John Koeppel
Private Equity / Independent Sponsor Leader at Lippes Mathias LLP
- Role
- Partner and Private Equity Independent Sponsor Leader at Lippes Mathias LLP
- Location
- Buffalo, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Koeppel
Private equity / mergers & acquisitions / corporate deal attorney with leading…
Experience
Partner and Private Equity Independent Sponsor Leader
Jan 2016 — Present
John J. Koeppel is the Leader of the Private Equity and Independent Sponsor Teams at Lippes Mathias. John is a corporate lawyer who has successfully structured, negotiated and closed over 250 transactions in his 25+ year career, which typically involve mergers and acquisitions, fund formations, qualified opportunity zones, and various private equity transactions (including co-investments, venture financings and cross-border deals). He acts as counsel to a number of leading funds, independent sponsors, institutional investors and middle market companies focused on buy-out, venture, real estate, intellectual property, fund-of-funds, co-investments, secondaries and other strategies. He also often acts as US counsel to non-US clients on their US private equity and investment fund transactions. On the M&A / private equity transactions side, Mr. Koeppel has advised on deals from $5 million to $250 million+ in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, technology, consumer goods, food, distribution, business services, cleantech and medical / health care. Mr Koeppel also has extensive experience in Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) and Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) transactions. He is a frequent speaker at a number of leading private equity and M&A events. Mr. Koeppel and his team take a pro-active and practical approach to helping clients make connections and successfully navigating the various legal challenges in any private equity transaction. Prior to joining Lippes, he was a partner in the private equity and investment funds group of an AmLaw 100 firm. John is highly ranked by Chambers USA: America\'s Leading Lawyers for Business (Mergers & Acquisition / Corporate Law; Investment Funds) and Chambers Global: World\'s Leading Lawyers for Business (Investment Funds). In addition, John was recently selected to join the Vistage Trusted Advisor Group.
Education
University at Buffalo School of Law
JD
State University of New York at Buffalo
JD / MBA
Skills
- Private Equity
- Joint Ventures
- Private Placements
- New York Corporate Law
- Venture Capital
- Structuring
- Lbo
- Cross-Border Transactions
- Fund Formation
- Corporate Law
- Corporate Transactions
- Mergers
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