Lippes Mathias

Headquartered in Buffalo, Lippes Mathias‘s mergers and acquisitions attorneys have extensive experience counseling entities and investment groups in connection with stock and asset purchases, mergers, and divestitures, representing everything from local family-owned businesses to large public companies.  Leader of the firm’s corporate and mergers & acquisitions practice team, Brendan J. Rich focuses on all aspects of corporate law, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, securities offerings, and related private equity/venture capital actions. Rich counsels clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies in a broad range of industries. Based in Buffalo, Brian J. Bocketti is experienced in transactional and general corporate law. Bocketti works with public, private, and closely-held companies and PE firms in matters ranging from corporate counseling to large strategic transactions. Also in Buffalo, John J. Koeppel serves as the leader of the firm’s Private Equity and Independent Sponsor practices and has extensive experience handling M&A deals, fund formations, and other investments for leading funds, sponsors, investors, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. Co-leader of the firm’s corporate practice team, Christian M. Lovelace, based in Buffalo, routinely directs a variety of complex business and financial legal matters in relation to business succession, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and compliance structuring.