Education
Wayne State University, J.D., MBA
Miami University (Ohio), B.S.
Bar Admissions
- Michigan
Alexander Jerome is a corporate attorney who advises clients on matters including mergers and acquisitions, distribution agreements, joint ventures, and strategic corporate structuring.
Alex counsels clients with their domestic and international commercial transactions, ITAR and export control compliance issues, corporate governance, and with building, demonstrating, and protecting the value of their intellectual property rights.
Alex counsels and advises clients with: construing and complying with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) applicable to both client defense prime contractors and subcontractors (including those flow-downs applicable subcontractors); understanding mandatory or optional nature of FAR and DFARS flow-down clauses included in client customer contracts and client-vendor contracts; meeting government mandates for U.S. content under The Buy American Act and Berry Amendment; and understanding U.S. Government rights to client Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and protecting client contractor/subcontractor IRP under the FAR and DFARS, including identifying client contractor/subcontractor IPR in solicitation responses, placement of restrictive IPR markings, and inclusion of protective IPR contract clauses.
Representative experience includes:
- Government contracts compliance and ethics matters
- Bid protests (pre-award and post)
- Mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence and novations
- Request for Equitable Adjustment (REA)
- Suspension and debarment proceedings, including security clearance suspensions
- Disputes with the government, including claims and terminations
- Government and internal investigations
- Contractor disclosures, both voluntary and mandatory
- Counseling on intellectual property data rights
Alex previously worked as Senior Director of Administration & Finance at Wayne State University, where he managed federal contract compliance, finance and operations.
Honors
Best Lawyers, "Ones to Watch," Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, 2021-present
Civic, Cultural & Social Activities
City of Birmingham, Design Review Board
Cranbrook Kingswood Alumni Association
Speeches
"Foreign Compliance With U.S. Reexport Controls," World Export Control Review webinar, April 22, 2021