Jason C. Harmon

Jason is an experienced business attorney who is focused on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, securities compliance, public and private equity and debt offerings, and other corporate matters.  Jason’s practice emphasizes high technology and emerging growth companies, together with businesses in many other industries. 

Jason has been responsible for public company acquisitions having a combined value of more than US$9 billion, together with dozens of privately-held M&A transactions. In his equity offering and debt offering experience, Jason has been both company counsel and banker's counsel. He has been responsible for more than 35 public securities transactions raising proceeds of more than US$12 billion.

The respected English publisher Chambers & Partners has repeatedly named Jason in Chambers USA. Chambers has called him a "well regarded" lawyer who is viewed as "an expert in corporate and securities law," "focused and results-driven," acclaimed for "anticipating and spotting issues" and "praised for his 'exceptional sensitivity' to client needs." "Sources say he is 'exceptionally smart, very thorough and extremely easy to work with'" and that he "provides a great service, is very efficient and able to hone in on the important issues, and manages transactions very well." One client told Chambers, "his work, as always, has been stellar. He has provided exemplary service to me." Market observers have described him as a "sound, technical lawyer" who "always has a sense of calm around him even if the situation gets out of hand."  Jason has also been repeatedly recognized in The Legal 500 United States and described as a "technically very solid and level-headed lawyer" with "deep capital markets experience."

Prior to joining ZLG in January 2021, Jason was a partner for over a dozen years at DLA Piper, after joining the firm as an associate in 1996.  He obtained his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Washington and Lee University and received his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh. 

​Jason resides outside of Baltimore, Maryland.