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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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Gregory Seltzer

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Position

Partner

Career

Gregory L. Seltzer is an experienced transactional attorney who utilizes and combines his knowledge of legal, accounting, and business principles to provide comprehensive, practical, and creative business law services. He holds an MBA, is a Certified Public Accountant (currently inactive), and previously worked as an auditor and tax consultant for Ernst & Young, LLP.

He concentrates his practice on public and private merger and acquisition transactions, including private equity and venture capital financing transactions, securities offerings, and spin-out transactions.

Greg is a Practice Leader of the firm’s Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Group. He represents entrepreneurs, startups and emerging companies in cutting-edge industries, including SaaS, virtual currency, biotech, mobile applications, and cloud-based technology, among others. He also represents venture capital firms, family office investors, and angel investors – allowing his practice to be informed by both perspectives. He co-founded and leads the firm’s widely recognized accelerator program: Ballard Academy for Student Entrepreneurs (BASE).

Admissions

Pennsylvania

Memberships

Philadelphia Youth Basketball, Inc.

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts

Education

Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (M.B.A., J.D. 2003, cum laude)
Member, Temple Law Review; Recipient, Benjamin Winderman award for scholastic achievement in Temple University’s J.D./M.B.A. program

Pennsylvania State University (B.S. 1998)

Lawyer Rankings

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

(Leading lawyers)

Gregory Seltzer – Ballard Spahr LLP

With a strong national footprint, Ballard Spahr LLP demonstrates strength advising buyers and sellers – ranging from privately held companies to multinational public corporations and private equity funds – on middle and lower-middle market M&A. Brian Doerner, who is a key contact for life sciences transactions in the Philadelphia office, and Barbara Rummel in Minneapolis, who has completed numerous transactions involving public and privately held businesses, serve as co-leaders of the firm’s M&A group. Co-head of the private equity practice Maggie Tatton in Minneapolis and Gregory Seltzer, who oversees the emerging companies and venture capital department, are other key contacts. Based in Phoenix, Karen McConnell specializes in corporate and securities law, and has a wealth of experience in both strategic M&A and private equity investments.

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