This morning the SBA issued an important new FAQ 46 on how it intends to review the good faith necessity certification required for PPP loans. The safe harbor for return of PPP loans expires tomorrow, May 14, and companies should carefully consider the newest guidance as they weigh whether to return loans. View the full FAQs here.

For more information and updates on the developing situation, visit GT’s Health Emergency Preparedness Task Force: Coronavirus Disease 2019 or GT’s COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Team.

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Photo of Trevor J. Chaplick Trevor J. Chaplick

Trevor J. Chaplick represents technology and growth companies, underwriters, private equity firms, and venture capital funds in a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, financings, as well as in general corporate and securities law matters.

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Trevor J. Chaplick represents technology and growth companies, underwriters, private equity firms, and venture capital funds in a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, financings, as well as in general corporate and securities law matters.

Trevor has represented numerous private and public companies in merger and acquisition transactions, including: Access Health; Actel Corporation; Cypress Semiconductor; Glodon Software Co. Ltd.; InfoSpace; Intellon Corporation; Luna Innovations; Microchip Technology; Overhead Door Corporation; and U.S. Web.  Investors Trevor has represented in structuring private equity and venture capital financings include: Accuitive Medical Ventures; Andreessen Horowitz; Cargill Ventures; Carlyle Ventures; Core Capital; Draper Atlantic; Inflection Point Venture Partners; International Finance Corporation; Institutional Venture Partners; New Enterprise Associates; Novak Biddle Venture Partners; Paladin Capital Group; Storm Ventures; Valhalla Partners; Warburg Pincus; and WWC Capital.

Trevor has broad international experience, having structured public and private acquisitions and investments in many countries, including the UK, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, India, France, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, and Canada. He has represented numerous companies in raising capital from institutional investors across many industries, including software, communications, the Internet, alternative energy, entertainment and media, semiconductors, healthcare, medical devices, and biotechnology.

Trevor has significant capital markets experience.  He has represented issuers, underwriters, and investors in numerous public offerings, including: @Home; Access Health; Anergen; Cell Genesys; CellNet Data Systems; ChannelAdvisor Corporation; Clarify; Coinstar; Eagle Test Systems; GlobeSpan; Intellon Corporation; Luna Innovations; Maxygen; Rudolph Technologies; SmartDisk; and Ventana Medical Systems. He has represented the following underwriters in securities offerings: Banc of America; Deutsche Banc Securities; Friedman Billings Ramsey; Goldman Sachs; Lehman Brothers; Merrill Lynch; Morgan Stanley; and Robertson Stephens.

Trevor was previously a partner with Proskauer Rose and was managing partner of its Washington, D.C. office from 2007 to 2014. Prior to joining Proskauer, Trevor was a partner with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR), where he founded and was managing partner of the firm’s first East Coast offices in Washington, D.C. and Virginia from 2000 to 2007. Before founding such offices, he spent many years practicing law in Silicon Valley with WSGR, where he also served on the firm’s Operations and Strategy Committees. Trevor began his legal career at Latham & Watkins LLP in San Francisco. He is a CPA in the state of Virginia and worked in the financial services group of Arthur Andersen LLP in Washington, D.C. from 1985 to 1987.

Photo of Jennifer S. Zucker Jennifer S. Zucker

Jennifer S. Zucker is a shareholder in the Washington, D.C. office of Greenberg Traurig. Her practice includes a broad range of litigation, counselling and transactional matters for clients that work with federal, state, and local governments. She represents contractors in bid protests, contract

Jennifer S. Zucker is a shareholder in the Washington, D.C. office of Greenberg Traurig. Her practice includes a broad range of litigation, counselling and transactional matters for clients that work with federal, state, and local governments. She represents contractors in bid protests, contract claims and disputes, mergers and acquisitions, False Claims Act matters, and suspension and debarment proceedings. She also counsels contractors on regulatory requirements under government contracts, ethics and compliance issues, and government investigations and audits.

Jennifer’s experience extends across multiple industries, including defense, aerospace, intelligence, information technology, finance, public assistance and management consulting. She maintains an active security clearance and has deep experience advising clients on national security compliance issues and representing clients in investigations and litigation involving classified programs.

Jennifer serves on the board of directors of SRC Energy, Inc., where she is chair of the Compensation Committee and serves on the Governance and Nominating Committee. She is also a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve.

Photo of Peter H. Lieberman Peter H. Lieberman

Peter H. Lieberman is Co-Chair of the Global Corporate Practice. He has more than 30 years of broad experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, public company and hedge fund transactions, start-up and venture capital financings, and complex securities trading and structuring matters.

Peter H. Lieberman is Co-Chair of the Global Corporate Practice. He has more than 30 years of broad experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, public company and hedge fund transactions, start-up and venture capital financings, and complex securities trading and structuring matters. Throughout his career, Peter has been involved in advising boards of directors, special committees, and controlling interest holders on conflict, governance, change of control, and similar matters. Peter brings to his work a diverse transactional background and trained at the New York law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he was involved in both hostile and negotiated transactions (including proxy contests and the implementation of takeover defenses).

Photo of Lee Ann Anderson Lee Ann Anderson

Lee Ann Anderson focuses her practice on capital markets, structured finance and corporate transactions, with broad experience in U.S. and cross-border securities offerings. In the current global crisis, Lee Ann serves as a member of our COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Response Team and has…

Lee Ann Anderson focuses her practice on capital markets, structured finance and corporate transactions, with broad experience in U.S. and cross-border securities offerings. In the current global crisis, Lee Ann serves as a member of our COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Response Team and has counseled scores of companies about relief under Titles I and IV of the CARES Act and relief programs established by the Federal Reserve.

Lee Ann counsels issuers and investment banks on certificates of deposits, including rates-, commodities-, equity-, and proprietary index-linked products. She has wide-ranging experience in debt and equity capital markets, securitizations, and other structured finance transactions. Her practice has included scores of domestic and international debt and equity offerings, as well as securitizations of receivables and other collateral, complex tax-based structures utilizing swaps and other derivatives. Lee Ann also has advised a number of foreign and domestic public companies with respect to a wide range of corporate and securities matters, including reporting obligations.

Additionally, Lee Ann has deep experience counseling clients on corporate transactions, including mergers, stock purchases, asset sales, joint ventures, and other reorganization transactions. She also provides a range of general corporate and governance advice. Lee Ann has a strong commitment to pro bono work and served as a pro bono coordinator at her previous firm.

Photo of Barbara A. Jones Barbara A. Jones

Barbara A. Jones is Co-Managing Shareholder of the firm’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s Global Corporate practice. Barbara serves as Chair of the firm’s interdisciplinary Blockchain & Digital Assets practice. Barbara maintains a diverse corporate and securities law practice

Barbara A. Jones is Co-Managing Shareholder of the firm’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s Global Corporate practice. Barbara serves as Chair of the firm’s interdisciplinary Blockchain & Digital Assets practice. Barbara maintains a diverse corporate and securities law practice across industry groups, emphasizing complex international and domestic transactions, including private and public financings, dual listings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic collaborations and joint ventures, and licensing transactions. She serves as a trusted advisor to public and private company boards of directors on governance matters and complex regulatory reporting and compliance issues. Barbara’s clients include financial institutions, private equity and venture capital groups, and public and private companies in emerging technology, life sciences and biotechnology, defense and security, blockchain and digital assets, telecommunications, information technology, energy (traditional and renewable), mining, media, entertainment and sports. Barbara also represents Olympic and professional athletes and sports-related organizations.

Barbara practiced U.S. law in London from 1990 through 1997 with Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, and headed the international capital markets practice of Kirkland & Ellis LLP from 1999 to 2003 before relocating to Boston. From 1997 to 1999, she served as Vice-President, Assistant General Counsel and Regional Counsel for capital markets with J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Since returning to the U.S., she has continued to actively represent public and private companies, private equity groups and investment banks in the European, Scandinavian, African and greater Asian markets, including China.

Barbara is a past chair of the ABA’s Subcommittee on International Securities Matters. She is a frequent speaker at conferences relating to cross-border securities matters, strategic alternatives, and digital asset structures. She serves on the Government of Bermuda’s Global FinTech Advisory Board.