Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Rachel Lorey Allen practices in the areas of private equity, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate, transactional, securities law, and corporate counseling. She has extensive experience in mergers, acquisitions, divestiture activity, corporate restructurings, capital formations, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and venture capital transactions. Rachel's experience in these areas includes extensive work in certain highly regulated industries such as energy and health care.

Prior to rejoining Jones Day, Rachel served as vice president, general counsel, and new business development officer for DQE Enterprises, an affiliate of DQE, Inc. (NYSE: DQE), which invested in and developed businesses in the energy services and technologies and electronic commerce industries. DQE Enterprises' portfolio was one of the largest in the utility industry. In her position Rachel evaluated new business opportunities and structured and managed DQE Enterprises' investments. In addition she advised the portfolio companies in all aspects of their growth cycle, including business plan development, financings, management, recruitment and retention, and general strategic guidance.

Rachel is listed in Chambers USA, the guide to America's leading lawyers for business. She serves and has served on a number of boards, including H Power Corp. (Nasdaq: HPOW), The Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, Neighborhood Legal Services, Alpha Chi Omega Foundation, and Brother's Brother Foundation. In addition, Rachel served as chairperson of the Three Rivers Venture Fair in 2005.

Areas of Practice

• Private Equity
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Health Care
• Business Transactions/Health Care
• Energy
• Energy Transactions
• Real Estate
• Corporate Real Estate Services
• Energy/Utilities
• Intellectual Property
• Life Sciences

Representative Cases

• Acquisition
• Acquisition of ABT Building Products Corporation by tender offer and merger
• Acquisition of ConAgra Trade
• Advice
• Advice
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• Advice
• Construction contracts
• Corporate Real Estate Portfolio
• Debt Financing
• Merger with F.N.B. Corporation
• nvizn Investment , (2009)
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Rail Transportation Agreement

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Disability, Dissolution, Elder Law, Eminent Domain, Food & Drug Administration, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Health & Health Care Law, Hospital Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Nursing Home, Partnerships, Patents, Real Estate Law, Reorganizations, Residential Real Estate, Shareholders' Rights, Social Security -- Disability, Technology Licensing, Title Insurance, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania

Education

• U of Virginia- C'ville (Main)

Published Works

• M&A – The Continued Exit Strategy for Venture Funds, American Lawyer Media, 2007
• Developing Civil Law Documents that Reflect Canon Law, Presentation at Pennsylvania Diocesan Attorneys, Pennsylvania Catholic Conference, 2006
• Question & Answer: Corporate Governance, Dow Jones Newsletter: Corporate Governance, 2005
• A Balancing Act: Multiple Funders for a Single Company, 2002
• Gradow v. United States: Death of Remainder Interest Sale as an Estate Freezing Technique? 8 Virginia Tax Review 183, 1998
• The Year 2000 Problem: A Public Plan Perspective, with Sarah Griffin, Kristin Poirier-Whitley, Thomas Mueller, published in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel and Los Angeles Times, 1998
• The Year 2000 Problem: A Public Plan Perspective, with Sarah Griffin, Kristin Poirier-Whitley, Thomas Mueller, 1998

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