Jay Diamond

Adjunct Professor
Elisabeth Haub School of Law
Corporate and Business Law
Intellectual Property, Technology and Information
Securities Law

Jay Diamond

Biography

Adjunct Professor Jay Diamond has been teaching at Haub Law since 2016. He is an effective and creative lawyer, collaborator, and dealmaker, with more than 30 years of experience guiding companies through complex legal and business issues in fast-moving circumstances.

Professor Diamond is a former Senior Vice President, and Chief Counsel, at CA Technologies, where he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, capital transactions, and banking transactions, among other matters. Before that he was a Partner at Holtzmann, Wise & Shepard, where he represented clients in technology, pharmaceuticals and investment banks in various corporate matters. He was also an Associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP, where his corporate practice focused on banking, public and private equity, debt transactions, M&A and strategic investment and joint venture transactions.

Education

  • BA, Franklin & Marshall College
  • JD, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Courses Taught

Areas of Interest

Strategic Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Cross-border Transactions, Capital Markets Transactions, Corporate Governance/ Divestitures, Securities Offerings, Board Involvement, General Corporate Matters, Licensing and Distribution, Joint Ventures, Securities Law Compliance, Intellectual Property Rights, SEC Reporting, D&O Insurance, Banking Relationships, Litigation Management, Ethics and Compliance