Jess practices corporate law, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments. As an attorney and former investment banker, she has advised private company boards of directors, founders, investors and C-suite executives and facilitated the execution of complex transactions.
Prior to joining McGuireWoods, Jess was a director for a middle market investment bank specializing in sell-side and buy-side transactions. Prior to investment banking, Jess practiced corporate and M&A law as an associate for large international law firms.
Jess received her Juris Doctorate from the University of North Carolina School of Law where she graduated with honors and was a member of the North Carolina Banking Institute Journal. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she graduated with highest distinction and was a Morehead-Cain Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.