Mr Louis Rappaport > Blank Rome LLP > Philadelphia, United States > Lawyer Profile

Blank Rome LLP
130 NORTH 18TH STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-6998
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions

Position

Louis Rappaport concentrates his practice on business and corporate matters, with specific emphasis on emerging and middle market businesses.  Mr. Rappaport advises clients in a wide range of industries in the following areas:

  • mergers and acquisitions
  • venture capital and private equity funding transactions
  • securities offerings
  • corporate finance matters
  • strategic alliances and joint ventures
  • intellectual property/technology licensing and transfer matters
  • executive employment and compensation matters
  • business formation and planning

In addition to his Corporate M&A practice, Mr. Rappaport chairs the Blank Rome Venture Group, which serves emerging and venture backed companies and their financing sources.

 

Since 1997, Mr. Rappaport has served as a lecturer for a number of courses at Villanova University School of Law, including “Business Acquisitions” and “Counseling Emerging Businesses.” For more information about Mr. Rappaport, please click here to view his full biography.

Lawyer Rankings

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

Focused on domestic and global private equity and strategic transactions, Blank Rome LLP is active in a multitude of sectors, including tech, manufacturing, and healthcare. Corporate clients of all sizes turn to the team for assistance in the full spectrum of public and private M&A transactions, take-privates and employee stock ownership plan acquisition deals. Louis Rappaport in Philadelphia serves as outside counsel to a myriad of business clients, both in relation to transactional and corporate governance issues. He oversees the practice alongside two partners based in New York: Peter Schnur, whose areas of expertise range from private equity deals to corporate divestitures and finance, and Kathleen Cunningham, who brings together experience in M&A, securities offering and SEC reporting.