Elizabeth Gaines Penn

Associate

Practices and Industries

Corporate & Securities Mergers & Acquisitions

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.

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

Elizabeth Gaines Penn

Associate

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

EDUCATION

ADMISSIONS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

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