As a CEO, private equity partner, investment banker, and lawyer, Jakes has structured, negotiated, managed, and consummated nearly every form of corporate transaction, including corporate reorganizations, leveraged and management buyouts, mergers-of-equals, tender offers, leveraged recapitalizations, joint ventures, going private acquisitions, venture capital transactions, hedge fund formations, and public offerings of debt and equity securities, with a collective transaction value in excess of $5 billion.
He has represented numerous middle and lower-middle market companies in corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, banking, and corporate control transactions. On the institutional side, he has represented leading private equity funds, venture capital investors, and hedge funds in public and private transactions.
- Founder of Arniston Media, a media company dedicated to creating entertainment that enlightens, inspires, and compels social change.
- Producer and Director of “APEX SURVIVAL,” a documentary film about a global team of shark experts and environmental advocates exploring the mysteries behind the declining Great White shark population in South Africa.
- Operating Partner of a South Africa-based private equity fund focused on creating meaningful employment opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa.
- President & CEO of The UniMark Group, Inc., a multinational public company with over 6,000 employees. During his tenure, he managed a “going private” transaction and structured the subsequent sale of its Sunfresh® branded cut fruit business to Del Monte Foods and its fresh fruit and juice division to a leading Mexican orange juice producer.
Mr. Jordaan began his career as a corporate/securities lawyer and served as Chairman of the Securities Section of the Dallas Bar Association. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the SMU School of Law, where he served as an Editor of the law review. He also received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Cum Laude) and a Bachelor of Business Administration (Cum Laude) from Southern Methodist University.