Barry Abelson represents public and private companies in mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and public and private offerings of, and investments in, equity and debt securities. Boards of directors, independent board committees, and the senior management of companies rely on Barry for strategic, governance, disclosure, and transactional matters.
Barry serves on the boards of directors of Operation Warm, a nonprofit which distributes new winter coats and shoes to less fortunate children nationally, and Holocaust Music Lost and Found, a nonprofit which focuses on discovering and bringing to life music written in captivity or otherwise during the Holocaust.
Barry received the Judge Learned Hand Award from the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Jewish Committee in 2004, in recognition of his professional achievements and his dedicated leadership and commitment to the community. He received the Blair Thompson Lifetime Venture Award from the Mid-Atlantic Capital Alliance in 2007, in recognition of his role in furthering the region's venture capital interests.
Barry is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, and has been named by Best Lawyers as the Philadelphia "Lawyer of the Year" for Mergers and Acquisitions (2010, 2013, and 2019), Corporate Governance (2014), Securities/Capital Markets (2011 and 2023), and Corporate (2009). He is highly ranked as a Senior Statesperson for corporate, M&A, private equity, and securities matters in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
Barry is a senior counsel in the firm, and a former chairman of the Executive Committee of Pepper Hamilton.
Representative matters may include engagements before joining Troutman Pepper.
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