BUFFALO, N.Y. – John J. Koeppel, Lippes Mathias LLP Partner and Team Leader of the firm’s Private Equity Team, presented during a panel discussion titled “Putting a Deal Together,” at the Upstate Capital Association of New York’s 2021 Private Equity Summit. The event, hosted at Resurgence Brewing Company in Buffalo, N.Y., was attended by a number of investors, deal makers and M&A professionals who spoke about the latest private equity activity across New York and beyond.

John J. Koeppel is a corporate lawyer who has successfully structured, negotiated, and closed over 250 transactions in the past two decades, which typically involve mergers and acquisitions, fund formations and investments, and various private equity transactions (including co-investments, venture financings and cross-border deals). He also works with clients on reviewing/structuring their Qualified Opportunity Zone and Qualified Small Business Stock investments. John acts as counsel to a number of leading funds, independent sponsors, middle market companies, institutional investors, and high net worth investors focused on buy-out, growth, 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. He also serves as a director for several private equity-backed companies.

About Upstate Capital Association of New York

Upstate Capital is a robust membership network for private equity investors, M&A professionals, venture capital investors, CEOs and business owners, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem support professionals. The Upstate Capital Association of New York is a 501c6 membership association built by venture capital and Private Equity investors and professionals. The organization was founded in 2003. The organization supports the Capital Foundation of NY, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization that supports education and entrepreneurship development.

Lippes Mathias is a full-service law firm with more than 135 attorneys serving clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. With offices in Buffalo, Albany, Rochester, and New York, N.Y.; Greater Toronto Area; Chicago, Ill.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Washington, D.C., the firm represents publicly and privately-owned companies, private equity and venture capital firms, real estate developers, financial institutions, municipalities, governmental entities, and individuals.