Aaron R. Fenton

Aaron is a corporate attorney who focuses his practice on a broad range of corporate transactions, including early-stage and venture financings, licensing and commercial technology transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and securities transactions. Aaron advises private companies as they grow and evolve, from formation through daily operations, equity and debt financings, corporate governance, and venture capital transactions. Aaron also has experience representing clients in a variety of capital markets transactions. He advises companies across many industries, including technology, software, biotechnology, life sciences, and financial services.

Prior to joining Mintz, Aaron was an associate and earlier a summer associate at a global law firm. In those roles, he worked primarily on litigation matters, including a complex deal dispute and a response to an SEC subpoena and insider trading investigation. He also conducted litigation due diligence to support transaction teams.

While earning his JD, Aaron interned with the United States Attorney’s Office in the District of Connecticut and UConn Law’s Asylum and Human Rights Clinic, where he helped a family gain asylum and permanent residency in the United States. He was also a judicial intern for the Honorable Michael P. Shea in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. In law school, Aaron served as executive editor of the Connecticut Law Review and executive director of the Connecticut Moot Court Board.

Before law school, Aaron worked in the administration of former Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy as a senior associate in policy and government affairs. During his tenure, he developed policy on a wide range of issues, including economic development, criminal justice, higher education, workforce development, and transit improvements. He also served as the regional field director in Governor Malloy’s 2014 reelection campaign and campaign coordinator for former Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman for her 2010 campaign.