Allen, Rachel Lorey
Jones Day
500 Grant Street, Suite 4500
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2514
Phone: 1.412.394.7909 (Business Phone)
Fax: 1.412.394.7959 (Business Fax)
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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.jonesday.comSummary
Current Employment Position(s)
Partner
Lawyer Overview
Rachel Allen has acted as the principal outside lawyer on numerous completed M&A, venture capital, and private equity transactions in more than 20 years in practice. Her experience covers a range of matters in a variety of industries, including health care, medical device, and energy.
Her recent transactions include Ospraie Management's $2.8 billion acquisition of ConAgra Foods Group and Renal Solutions' $210 million sale to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings.
She previously served as vice president, general counsel, and new business development officer for DQE Enterprises, an affiliate of DQE, Inc., an NYSE-listed company. DQE Enterprises invested and developed businesses in the energy services and technologies and electronic commerce industries and had one of the largest portfolios in the utility industry. Rachel evaluated new business opportunities and structured and managed the company's investments. She also advised the portfolio companies in all aspects of their growth cycle, including business plan development, financings, management, recruitment and retention, and general strategic guidance.
She serves and has served on a number of boards, including H Power Corp. (a NASDAQ-listed company), The Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, Neighborhood Legal Services, Alpha Chi Omega Foundation, and Brother's Brother Foundation. She was chairperson of the Three Rivers Venture Fair in 2005.
Areas of Practice
- Private Equity
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Health Care
- Energy
- Buyouts
- Energy Transactions
- Business Transactions/Health Care
- Energy/Utilities
- Life Sciences
- Intellectual Property
- M&A
- Fund Formation
- Venture Capital - Investor
- Venture Capital - Issuer
- Real Estate
- Corporate Real Estate Services
Representative Cases
- AEP negotiates long-term agreement for rail transport of coal in North America , (2009)
- Bossa Nova negotiates construction contract for tapas bar in Cleveland, Ohio
- Capital BlueCross acquires Dominion Dental USA , (2009)
- CitiGroup real estate matters
- Community Behavioral Healthcare completes reorganization and sale
- DDR sells shopping center portfolio to Phillips Edison & Co. , (2009)
- Good Venture acquires hotel property
- Healthcare center receives assistance in opening clinic
- IFS Industries seeks patent advice for adhesives portfolio
- Iron & Glass Bancorp merges with F.N.B. Corp. in a $86 million transaction
- Iron and Glass Bank merges with FNB , (2009)
- J. W. Cameron invests in nvizn , (2009)
- Ospraie Management acquires ConAgra Trade Group
- Renal Solutions completes debt financing
- Renal Solutions completes sale to Fresenius Medical Care
- Renal Solutions issues Series A-2 Preferred Stock in private placement
- Renal Solutions raises $16.5 million in Series B round
- Ropart Asset Management completes numerous investments , (2009)
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
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Education
- Allegheny College
- U of Virginia- C'ville (Main)
Articles
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
Office Information
Address
500 Grant Street, Suite 4500
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2514
Phones
1.412.394.7909 (Business Phone)
Faxes
1.412.394.7959 (Business Fax)
Emails
Contact Us (Business Email)
