Karen McConnell > Ballard Spahr LLP > Phoenix, United States > Lawyer Profile
Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
1 EAST WASHINGTON STREET
SUITE 2300
PHOENIX, AZ 85004-2555
ARIZONA
United States
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Karen McConnell
Work Department
Business and Transactions Department, Private Equity Group
Position
Partner and Co-Leader of Ballard Spahr’s Private Equity Group
Career
Karen C. McConnell is Co-Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr’s Private Equity Group and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. She concentrates her practice in the areas of corporate and securities law, with emphasis on M&A and private equity investment transactions. She has closed more than 400 transactions for buyers and sellers in her career. Karen is a member of the elected Board at Ballard Spahr, and serves on the firm’s Diversity Committee.
Admissions: Arizona
Publications:
Speaker, Insurance in M&A Transactions (February 2019);
Panel Moderator, Conducting Effective Internal Investigations (November 2018);
Presentation Moderator, Applying Business Models to In-House Legal Departments (October 2018);
Speaker and Panelist, Arizona Women in Leadership Symposium (March 2016)
Memberships
Member of the Board of Trustees,
Chair of the Board Development Committee, Member of the Finance and Investment Committee and the Audit Committee,
Barrow Neurological Foundation
Education
University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D. 1984);
Ohio University (B.B.A. 1981)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
With notable strengths in the Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania markets, the team at Ballard Spahr LLP assists a wide range of public and private companies with all aspects of their buy-and sell-side transactions and merger negotiations. In Philadelphia, practice co-head Brian Doerner is well versed in cross-border transactions. Co-head Barbara Rummel is based in Minneapolis and has developed a strong market reputation for her ability to advise on deals in the pharma and healthcare sectors. Rummel’s Minneapolis colleague Maggie Tatton is noted for her private equity expertise and handles buyouts in industries such as food distribution and engineering. Phoenix-based Karen McConnell is noted for her in-depth understanding of corporate and securities law. Seasoned transactional attorney Gregory Seltzer has a focus on venture capital clients and growth companies and operates from the firm’s Philadelphia office. Michael Kuhn, a Minneapolis-based expert on strategic investments and capital raising transactions, is another name to note.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense