking regulatory compliance, and fintech joint ventures. Earlier in his career, he developed proprietary legal technology tools to assist with SEC data analytics and authored legal commentaries on emerging technologies. In addition to his legal work, he founded ThinkerStreet LLC, a legal-tech and AI company focused on capital markets analytics and corporate intelligence.

Representative Matters

• Advised a NYSE-listed industrial technology company on its $500 million senior notes offering, including drafting the Form S-3 registration statement, preparing prospectus supplements, and ensuring compliance with Rule 144A/Reg S and SEC reporting obligations.
• Represented a private equity sponsor in a contested public company acquisition valued at $900 million, advising on shareholder engagement strategies, drafting proxy statements under Schedule 14A, and negotiating tender offer documentation under Delaware corporate law.
• Counseled a global REIT through its internalization transaction and public merger valued at over $1.2 billion, including board restructuring, internal management transition, and JV unwind documentation across multiple jurisdictions.
• Advised a U.S.-based fintech company in launching a cross-border micro-lending platform with operations in Southeast Asia, including regulatory analysis under U.S. BSA/AML compliance and coordination with foreign data protection regimes.
• Structured and documented a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF) in partnership with a major Wall Street investment bank, handling fund formation, investor subscription materials, tax compliance strategy under IRC §1400Z-2, and regulatory filings.
• Developed a proprietary SEC data mining tool using Python and MongoDB to extract, visualize, and analyze EDGAR filings, assisting clients in benchmarking disclosure language and detecting enforcement risk trends in target industries.