Overview
Jason Deppen is an architect of project finance transactions and a counselor to public companies on SEC reporting requirements, stock exchange listing standards, disclosure issues and corporate governance matters. Jason also has experience in public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate counseling.
Public Companies
Jason advises on Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Securities Act of 1933 matters, including:- Stock exchange listing standards
- Periodic reporting
- Trading and disclosure practices
- Proxy regulation and accounting and internal control requirements
He also counsels on audit committee, corporate governance and compensation plan matters.
Capital Markets and Securities
Jason works with issuers, underwriters and placement agents in public and private securities offerings, including underwritten public offerings of debt and equity securities, confidentially marketed public offerings, at-the-market equity offering programs, tender offers and private placements.
Project Finance
Jason counsels nationally recognized alternative energy and renewable chemical companies as well as investment banks, senior lenders, junior lenders and equity sponsors in financing biofuels, waste-to-energy, biogas and renewable chemicals projects. He advises on using tax-exempt or taxable bonds and applying for and using federally sponsored loan guarantee programs.
Financial Services Experience
Before becoming a lawyer, Jason worked as an internal auditor within the capital markets product areas of Bank One Corporation and as a senior financial services consultant with BearingPoint, Inc.Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Indiana
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Education
Notre Dame Law School
J.D. cum laude (2007)
Indiana University
B.S. in Business Administration (1997)
Experience
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July 2019 1 min readVonore Fiber Products Secures $118M in FinancingCorporate Group Public Companies and Governance
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June 2019 1 min readPublic Offering of $37.0 Million Principal Amount of 6.0% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2029Banking and Finance Financial Services Corporate Group Public Companies and Governance
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June 2018 1 min readFirst Internet Bancorp Completes $57.5 Million Follow-on Offering of Common StockBanking and Finance Corporate Group Capital Markets
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November 2017 1 min readInvestment Bank Places $24M in Project Bonds to Finance Ethyl Acetate FacilityFinancial Services Investment Banking Lending and Finance Corporate Group Environment and Energy
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September 2017 1 min readFirst Internet Bancorp Completes $55 Million Follow-on Offering of Common StockCorporate Group Capital Markets
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December 2016 1 min readZimmer Biomet Completes Public Offering of €1B Principal Amount of Senior NotesMedical Devices and Products Health and Life Sciences Corporate Group Capital Markets
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2016 1 min readZimmer Biomet Stockholders Complete Secondary Offerings of Common StockMedical Devices and Products Health and Life Sciences Corporate Group Capital Markets
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- Wills for Heroes
Professional Associations
- Indianapolis Bar Association
- Indiana State Bar Association
Civic Activities
- Indianapolis Zoo — Advisory Council, 2014
- ATHENA PowerLink — Executive Advisory Panel, 2013
- Indianapolis Bar Association Bar Leader Series — Participant, Class VIII
Honors
- Indiana Super Lawyers — Rising Star, Securities & Corporate Finance, 2012-17