Jonathan L. Jenkins

Jonathan L. Jenkins

Greensboro, NC recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2016
Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP

63 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Biography

Jonathan Jenkins is a corporate lawyer with a focus in business acquisitions and private equity. He also serves as outside general counsel to privately held and family-owned businesses, providing counsel across a wide spectrum of business and corporate matters.

Jonathan represents buyers and sellers in small market ($50K - $2MM) and mid-market ($2MM - $100MM) acquisitions in an array of industries, including manufacturing, health care, automotive, entertainment and technology.

Jonathan represents both issuers and investors in connection with the private offerings of securities, including seed, Series A, and later round financings. Jonathan has experience providing corporate advice to portfolio companies and regularly reviews and negotiates term sheets, convertible note financings, and offering documents for both issuers and investors.

Jonathan partners with corporations and limited liability company clients, and guides corporate governance, securities offerings and financings, venture capital, and related matters. He has served as outside general counsel to small and mid-size operating companies. Jonathan has experience reviewing and implementing equity incentive plans and managing capitalization and equity issuances.

    Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP

    63 Best Lawyers awards

    Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP logo

    Overview

    • Vanderbilt University, J.D., graduated 2007
    • University of Florida, B.A., graduated 2003

    • North Carolina, North Carolina

    • North Carolina Bar Association, Business Law Section - Technology Committee Chair and Council Member
    • North Carolina, North Carolina
    • North Carolina Bar Association, Business Law Section - Technology Committee Chair and Council Member
    • Vanderbilt University, J.D., graduated 2007
    • University of Florida, B.A., graduated 2003

    Client Testimonials

    Awards & Focus

    Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
    • Corporate Law
    Additional Areas of Practice:
    • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    • Technology Law
    • Real Estate Law
    Awards:
    • Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in Corporate Law (2016-2025)

    • Recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star" in (2015-2021)
    • Recognized by his peers for inclusion in Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” in Business Law (2024); permanently recognized in Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” Hall of Fame in Corporate Law (2022)

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