Jessica C. Pearlman

Jessica Pearlman is a partner in the firm’s Corporate group and is based out of the Seattle office. Jessica represents emerging and established companies in various corporate, governance, and finance matters, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions for both public and private clients, domestic and international. She has particular depth of experience in various technology sectors, including healthcare applications, software, social media, data security, data storage, mobile applications, search and search engine optimization, and AI as well as in energy, digital and traditional media, biotechnology, and transportation.

Jessica is vice chair of the American Bar Association’s M&A Committee, is a former chair of the M&A Committee’s Market Trends Subcommittee, and has served as chair since 2010 of its flagship Private Target M&A Deal Points Study.

She is a frequent presenter on mergers and acquisitions topics and is listed in the Chambers USA guide as a leader in Corporate/M&A and listed in the Best Lawyers in America^® in Mergers and Acquisitions Law, in The International Who’s Who of Merger and Acquisition Lawyers, in Who’s Who Legal, and as one of the Top Women Attorneys in Washington, as well as being selected to the Washington Super Lawyers list. Jessica was also selected by Lawyer Monthly for a Women in Law Recognition Award. Jessica has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Washington School of Law and Seattle University School of Law and as a member of the Thomson Reuters Business Law Solutions Advisory Board and is a member of the Practical Law Company Corporate Advisory Board.