Jason Harmon practices in the area of corporate and securities law, including public and private equity and debt offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate matters. His practice emphasizes high technology and emerging growth companies, including Internet, communications, and biotech companies.

Mr. Harmon's mergers and acquisition experience includes serving as buyer's counsel in several transactions, including counsel to Inland American in the acquisition of Winston Hotels in July 2007. His seller’s counsel experience includes the March 2004 acquisition of The Hillman Group, Inc., and the April 2006 acquisition of STS Operating, Inc., by Code Hennessy & Simmons. He also represented Laureate Education in its sale to a KKR-led consortium in August 2007, and Columbia Bancorp in its acquisition by Fulton Financial Corporation in February 2006.In his equity offering and debt offering experience, Mr. Harmon has been both company counsel and banker's counsel.

The respected English publisher Chambers & Partners names Mr. Harmon in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and has commented that he is acclaimed for "anticipating and spotting issues" and is regarded as "an expert in corporate and securities law."

Mergers and Acquisition Experience

Buyer's Counsel

• Winston Hotels, Inc., acquisition by Inland American (July 2007)
• Vertis, Inc. acquisition of USA Direct, Inc. (March 2006).
• Spectrum K12 School Solutions acquisition of Tranquility School Solutions, Inc. (September 2005).
• Allied Capital Corporation acquisition of Service Champ II, L.P. (April 2005).
• U.S. counsel to Nuplex Industries Ltd. in connection with the acquisition of the global coating resins business of Akzo Nobel N.V. (December 2004).
• Laureate Education, Inc. acquisition of Walden e-Learning (September 2004).
• Precise Software Solutions Ltd. acquisition of W. Quinn Associates, Inc. (September 2001).
• iSky, Inc. acquisition of Telecom Potential Group plc (August 2000).
• T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. acquisition of Rowe Price-Fleming International, Inc. (August 2000).

Seller's Counsel

• Laureate Education, Inc., acquisition by a KKR-led investment group (August 2007)
• Palm Coast Data acquisition by Kable Media Services (January 2007)
• Sizeler Property Investors, Inc., acquisition by Revenue Properties Company Limited (November 2006)
• Vertis, Inc. sale of fragrance division to Arcade Marketing (September 2006).
• STS Operating, Inc. acquisition by Code Hennessy & Simmons (April 2006).
• Columbia Bancorp acquisition by Fulton Financial Corporation (February 2006).
• VIU Media acquisition by Lamar Advertising (January 2006).
• The Hillman Group Inc. acquisition by Code Hennessy & Simmons (March 2004).
• Precise Software Solutions Ltd. acquisition by VERITAS Software Corporation (June 2003).
• Whalen & Company, Inc. acquisition by Tetra Tech, Inc. (June 1998).

Equity Offering Experience

Company Counsel

• Human Genome Sciences, Inc., $950 million secondary public offering (November 2000).
• Advancis Pharmaceutical Corporation, initial public offering (October 2003).
• Columbia Bancorp, three issuances of trust preferred securities (June 2004, December 2004 and June 2005).

Banker's Counsel

• Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated, initial public offering of NCI, Inc. (October 2005).
• Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated, secondary public offering of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. (December 2004).
• Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., secondary public offering for Hub Group, Inc. (July 2004).
• Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated, secondary public offering of Celadon Group, Inc. (May 2004).
• Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., secondary public offering for Forward Air Corporation (November 2003).
• Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated, secondary public offering of Corporate Office Properties Trust (May 2003).
• Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., secondary public offering of Cumulus Media, Inc. (May 2002).
• Merrill Lynch & Co., secondary offering of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC (January 2002).
• Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, two secondary public offerings of shares of Lamar Advertising (January 2001 and June 2001).
• Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, secondary public offering by Corporate Executive Board Company (March 2001).

Debt Offering Experience

Company Counsel

• Human Genome Sciences, Inc., $1.3 billion of Convertible Subordinated Notes (June 1999, December 1999, February 2000, March 2000, October 2004 and September 2005).
• The Ryland Group, Inc., $1.3 billion of Senior Notes (August 2000, June 2003, January 2005, June 2005 and June 2006) and $150 million of Senior Subordinated Notes (August 2001).
• Registered tender offer by Human Genome Sciences, Inc. for $125 million Convertible Subordinated Notes (January 2000).

Banker's Counsel

• Marriott International, Inc., $2.2 billion of Notes (September 1999, April 2000, January 2001, June 2005, June 2006 and June 2007).
• Marriott International, Inc. 144A debt exchange offer for $427 million of Notes.

Felvétel

• Maryland