Masuda Funai (Schaumburg, IL office)

Biography

Jennifer Watson, Vice Chair of the firm's Business Group, advises clients on a broad range of business matters, including negotiating and documenting a wide variety of transactions, corporate reorganizations and restructurings and general corporate and shareholder matters. She assists clients with entity selection and formation of corporations, limited liability companies and other business entities, including counseling clients on the international, federal and state tax implications of these structures.

Ms. Watson represents start-ups in the private placement of securities, corporate filings, corporate maintenance and the drafting of relevant documentation, such as confidentiality agreements, investor questionnaires and subscription agreements. She works closely with companies on mergers and acquisitions, drafting and negotiating principal transaction agreements, in addition to conducting due diligence and requisite filings.

As part of her employee benefits practice, she designs, drafts, reviews and counsels clients on executive compensation and employment agreements, qualified and non-qualified retirement plans and welfare benefit plans.

Prior to entering law school, Ms. Watson passed the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination and she is a member of the Illinois CPA Society.