Brett Jackson is a senior associate in the firm’s Business Law department and a member of its Technology group. Brett represents startup and later-stage public and private companies in the software, technology, and life sciences industries throughout their life cycle, including pre-incorporation planning and formation, venture capital and growth equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, secondary transactions, public offerings, other strategic transactions, and general corporate representation and counseling. He also represents venture capital and private equity funds focusing on technology and life sciences companies. He joined Goodwin in 2018.
Representative Matters
- CharterUP, an online charter bus marketplace, as outside general counsel and in its $60 million Series A financing with Tritium 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
- Arccos Golf in its $20 million Series C financing
- Current, an online banking and payments company, as outside general counsel and in its equity financings, including its $131 million Series C financing with Tiger Global Management
- 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, including a $23 million Series D financing
- A robotics company in its $18 million Series B2 financing
- Modulate in its $30 million Series A financing
- 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
- Bend Financial in its sale to Webster Financial Corporation
- BrandCycle in its sale to StackSocial
- Benemax in its sale to OneDigital
- Tervela in its sale of assets to Box
- eVariant in its sale to Healthgrades
- Flywheel in its sale to WP Engine
- Abide Therapeutics in its sale to Lundbeck
- Cobalt Biomedicine in its sale to Sana Biotechnology
- OpenExchange in its acquisitions of KnowledgeVision Systems, Veracast Communications and Nucleus195
- 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
(magna cum laude)
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.”