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Education
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Suffolk University Law School,
J.D., cum laude
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Brandeis University,
B.A., cum laude with High Honors
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Admissions
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California
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Massachusetts
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Affiliations
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American Bar Association
Member, Business Law Section
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Beverly Hills Bar Association
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Rainbow Capital Partners
Advisory Board Member
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ProVisors
Group Leader, West Hollywood Chapter
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Recognitions
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Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (by BL Rankings), 2023-2024
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Los Angeles Business Journal Top 100 Attorneys, 2022-2023
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Listed, Los Angeles Business Journal Women of Influence: Attorneys, 2017-2022
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Los Angeles Business Journal 500 Most Influential People, 2018-2021
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Los Angeles Business Journal Most Influential Minority Attorneys in LA, 2018-2020
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Nominee, Los Angeles Business Journal Leaders in Law Awards, 2016, 2018-2019
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Employment
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Thompson Coburn LLP
Partner, 2016-Present
Managing Partner, Los Angeles Office, 2019-Present
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Raines Feldman LLP
Partner
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Post Law Group PC
Partner
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Edwards & Angell
Partner
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Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault LLP
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Jennifer serves as primary outside counsel to entrepreneurs, venture capital funds and operating companies with an emphasis on transactional and finance matters.
Jennifer is the Managing Partner of the Firm's LA office and is a member of the Corporate and Securities group. Her practice encompasses general corporate and securities law and commercial finance transactions. Jennifer represents investors, lenders and emerging companies in venture capital, private equity, lending, M&A and fund formation work.
She has a unique niche representing venture debt funds and other direct lenders in secured transactions involving technology, fintech, life sciences, SaaS and consumer brands in the private credit markets.
Continuous representation of numerous venture debt lenders in multiple transactions ranging from $5M to $50M in technology, life sciences and fintech companies
Representation of emerging fintech lender in consumer payment stream financing of $75M
Representation of venture debt fund in multi-national cryptocurrency platform financing
Representation of management shareholders in a $380 million international acquisition transaction with a publicly traded U.S. company
Representation of technology-based recruiting firm in its sale to major private equity platform
Representation of emerging agritech startup in multiple note and equity financings
Representation of celebrity pet food brand in financing and restructuring transactions
Representation of international entertainment company in complex corporate restructuring, securities compliance and finance matters
Thompson Coburn Publications
Are smart contracts smart enough? COVID-19, force majeure, blockchain and oracles
The COVID-19 pandemic: What lenders should know about invoking MAC clauses
SEC denies applications for ETFs: Will traditional Wall Street banks step in?
Wyoming signs cryptocurrency bills into law
California takes another run at regulating virtual currencies
Top three trends in venture debt for 2017
Is venture debt right for your start-up or growth-stage company?
Blogs
CCPA: The next horizon for M&A deals in California and beyond
SEC announces new interpretive guidance in cybersecurity
4 ways to manage cybersecurity risks in business and transactions
Publications
Quoted, "Legal Boom Nigh?",
Los Angeles Business Journal, July 17, 2023
Featured, "Nonbank Lenders Take Note of Venture Lending Opportunities",
Secured Finance Network, May 4, 2023
Quoted, "A CPA's Value: Strengthening Boards,"
California CPA Magazine, November, 2022
Quoted, “Proposed Rule Could Push More Family Offices to Lawyer UP”
CFO Dive, May 24, 2022
Featured, “Out and Outspoken: and Rigorous Role Model Uplifts the LGBTQ+ Community”
Brandeis University Alumnae Magazine, June 7, 2022
Contributor, “Los Angeles times Private Equity and M&A Strategies Roundtable”
October 22, 2021
Featured, “Creating a Mirror of the LA Community: Thompson Coburn’s First LGBTQ MP on Architecting the Future”
Law.com, August 18, 2021
Quoted, “Here Are the Pitfalls When Allocators Make Direct Deals”
Institutional Investor, August 10, 2021
Quoted, "Startups are ditching the 'stay private longer' mantra. A corporate lawyer tells us the 4 things they need to consider before going public"
Business Insider, May 17, 2021
Quoted, "SPACs are racing against the clock to strike a deal, and some will likely have to settle for a less-than-ideal business to buy"
Business Insider, May 15, 2021
Quoted, "Law Firms Embrace Remote Work,"
Los Angeles Business Journal, June 29, 2020
Presentations
Featured, “Invest In Her” Entrepreneurship Podcast,
June 2022
Panelist, “Helping Clients Create, Build or Revise Their Board of Directors”
California CPA Society, May 2022
Panelist, “Addressing Bias Driven Incivility”
Los Angeles County Bar Association, December 7, 2021
Contributor, “Los Angeles Times Private Equity and M&A Strategies Roundtable”
October 18, 2021
Panelist, “Effective Strategies Used to Transfer the Ownership of a Business,”
Exit Planning Institute Los Angeles Chapter, June 11, 2020
Moderator, “Roundtable on Cryptocurrency & Cybersecurity”
Thompson Coburn hosted business event, October 29, 2019
Panelist, “Technology and Business in Southern California,”
Los Angeles Business Journal Chief Technology and Information Officer Awards Dinner, April, 2019
Panelist, "Women in Tech & Entrepreneurship,"
General Assembly, February 19, 2019
Moderator, "Economic Markets & Access to Capital,"
Los Angeles Business Journal Economic Forecast & Trends Breakfast, January 22, 2019
News
Jennifer Post authors Law360 article on venture lending as a solution to down equity markets
Post, Silbergeld Discuss Possible Labor and Employment Law Surge in Los Angeles Business Journal
Post Included in Los Angeles Business Journal’s LA500 for 2023
Thompson Coburn’s Jennifer Post, Simran Bindra honored as Los Angeles Top Lawyers
Art Silbergeld rejoins Thompson Coburn’s Los Angeles office
ABF Journal turns to Jennifer Post for current trends and opportunities in venture debt
Brandeis University features alumna Jennifer Post in lead Pride Month story
Jennifer Post named to LA500 for 2021
Thompson Coburn moves to new offices in Los Angeles
Jennifer Post talks to Business Insider about startup considerations before going public
Jennifer Post honored among 2021 influential women attorneys in Los Angeles
Jennifer Post named to LA500 for 2020
Jennifer Post included in ‘Top Minority Attorneys in Los Angeles’ list for 2020
Jennifer Post named managing partner of Thompson Coburn’s Los Angeles office
Jennifer Post named to LA500 for 2019
Jessica Gordon, Jennifer Post named Most Influential Women Lawyers in LA for 2019
Jennifer Post named among the ‘Most Influential Minority Attorneys in Los Angeles’ for 2019