Jonathan Strauss

Jonathan Strauss is a partner in Morris James’ Business Transactions, Strategic Planning and Counseling Practice, a group that has been involved in over $100 Billion in financings for a wide range of clients. Jonathan counsels clients on the formation, use and governance of limited liability companies, statutory and common law trusts, partnerships, and corporations in a variety of transactions including in complex financing transactions. He also provides third-party legal opinions regarding Delaware law related to those entities. He acts as Delaware counsel to local and national financial institutions, trustees, and other parties, and advises and guides them in a range of domestic and international transactions, including asset-backed securitization, structured finance, project finance, equipment finance, traditional leveraged lease, trust preferred, and cross-border transactions. Practice Areas: • Business Transactions, Strategic Planning and Counseling • Commercial Transactions • Corporate Advice • Corporate Governance Counseling • Corporate Trust and Fiduciary Services • Delaware Alternative Entities: LLC, LP, Partnership and Trust • Legal Opinions • Special Committee Representation • Structured Finance Transactions Experience: • Leveraged leases • Asset securitization • Structured finance transactions and business ventures • Limited liability companies, trust, corporate and partnership formation and governance • Statutory and common law trusts • Represented trustee, corporations and other Delaware entities in complex financing transactions including asset backed financings, leveraged leases • Represented trusts, corporations and other Delaware entities in joint ventures, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACS) jstrauss@morrisjames.com 302.888.6848