PHILADELPHIA – Stradley Ronon is pleased to announce that Partners Caroline C. Gorman and Mena Larmour have been elected to serve as members of the firm’s board of directors. Additionally, existing board members David H. Joseph and Michael D. O’Mara were re-elected to new terms. Each of their respective terms began on Jan. 1, 2023.
“I am excited to congratulate Caroline, Mena and our re-elected board members on their appointments, which are richly deserved,” said Jeff A. Lutsky, co-chairman and managing partner at Stradley Ronon. “Each board member is greatly admired by their peers and clients. The re-elected board members represent decades of excellent leadership, and our new board members will bring forth fresh ideas and perspectives. I applaud them and look forward to their many contributions in 2023 and beyond.”
As vice chair of the firm’s business department, Gorman focuses her practice on public finance and all aspects of secured and unsecured financing, including construction and real estate loans, acquisition financing and asset-based financing. She regularly represents clients as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel related to tax-exempt financing for 501(c)(3) entities, governmental units and other entities. Gorman’s practice involves structuring and completing project financings for the construction of major infrastructure improvements for nonprofit institutions. She also represents clients with respect to restructuring projects involving multinational enterprises and post-acquisition integration. The M&A Advisor recognized Gorman as an Emerging Leader in 2022.
Larmour focuses her practice on counseling registered investment companies (including mutual funds, closed-end funds, interval funds and exchange-traded funds), independent trustees and investment advisers on a wide range of regulatory, corporate and transactional matters. Specifically, her practice includes assisting clients with the development and launch of new funds and share classes, fund restructurings, reorganizations and mergers, regulatory and compliance matters relating to existing funds, fund governance issues and the applicability and interpretation of federal and state securities laws. Larmour has received many awards and accolades in honor of her professional legal accomplishments, including the Philadelphia Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar: Philadelphia’s Top Lawyers”; The Legal Intelligencer’s Distinguished Leaders; Fund Directions’ Rising Star and The Legal 500 U.S., recommended for mutual/registered funds.
About Stradley Ronon
Counseling clients since 1926, Stradley Ronon has helped private and public companies – from small businesses to Fortune 500 corporations – achieve their goals by providing pragmatic, value-driven legal counsel. With offices in eight strategic locations, our responsive team of more than 200 attorneys seamlessly addresses the full spectrum of our clients’ needs, ranging from sophisticated corporate transactions to complex commercial litigation.