Brett Jackson is counsel in the firm’s Business Law department and a member of its nationally recognized Technology and Life Sciences group, including its market leading Technology M&A practice. With extensive experience representing startups and established public and private companies in the software, technology, and life sciences sectors, Brett guides clients through all stages of their business life cycles. His expertise encompasses pre-incorporation planning, venture capital and growth equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, secondary transactions, and other strategic corporate matters. Additionally, Brett advises venture capital and private equity funds focused on technology and life sciences investments. Since joining Goodwin in 2018, Brett has demonstrated a commitment to providing practical, tailored legal solutions that drive growth and innovation for his clients.
Representative Matters
- Empower Semiconductor in its $140 million Series D financing
- General Catalyst Partners in venture financing matters
- Scrunch AI in its Series A Financing
- Videahealth in its $40 million Series B financing
- Labviva in its $25 million Series B financing
- Cardflight in its growth equity investment from WestView Capital Partners
- Starburst Data, an enterprise database software company, as outside general counsel and in its equity financings
- Placemakr, a flexible-use multifamily and hospitality operator in its equity financings
- An online banking and payments company in its equity financings, including its $131 million Series C financing
- Reggora, an appraisal technology company, as outside general counsel and in its equity financings
- EQRX in its equity financings, including a $500 million Series B financing
- OpenExchange, a provider of video and virtual event solutions, as outside general counsel and in its equity financings
- Quavo Fraud & Disputes in its investment by Spectrum Equity
- Interactions Corp. in its sale to SoundHound AI
- Autobooks in its acquisition of Allied Payment Network
- Jetty National in its sale to Rhino Labs
- Visible Body in its sale to Cengage Group
- Repsly in its sale to Cuadrilla Capital
- Demand Science in its sale to Terminus
- Sheehan Family Companies in its recapitalization/sale transaction
- Celsius Therapeutics in its $250 million sale transaction
- Virtusa Corporation in its $2 billion sale to Baring Private Equity Asia
- Bessemer Venture Partners in its acquisition of Litify
- Apollo Intelligence Corporation in its acquisition of SurveyHealthcareGlobus and its sale to Frazier Healthcare
- Surface Oncology in its sale to Coherus BioSciences
- EQRx in its $1.8 billion business combination with CM Life Sciences III, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC)
- Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Corp. (a SPAC) in its business combination with Composecure
- Related Companies in its strategic partnership with HQO
- Starburst Data in its acquisition of Varada
- eVariant in its sale to Healthgrades
- Stockholders of New England Treatment Access in its sale to Surterra Wellness
- Royalty Pharma, a leading investor in pre-approval royalties, in its $827 million acquisition of Ligand’s royalties on sales of Promacta
- Royalty Pharma in its up to $650 million acquisition of Vertex’s residual royalty interest in its cystic fibrosis treatments owned by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Royalty Pharma in its $450 million acquisition of (i) a partial interest in Biohaven’s royalties on sales of zavegepant and (ii) preferred stock of Biohaven
- Royalty Pharma in its $650 million acquisition of a partial interest in PTC’s royalties on sales of risdiplam
- Chiasma in its $75 million royalty financing with HealthCare Royalty Partners
- Enfusion in its $367 million initial public offering on NYSE
- Surface Oncology in SEC compliance matters and in three “at-the-market” offerings totaling $160 million
- Plug Power in its $23.5 million registered direct offering
Areas of Practice
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin, Brett was an associate at a prominent international law firm in New York, where he was a member of the M&A and Securities Practice group.
Credentials
Education
JD2016
Fordham University School of Law
MA2013
Trinity College
BA2009
Trinity College
Admissions
Bars
- Massachusetts
- New York
Recognition & Awards
Brett was recognized in Boston Magazine’s list of the “Top Lawyers of 2021.”