JAKE MCDONOUGH
Senior Associate

Jake is a Senior Associate at Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres. Jake represents emerging companies, founders, and investors in a variety of venture capital financing matters, including private placements, equity and debt financings, and other capital-raising transactions. Jake also advises venture backed companies of all stages, from formation through exit, in various corporate governance matters, including company formation, strategic decision-making, commercial contracts, and various day-to-day challenges and opportunities.

Prior to joining the firm, Jake practiced law at Sidley Austin LLP and Troutman Pepper Locke LLP. He received his J.D. from Emory University School of Law with high honors. While at Emory, he served as notes and comment editor for the Emory Law Journal and was a member of Emory’s TI:GER Program, a joint program with Georgia Tech focused on commercializing technology developed by engineering and health sciences doctoral candidates.