Stephen Jacobs
Vice Chair & General Counsel
Stephen Jacobs
Stephen Jacobs is a graduate of Columbia University Law School and the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. He spent most of his professional career with Weil, Gotshal & Manges in its New York office and headed its corporate practice for many years. He retired as a senior partner at the end of 2004 and began serving as counsel to Leucadia National Corporation (now Jefferies Financial Group). He has been involved in many major corporate acquisitions and dispositions, both of the negotiated and “hostile” variety.
Stephen Jacobs and his wife began coming to Palm Beach in 2006. He has served on Bellarias’ Board of Directors since 2007 and been President since 2012.
He is proud of their four children and seven grandchildren.
