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Ballard Spahr LLP Offices

Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 MARKET STREET, 51ST FLOOR
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7599
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Brian Doerner

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Work Department

Business and Transactions

Position

Partner and Practice Co-Leader of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group

Career

Brian D. Doerner is a Practice Co-Leader of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Brian also is the former Chair of the Business and Transactions Department, former Co-Leader of the Life Sciences Industry Group, and he served for six months as the interim general counsel for a NYSE-listed multinational company.

Brian has over 30 years of experience representing both public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, cross-border transactions, and corporate governance matters. He has negotiated numerous strategic alliances and licensing agreements for life sciences, technology, manufacturing, and other companies. In the area of securities law, Brian has handled numerous private placements, private equity transactions, tender offers, initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, and 144A transactions.

Admissions: Pennsylvania

Memberships

Entrepreneurs’ Forum, past President and Director

Philadelphia Bar Association, Business Law Section

Life Sciences PA, Board Advocacy Committee

People’s Light & Theatre Company, Former President, Honorary Board of Trustees

Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Philadelphia, Past Board Member

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., cum laude)
Senior Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review; Member, Order of the Coif

University of Michigan (M.B.A., with honors)
Member, Beta Gamma Sigma

University of Delaware (B.A., magna cum laude)

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)

With notable strengths in the Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania markets, the team at Ballard Spahr LLP assists a wide range of public and private companies with all aspects of their buy-and sell-side transactions and merger negotiations. In Philadelphia, practice co-head Brian Doerner is well versed in cross-border transactions. Co-head Barbara Rummel is based in Minneapolis and has developed a strong market reputation for her ability to advise on deals in the pharma and healthcare sectors. Rummel’s Minneapolis colleague Maggie Tatton is noted for her private equity expertise and handles buyouts in industries such as food distribution and engineering. Phoenix-based Karen McConnell is noted for her in-depth understanding of corporate and securities law. Seasoned transactional attorney Gregory Seltzer has a focus on venture capital clients and growth companies and operates from the firm’s Philadelphia office. Michael Kuhn, a Minneapolis-based expert on strategic investments and capital raising transactions, is another name to note.

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