Kenneth B. Lerman, P.C.
Attorney Background
Admitted to bar 1987, Connecticut; 1987, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1997, Florida.
Education: Clark University (B.A., Business Management, and Government, 1983); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1986). Phi Delta Phi (Lamar Inn).
Member: Connecticut, Hartford County, and American Bar Associations (Member, Business Law and Real Estate Law Sections); Florida Bar. Connecticut Bar Association: Business Law section Executive Committee and Treasurer, 2004-2010.
Concentration: Corporate; securities; real estate; mergers; acquisitions; business law; venture capital financing; private equity; commercial law.
Experience: I have represented my clients in over $150 Million of transactions.
Issuer Representation for Securities & Corporate Matters
- Initial public offering registration filings
- Private placement offerings
- Private equity venture capital including representation of a $50 million fund
- Proxy statements and annual report filings under Regulations S-K & S-B
- Form 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, Schedule 13D and other Securities Exchange Act reports
- Asset purchase, and stock-for-stock exchange transactions
- Business acquisitions and sales transactions
- Recapitalization and reorganization plans
- Corporate acquisition and interstate merger transactions
- Incorporation and organization of various types of entities in numerous states
- General corporate
- Commercial and contract legal matters
Underwriter Representation for Securities Offerings
- Underwriter agreements and documentation
- NASD filings
- Blue Sky filings
Commercial Real Estate and Finance
- Real estate acquisition and commercial financing transactions
- Affordable housing acquisition, financing and development transactions involving the States of Connecticut and Massachusetts as lenders, and Fannie Mae and the State of Massachusetts as investors
Awards
- Distinguished Service Award – Sickle Cell Disease Association / Connecticut Chapter
Boards
- a Commissioner, city of Hartford Zoning Board of Appeals, 2008 - 2012
- Treasurer and Executive Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association: Business Law section, 2004-2010
Political
- City of Hartford Republican Town Committee: elected a member 2010.
- State House of Representatives for the State of Connecticut 1st Assembly District, 2010 GOP endorsed candidate