Elizabeth Gaines Penn

Associate

502.562.7261 O
502.589.0309 F
Louisville, KY
Practices and Industries
Corporate & SecuritiesMergers & Acquisitions
Overview
Experience
Credentials

Elizabeth Penn is a member of the firm’s Corporate & Securities team. She counsels clients regarding mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. She also provides operational, regulatory and transactional support to an array of clients.

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REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

  • Representation of medical providers in the sale of their practice to a larger health system.
  • Representation of a strategic buyer in its acquisition of several regional general contracting companies.
  • Representation of a national safety equipment company in its sale to an international strategic buyer. 
  • Representation of a strategic buyer in its acquisition of several regional engineering firms.
  • Representation of a regional liquor chain in its sale to a strategic buyer.
  • Representation of an international corporation in its management of several hundred U.S. entities. 
  • Representation of borrowers in commercial lending transactions, including real estate and asset based financing.

EDUCATION

J.D., University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, valedictorian, 2019

  • Editor in Chief of the University of Louisville Law Review
  • Recipient of 13 CALI Awards
  • Dean’s List

B.S., Centre College, magna cum laude, 2016 (Economics and Finance)

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Junior Marshall
  • Bonner Scholars Program

ADMISSIONS

Kentucky

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Clerk for the Honorable Thomas B. Russell, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, 2019-20
  • Intern for the Honorable Rebecca Grady Jennings, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, 2019
  • Summer Associate, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, 2018
  • Legal Intern, Churchill Downs Incorporated, 2017-2018
  • Research Assistant, Professor Manning Warren, Brandeis School of Law, 2017-2019

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

Kentucky Bar Association

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

  • Young Professionals Association of Louisville Board Member, Director of Community Outreach, 2021
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana, 2017-2019

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