Jens M. Fischer

Partner

Seattle

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Jens has more than 25 years of experience advising clients on transactional, governance, and compliance matters.

Jens Fischer counsels clients on mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, public securities offerings, corporate governance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and stock exchange compliance, private offerings, and other matters affecting public and private entities.

Jens's clients include corporations, boards, and management. He has advised F5, Inc.; Outerwall, Inc. (along with its businesses Redbox, Coinstar, and ecoATM); Expedia; MariaDB plc; Alaska Communications; T-Mobile; Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle; Intermec, Inc.; Esterline Technologies Corporation; AT&T Wireless; Safeco Corporation; Amazon; Zymogenetics Inc.; and Emeritus Corporation, among others.

Jens is editor-in-chief and co-author of The Public Company Handbook: A Corporate Governance and Disclosure Guide for Directors and Executives (sixth edition).

Areas of focus

Industries

Retail & Consumer Products

Digital Media & Entertainment, Gaming & Sports

Music, Film & Television

Interactive Entertainment

Services

Corporate Governance

Corporate Law

Mergers & Acquisitions

Public Companies

Capital Markets

Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Law

Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility

Private Equity

Education & Credentials

Education

Columbia Law School, J.D., 1997
University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1993

Bar and Court Admissions

Washington

Related Employment

Perkins Coie Trust Company LLC, Member of Board of Managers
Parker Chapin LLP (now Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), New York, NY, Associate, 1997-2000

Professional Recognition

Named an Acritas Star by Acritas Star/Thomson Reuters "Stand-out Lawyer," 2018, 2021-2023
Listed multiple years as “Rising Stars of Washington Law"

Impact

Professional Leadership

American Bar Association, Business Law Section
Washington State Bar Association, Business Law Section
National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) - NW Chapter, Member of Advisory Board, 2025

Professional Experience

Corporate Securities & Compliance

MariaDB plc

Represented MariaDB Corporation Ab in its business combination with Angel Pond Holdings Corporation (a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)) and the listing of the ultimate entity MariaDB plc on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Represented MariaDB in its corporate governance and securities law compliance.

Outerwall Inc.

Represented Outerwall (along with its businesses Redbox, Coinstar, and ecoATM) in public offerings of equity, debt and convertible debt, equity tender and repurchase transactions, debt exchange offers, corporate governance and securities law compliance, and stockholder activist matters.

F5, Inc.

Represented F5 in its corporate governance and securities law compliance.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle

Represented Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle in its initial registration of equity securities under the Securities Exchange Act, corporate governance, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) compliance matters.

Redbox Entertainment Inc.

Represented Redbox in its corporate governance and securities law compliance.

Alaska Communications

Represented Alaska Communications in self-tender offering for convertible notes.

Esterline Technologies Corporation

Represented Esterline in public offerings of common stock, Rule 144A debt offerings, and debt exchange offers, and corporate governance and securities law compliance.

AT&T Wireless, Inc.

Represented AT&T Wireless in its corporate governance and securities law compliance.

ICOS

Represented ICOS in public equity offerings and corporate governance and securities law compliance. Also represented underwriter in Rule 144A convertible debt financing for ICOS.

Safeco Corporation

Represented Safeco in public equity and debt offerings and tender offers for capital securities and senior notes.

Zymogenetics Inc.

Represented ZymoGenetics in its corporate governance and securities law compliance.

Itron, Inc.

Represented Itron in public equity offering.

Emeritus Corporation

Represented Emeritus in public equity offering and listing on NYSE.

Private Companies

Global Market Insite Inc. Financings

Represented Global Market Insite Inc. in venture capital financings.

SNAPin Software Inc. Financing

Represented SNAPin Software Inc. in venture capital financing.

Financial Pacific Corporation Financing

Represented Financial Pacific Corporation in private equity financing.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Sale of Northland Telecommunications Corporation

Represented Northland Telecommunications Corporation in its sale to certain affiliates of GTCR.

Acquisition of Rightside Group, Ltd.

Represented Donuts Inc. in its acquisition of public company Rightside Group, Ltd. through equity tender offering and follow-on merger.

Sale of Outerwall Inc.

Represented public company Outerwall Inc. in its sale to certain affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC.

Merger of Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle

Represented the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle in the first merger of Federal Home Loan Banks in its merger with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.

Sale of Intermec, Inc.

Represented public company Intermec, Inc. in its sale to Honeywell International Inc.

Acquisitions by Outerwall Inc. (as well as its businesses CoinStar and Redbox)

Represented Outerwall in its acquisitions of, among others, Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, Video Vending New York, Inc. (dba DVDXpress), and the DVD kiosk business of NCR Corporation.