Jesse D. Delanoy

Principal

Washington Area: Phone 301.575.0301 | Fax 301.575.0335
Baltimore Area: Phone 443.738.1501 | Fax 443.738.1535
jdelanoy@offitkurman.com

Practice Areas
Business Formation and Governance
Business Transactions
Non-Profit Entities
Real Estate

Practice Focus
Jesse Delanoy serves as outside general counsel to many privately owned businesses, non-profit entities and senior business executives by advising them on complex business planning and transactional issues.  Mr. Delanoy offers firm clients more than 20 years of experience in providing strategic advice and planning on various matters, including business expansions, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, real estate transfers and commercial financing.  He provides sophisticated yet comprehensible legal and tax analysis on various transactional issues and prepares agreements and other legal documents as required to close business deals.  Mr. Delanoy also routinely advises clients on corporate organizational matters, such as entity structuring, board of directors and corporate governance, directors' fiduciary duties, and director and officer indemnification.

Education
J.D. (with Honors), University of Maryland School of Law, 1984
B.A. (Economics), Stanford University, 1979

Bar and Court Admissions
Maryland

Points of Distinction
Mr. Delanoy was instrumental in designing and implementing a corporate reorganization of a large national non-profit organization. He also represented the buyers of a business outside of Philadelphia in a multi-million dollar transaction, with principal responsibility for negotiating and drafting all transaction documents, coordinating the due diligence review and closing the deal.

Activities
Mr. Delanoy represents Offit Kurman as a member of the Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber. Mr. Delanoy previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce and the Pikesville Chamber of Commerce and is a past President of both the Pikesville Chamber of Commerce and the Optimist Club of Baltimore.

Publications/Speeches
Mr. Delanoy has delivered various speeches regarding business succession planning and the use of ESOPs as an exit strategy for business owners. Mr. Delanoy has also written articles on phantom equity deferred compensation arrangements for executives, the limitation of liability in the sale of a business, and general contract issues for business owners.