Transactions Only
Mergers and acquisitions, business sales, ownership transactions, and commercial real estate. Nothing else competing for the calendar.
Founding Attorney
Connor Jaffe, J.D./M.B.A.
Founder
Connor Jaffe is the founder of Jaffe Law, a Miami transactional firm representing companies, entrepreneurs, executives, and investors in significant mergers and acquisitions, commercial real estate transactions, and complex negotiations.
He has handled tens of millions of dollars in transactions across a range of industries and deal structures.
At the Negotiating Table
Connor is known for taking an active role at the negotiating table. Having represented parties on both sides of significant transactions, he understands that the best result rarely comes from fighting over every point. It comes from knowing where the leverage is, understanding what the other side actually needs, and pushing hardest on the terms that matter most.
His clients hire him to help drive the transaction, not simply document it. Connor works directly with opposing counsel and the principals involved, navigates issues with lenders and landlords, and stays involved from the first meaningful negotiation through closing. He is comfortable making the call, taking a position, and finding a path forward when a deal gets difficult.
Professional Background
Connor started in business and commercial real estate transactions at a Miami firm. He went on to handle commercial real estate matters for a Fortune 500 company in New York City, and then to negotiate contracts for elite professional athletes at a global sports agency.
Institutional real estate showed him how large transactions are actually assembled and where they quietly fall apart. Representing athletes meant negotiating against parties with more leverage, more money, and no particular reason to move. Both sit behind how he handles a deal now.
Education
Connor earned his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law and his M.B.A. from the University of Miami Herbert Business School. The dual degree is why he reads a transaction as economics before he reads it as language. A structure can be flawless on the page and still be the wrong structure for the client, and telling the difference is most of the value an attorney adds to a deal.
How He Works
Every transaction turns on a handful of terms, and a much longer list that will never matter. Connor spends his time on the handful. In practice that means understanding what the client is trying to accomplish, finding the risks worth spending leverage on, and getting the documents to say what both sides believe they agreed to.
Clients hear from him directly. There is no layer between the person who negotiated the terms and the person explaining them.
Outside the Office
Connor is a 4 handicap golfer and a competitive tennis player, and he shoots photography when he can. He takes the view that the professional relationships worth having are built on candor, being reachable, and treating people well.