Barry M Abelson

Barry 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 him for strategic, governance, disclosure, and transactional matters.

Barry received the Judge Learned Hand Award from the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Jewish Committee 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 recognition of his role in furthering the region’s venture capital interests.

Barry is a senior counsel in the firm and a former chairman of the Executive Committee of Pepper Hamilton.

Board of Directors, Operation Warm

Board of Directors, Holocaust Music Lost and Found

J.D., magna cum laude, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1971, Law Review, Order of the Coif; B.A., Sociology, Dartmouth College, 1968