Advisory Board Member

Jeffrey R. Poss

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Advisory Board Member

Jeffrey R. Poss

Penn IUR Advisory Board Member

Jeffrey Poss is a Partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department, Co-Chair of the Private Equity Practice Group, and a member of the Executive Committee at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. He focuses on private equity and venture capital transactions, and mergers and acquisitions transactions involving public and private companies, in each case across multiple industries but with a particular focus on the financial services, financial technology, and technology/media/telecom sectors. He regularly advises senior management and boards of directors of both public and privately held entities on strategic and corporate governance matters. He practiced in Willkie’s London office for several years handling cross-border transactions and remains active in the firm’s international practice. Jeff is recognized as among the leading private equity lawyers in the country by, among others, Chambers USA, The Deal, Law360, Legal500 and IFLR; was named “Private Equity Adviser of the Year” for 2019 (and shortlisted for the same in prior years) by The Deal; and from 2017 – 2019 he served on Law360’s Private Equity Editorial Advisory Board. Jeff was a longtime member of the advisory board of the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, and for many years has advised pro bono the management and board of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.