Jason R. Scoby - O'Neil Cannon

Main Street Service, Downtown Expertise

Jason leads O’Neil Cannon’s Corporate Practice Group. He advises and represents individuals, businesses, and banks on a variety of corporate, banking, and business-related issues, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial loan transactions, corporate issues, contract negotiation and preparation, and business entity selection and formation.

Jason Assists Clients With

Mergers and acquisitions
Complex commercial loan transactions for lenders and borrowers
Corporate matters, including business entity selection and formation, shareholder agreements and operating agreements
General business issues, including complex contract negotiation and preparation

Experience/Representative Client Work

Represented numerous clients in the purchase and sale of businesses, including in the plastics, manufacturing, transportation, distribution, retail, healthcare, and business services industries
Represented multiple bank and borrower clients in their commercial loan transactions
Drafted, negotiated, and finalized numerous business agreements on a variety of transactions, including terms and conditions, independent contractor agreements, non-compete agreements, non-disclosure agreements, leases, distribution agreements, supply agreements, and licensing agreements
Represented numerous clients on the formation of their businesses and the preparation of their organizational documents, including operating and shareholder agreements

Professional Associations and Affiliations

Milwaukee Bar Association
State Bar of Wisconsin
American Bar Association
Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries
Inaugural Member, Young Association for Corporate Growth (YACG)
Past Chair, Milwaukee Bar Association’s Corporate, Banking and Business Section (4 consecutive terms)

Awards/Distinctions

- Selected for inclusion in 2013–2023 Wisconsin Super Lawyers, Law and Politics and Milwaukee Magazine
- Selected for inclusion in 2011 and 2012 Wisconsin Super Lawyers Rising Star, Law and Politics and Milwaukee Magazine
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® –Corporate Law, 2021–2024
- Marquette Law Review, Associate Editor

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