CHICAGO, October 23, 2023―Brian P. Kerwin is among an outstanding list of Lawdragon's 500 Leading Dealmakers in America for 2024. The fourth edition of the guide selected lawyers with experience in M&A, corporate, securities, private equity, tax, real estate, tech transactions and licensing, health care, life sciences, emerging companies and IPOs. Per the article, “these attorneys have swagger beyond belief for creating multibillion dollar mergers and other deals that changed the course of industries. They chart the fates of corporations and thousands of employees in a heartbeat, working on a global scale with a staggering level of complexity where success comes down to the details of the deal. These are the lawyers who know how to get the deal done.”
Brian P. Kerwin is chairman of Duane Morris' Corporate Practice Group, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and national governing Partners Board. Under Kerwin’s leadership over the last eight years, the Corporate Practice Group grew from 65 lawyers to 200 and tripled the number of women and diverse corporate attorneys. The firm’s 200 corporate lawyers are resident across 21 of the 24 offices across the U.S. and London, Singapore and Vietnam. Kerwin was a co-founder of the firm’s profitable Chicago office 24 years ago.
Kerwin has extensive experience representing business entities, lenders, private equity funds and entrepreneurs in various business and financing transactions, including acquisition financings (private equity fund sponsored), syndicated secured loan transactions, healthcare financings, asset-based financings, recurring revenue technology financings, venture debt financings, the buying and selling of companies, fund formations and equity investments. Brian prides himself on delivering high-quality legal work efficiently and responsively.
Kerwin has led more than 550 financing transactions and over 175 company sale/purchase transactions. His clients have been located across the United States and have been involved in a myriad of businesses, including manufacturing, distribution, fintech, banking, healthcare, education, defense/military, fashion/retail, plastics, packaging, food and beverage, nutrition, pharmaceutical, technology, transportation logistics, automotive, lodging, gaming, home improvement, outsourcing and human resources, safety/test engineering and product safety, software, telecommunications, home and lawn care, investment management and private equity, among others.
For 10 consecutive years from 2013 to 2023, Kerwin has been included in U.S. News/Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law. He was rated as "Highly Regarded" for Banking and Finance work by IFLR1000 for five consecutive years (2019-2023), and for 12 consecutive years (2006-2017), he was selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business directory (for Corporate/M&A: Private Equity).
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