Jack Ritossa

Jack's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, where he represents both buyers and sellers in stock and equity sales, asset acquisitions, mergers, and related corporate restructurings. He has advised clients across a broad range of industries, including transportation and logistics, health care and life sciences, technology, accounting and professional services, retail, infrastructure services, and energy technology. He is also a member of the Firm's AI Power User Group, where he assists other members of the Corporate Group with AI implementation. In addition to his transactional practice, Jack handles technology-related and commercial contracts, including the preparation, review, and negotiation of Master Services Agreements (MSAs) and Software as a Service (SaaS) agreements.

Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Jack clerked for an international law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., where he handled corporate matters in the Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Group. His experience included helping clients establish regulatory practices that comply with U.S. federal and state regulations, as well as regulations from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and state-level regulators.

• Baker Donelson Represents BluShark Digital in Herringbone Digital Acquisition - Mergers and Acquisitions

• Represented the nation's largest marine drayage and transportation and logistics provider in the sale of a 51 percent stake in the company, at an enterprise value of $1.2 billion, to a Swiss global transportation and logistics company.

• Represented an automotive and energy manufacturer in connection with product/service agreements worth more than $1 billion.

• Managed internal teams in the representation of an automotive and energy manufacturer in connection with product/service agreements worth more than $1.6 billion.

• Represented a health care IT and SaaS platform in its $460 million merger with a private equity-backed health care company.

• Represented a global accounting and business services firm in its approximately $360 million acquisition by a top-five accounting firm through a series of mergers.

• Represented a family-owned transportation, logistics, and global supply chain solutions company in the approximately $90 million sale of all of its wholly owned subsidiaries to a private equity buyer.

• Represented a pharmacy group in the $68 million sale of the outstanding equity interests in its affiliated entities to a private equity buyer, plus additional consideration in rollover equity.

• Represented a data processing and print-and-mail services provider to the mortgage servicing market in its $51.6 million acquisition by a private equity firm.

• Represented a Louisiana-based industrial equipment rental business in a complex internal restructuring and $45 million sale of its membership interests to private equity buyers.

• Represented a global accounting and advisory firm in its acquisition of a Colorado-based accounting firm specializing in dental practices.

• Represented a private equity firm in its approximately $36 million acquisition of 100 percent of the equity of a men's and women's retail clothing company.

• Represented a global accounting and advisory firm in its acquisition of a Massachusetts-based accounting firm.

• Represented a private equity platform company in its purchase of all of the outstanding equity interests of an orthopedics company for up to $31 million, including an earnout.

• Represented an industrial water and wastewater infrastructure contractor in its $27 million acquisition of substantially all the assets of a Virginia-based contracting and engineering firm.

• Represented an electric utility construction company in its acquisition of a New Hampshire-based electric utility construction company.

• Represented a Nashville-based engineering, design, consulting, and planning firm in its $10.5 million acquisition of all capital stock of a 106-year-old Florida-based horizontal infrastructure firm, which will continue to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary.

• Represented an energy technology company in the sale of its containerized battery storage and charging business line and related intellectual property in exchange for ongoing sales commissions and an equity stake in the buyer.

• Baker Donelson Represents Cumberland Pharmaceuticals in Strategic Transaction to Integrate Commercial Business with Apotex (April 24, 2026)
• Baker Donelson Represents BluShark Digital in Herringbone Digital Acquisition (January 21, 2026)
• Baker Donelson Represents IMC Logistics in Strategic Partnership Agreement with Kuehne+Nagel (December 5, 2024)
• Baker Donelson Represents Equinox Information Systems in Acquisition by Valsoft Corporation (September 12, 2024)
• Baker Donelson Represents S&S Health in Growth Investment from Lovell Minnick Partners (October 16, 2023)
• Baker Donelson Adds 14 Associates Firm-Wide (May 8, 2023)