Jeryl Bowers is a corporate lawyer who focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions—particularly for healthcare and technology companies—as well as general commercial transactions and general corporate counsel. He is co-leader of the firm’s Transportation industry team.
During the course of his career, Jeryl has closed transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $20 billion.
With particularly deep expertise working with clients in the healthcare, connected vehicle technologies and mobility services industries, Jeryl has negotiated hundreds of software and IP-related transactions for clients in these sectors. He has also handled transactions for clients in the real estate services, medical device, entertainment, defense, gaming, and online retail industries and for a social network website.
Clients applaud Jeryl’s creativity, integrity and leadership as well as his methodical yet practical style and his ability to align legal advice with their business objectives. In addition to mergers and acquisitions, they rely on him to handle a full spectrum of business transactions, including:
- Strategic alliances
- Software licensing
- Sales agreements
- Service agreements
- Marketing agreements
- Vendor agreements
- Supplier agreements
- Outsourcing agreements
- Employment agreements
- Distribution agreements
- Internet agreements
In addition to serving clients in the United States, Jeryl also has substantial experience with international transactions, negotiating deals in the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Europe and many other international locations.
Prior to entering private practice, Jeryl served as general counsel at PetSmart.com and Medialive International Holdings, which gives him particular insight into the needs and operations of clients in corporate legal departments and business units. An experienced issue spotter, Jeryl also serves as an outside general counsel to many of his clients.
In his free time, Jeryl enjoys golfing and the performing arts.