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Franklin Jelsma
USA Guide 2024
Band 1 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by Franklin Jelsma
Practice Areas
Franklin K. Jelsma is the Firm's Managing Partner, and a member of Wyatt's Corporate & Securities Service Team. Mr. Jelsma concentrates his practice in the areas of general business law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and venture capital transactions.
Career
Highest professional ratings by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory; Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law, 2007-2020; Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), 2017-2020; and Commercial Financial Law, 2018-2020; Best Lawyers® 2017 Louisville Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) "Lawyer of the Year;"
Best Lawyers® 2016 Louisville Securities / Capital Markets Law "Lawyer of the Year;" Best Lawyers® 2013 Louisville Mergers & Acquisitions Law "Lawyer of the Year;" Recognized by his peers as one of the Kentucky Super Lawyers®, 2011-2018 in the areas of business/corporate, mergers & acquisitions, securities & corporate finance.
Professional Memberships
Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations.
Personal
University of Kentucky, Associate Editor for the Kentucky Law Journal (JD 1991); Princeton University (AB 1986).
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