BRECK N. HANCOCK
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PARTNER
The New York Times Building
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
USA
212.813.8939
Breck Hancock, a partner in Goodwin Procter’s Business Law Department, is a member of the Private Equity and Leveraged Finance Practices and the Technology Companies Group. Her practice focuses primarily on representing private equity and venture capital clients and their portfolio companies. Ms. Hancock joined Goodwin Procter in 2005.
WORK FOR CLIENTS
Ms. Hancock has advised clients on a range of corporate and financing matters, including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and divestitures, private company investments, venture capital transactions, private tender offers, commercial loans, subordinated financing, reorganizations, recapitalizations and general corporate governance.
Ms. Hancock represents investors, issuers, sponsors and lenders in debt and equity financings and serves as outside general corporate counsel for private companies. She has experience advising private equity and venture capital funds on structuring and completing investments and managing portfolio companies.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Ms. Hancock is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association.
MEDIA
Ms. Hancock, along with partner Jamie Hutchinson, co-authored articles for PE Hub and the Venture Capital Journal in 2011 on issues surrounding secondary transfers in private company stock. Ms. Hancock, along with partners Rick Kline and Mike Minahan, co-authored an article for Law 360 in 2012 relating to the securities law changes resulting from adoption of the JOBS Act.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Ms. Hancock is admitted to practice in New York.
RECOGNITION
Ms. Hancock is a recipient of the 2008 Robert B. Fraser Pro Bono Award, given annually by Goodwin Procter. While in law school, she was the Chief Student Editor of the Columbia Journal of East European Law.
EDUCATION
- J.D., 2005
Columbia Law School
(Stone Scholar) - MST, 2002
Moscow International University and The University of Texas
- B.A., 2001
The University of Texas at Austin
(magna cum laude)