Jonathan Marc Minnen

     Jonathan M. Minnen is a partner in the law firm of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (SGR), having practiced law for 23 years.  He is head of the Corporate Practice Department of the Firm.  SGR's practice is national and international in scope.  Mr. Minnen himself has extensive experience in a wide range of U.S. and overseas business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and ongoing transactional matters in a wide range of business.

     He practices from both the New York City and Atlanta offices of SGR.

     His client experience includes businesses which range in size from emerging companies to large publicly traded enterprises; both domestic and overseas. These clients have been involved in a variety of industries including both traditional and high-tech manufacturing, healthcare and financial information systems, medical devices, biomedical polymers, and technologies involving the telecommunications industry.  For some of his clients, Mr. Minnen functions as de facto outside general counsel and is responsible for managing those clients’ entire legal portfolio, which involves routinely teaming with other practice groups of the Firm to achieve the client’s objectives.

     Mr. Minnen has taken an active role in developing the Firm’s Israeli Initiative. This highly-effective program assists Israeli companies with their expansion in the United States. As part of his ongoing efforts, Mr. Minnen is a member of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and the Clean-Tech Committee of the American Israel Chamber of Commerce. The Clean-Tech Committee assists Israeli companies with cutting edge environmental sustainability and “clean-tech” technologies to bring those key solutions to the United States.

     Before embarking on a legal career, Mr. Minnen was a senior executive in a multi-state chain of retail stores, and brings this business background and experience to his practice of law.