Find Lawyers in Denver, Colorado for Corporate Law
Practice Area Overview
Depending on the size of the market in which the lawyer practices and the size of the lawyer’s firm, he or she may be required to handle nearly all of a corporation’s legal matters. In larger firms, the Corporate lawyer with the principal client relationship will be expected to be familiar with all the issues the corporation is likely to confront, but may engage lawyers from other practice areas to assist in matters requiring special expertise, such as securities offerings, tax issues, and litigation.
More than 20 years of deal experience handling bet-the-company transactions. Six years serving as managing partner and CEO of an AmLaw 200 firm. Strategic advisor to business executives. Adam Agron possesses the powerful combination of first-hand experience running a business and a noteworthy track record advising C-level executives and boards of directors. He leads private equity firms, public and private companies and entrepreneurs through mergers and acquisitions, capital raises, leveraged...
Betty leverages extensive corporate finance and M&A transactional experience to guide companies through the entire corporate lifecycle, from formation through growth and planned exit. Her clients include established and emerging growth companies as well as venture capital and other private equity funds. She works with clients in a variety of industries, including software, technology, telecommunications, analytics, medical devices, healthcare, fintech and manufacturing. Betty regularly ac...
Bryan focuses his practice on advising privately-held business and their owners with respect to mergers and acquisitions, entity formation and operation, sales, purchases and leasing of real estate, commercial real estate, private placements of securities, and wills, trusts and business succession planning. Bryan is a past member of the Board of Governors of the Colorado Bar Association.
Education Mr. Coan received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration with honors from the University of Northern Colorado and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Denver. Admissions & Associations Mr. Coan is admitted to practice before all courts in the States of Arizona, Colorado and North Dakota. Mr. Coan currently serves as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Colorado Bar Association’s Business Law Section Council and is the Co-Chair of the Financial Instituti...
Chuck advises companies at all stages of growth, from start-ups to ready-to-exit, helping them successfully raise capital, complete acquisitions and divestitures, and comply with regulatory requirements. Chuck also regularly advises consumer products investment funds in investment rounds. Cultivate Growing Companies: Chuck helps investment funds and growth-oriented clients determine the best way to reach their personal and corporate objectives – from initial formation and financing, thr...
Trusted advisor to multiple ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Deeply engaged in public policy and fundraising for 25 years. Closed numerous multi-billion dollar deals. Steve is an irreplaceable asset to some of the highest profile owners, managers, investors and financiers in the nation. He has negotiated and advised on hundreds of deals over the course of his career, including several high-profile, politically contentious multi-billion-dollar transactions in energy and renewable energy, tele...
As head of the corporate/securities practice, Julie Herzog handles a wide variety of corporate, securities and merger and acquisition transactions. She has handled transactions valued at over $4 billion for major public companies and investment banks and enjoys working with a diverse clientele ranging from Fortune 100 corporations to startups, family offices, and venture capital and private equity funds. Since 2013, Julie negotiated and closed over 100 transactions valued at over $1.5 billion...
More than two decades facilitating successful business transactions. Respected dealmaker in health care industry. Dedicated firm and community leader. Mike King guides clients through their organization’s most pivotal moments. Handling the full range of public and private transactions from asset acquisitions and sales to joint ventures, securing financing to fund growth, mergers and acquisitions, and leveraged buy outs, Mike provides sophisticated counsel to close deals. Rounding out hi...
Pat Linden specializes in business and transactional law. He spent 15 years with the Denver and Boulder offices of large regional and international law firms before founding Linden Law Partners in 2015. Pat has advised companies, entrepreneurs, and investors in hundreds of early-stage and venture capital financings, and has served as lead counsel for M&A transactions ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to $700 million. He has also represented many of the Rocky Mountain region&rs...
Tom regularly counsels clients in mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and complex joint ventures to private equity funds, strategic acquirors, and private sellers operating in several industries, including health care, consumer products, telecommunications, business services, technology and leisure and hospitality. He is also experienced in representing companies and investors in preferred equity, convertible debt, and private placement transactions, as well as lenders and borrowers in levera...
Seasoned, practical, solution-oriented dealmaker. Twenty years of experience closing hundreds of deals with clients ranging from sophisticated private equity buyers to individual owner/entrepreneur sellers. Serves as outside general counsel to leading middle market companies. Gino Maurelli’s middle market M&A and private equity practice spans four decades. Closing deals on the buy and sell side amid both bull and bear markets, he understands how to navigate different environments to...
Peter Moore is the Chairman of the Business Law Department and a member of the real estate practice group for Robinson, Waters and O’Dorisio. He serves as outside general counsel and corporate counsel for many local and regional businesses. Twenty years of experience as a commercial trial lawyer provides Peter with a unique perspective on his business practice and aids in his ability to structure deals and transactions in a way to minimize risk, avoid litigation, and efficiently achieve...
Orchestrated first online gaming deals. Excels in structuring complex commercial arrangements. Trailblazer in the growing sports betting industry. At the forefront of online gaming, Elizabeth Paulsen was the architect behind some of the first access arrangements in the United States. She is recognized as a top sports betting and online gaming attorney and represents the major players in the industry. Elizabeth continues to be a pioneer in the online gaming industry, becoming one the few attor...
Steve works with clients on a broad range of business and transactional matters, including buy-and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and other equity and debt financing, operating agreements, technology transactions, joint ventures, vendor and customer contracts and securities law compliance. He brings a hands-on, experience-based approach tailored to achieving each client’s specific business objectives. Steve also serves as outside general counsel and strategic advise...
Successful track-record of structuring and negotiating complex financing arrangements for both lenders and borrowers. Jay Spader leads the firm's Corporate & Business Department. He represents first- and second-lien senior lenders, mezzanine investors and private equity sponsors in senior debt, mezzanine and private equity financing arrangements. His practice includes a wide range of cash-flow and asset-based credit facilities as well as mezzanine financings. Recognized by Chambers USA as...
Jon is a member of the firm’s Corporate and Environmental practice groups, joining Senn Visciano Canges in 2016. Prior to joining the firm, he was a shareholder at both Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, where he served on the Executive Committee, and Isaacson Rosenbaum P.C., where he was chair of the Business Department and served as Chief Executive Officer of that firm for seven years. Jon serves as outside general counsel for many clients, including a grocery chain, a casino, a food bro...
Mark draws on 35 years in the practice of law to support and advocate for the business interests and legal rights of clients – large national and international corporations, regional interests, middle market, small, and entrepreneurial ventures – in wide ranging litigation, general business, and transactional matters. He serves as trial counsel and advisor on large dollar, corporate governance, officer and director liability, business tort, commercial, financial institutions, and ...
Mike Williams joined Senn Visciano Canges in 2013 as a Director. He has been practicing law for thirty-five years, the majority of which was with an old-line Denver firm. Mike’s practice is, in some fashion, connected to real estate. This includes extensive experience in commercial leasing and tenant relations, acquisition and disposition of office, industrial, retail and multi-family properties, representing real estate professionals in disputes before their boards or in litigation, an...
Holly applies a business-minded approach to advise clients at all stages of growth with their legal needs. Holly has experience working with companies on venture financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, fund formation, commercial agreements, and entity formation and conversion processes. She works with a broad range of clients including strategic buyers, venture funds, and emerging and established brands in the food, beverage, and consumer product goods and technology spaces. Before ...
As the head cannabis licensing practice attorney for Fortis Law Partners, Alyson Jaen specializes in cannabis law, licensing and regulatory compliance as well as general corporate and business law. Alyson advises clients on cannabis licensing and regulatory compliance matters, including representation before the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division, the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses, and other local regulatory agencies. Alyson is committed to compliance and is an expert in many ...
Corporate finance attorney with more than a decade of experience. Focuses on leveraged finance, debt capital markets and fund finance. Brendan Leanos represents financial institutions, direct lenders and private equity funds and their portfolio companies in lending transactions, with experience representing both lenders and borrowers in senior secured loans, second lien and mezzanine loans, and unsecured loans. His expertise also includes advising middle market companies and private equity fu...
Nneka focuses her practice on commercial transactions in the renewable energy and oil and gas industries. Nneka’s experience translates across various aspects of the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry. In each of these sectors, Nneka helps clients navigate complex international and domestic commercial issues arising through the life of each project, including negotiating and drafting applicable agreements, and advising on contract implementation and ...
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