Karen L. Chapman

Karen L. Chapman


Taft

Recognized since 2008

Denver, Colorado

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Securitization and Structured Finance Law

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Karen Chapman is a Member in Sherman & Howard’s Corporate and Business Department. She is a highly respected specialist in mergers and acquisitions and corporate financings, leading teams that close sophisticated transactions valued in the hundreds of millions and billions of dollars. Karen plays a preeminent role representing airlines in jet fuel storage and distribution system leasing, contract and financing matters at major airports throughout the United States. Karen’s practice also includes sports law representations, serving as general counsel to a professional tennis league, negotiation of sponsorship and endorsement contracts and structuring and documentation of equity interests in start-up companies in exchange for services of sports marketing company and athletes.

Location
  • 675 Fifteenth Street
    Suite 2300
    Denver, CO
Education
  • Stanford University, J.D., graduated 1979

Taft
Denver, Colorado

404 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

140 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2012 - Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Denver (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Corporate Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Special Focus:
  • Collateralized Debt Obligations
  • Lending
Awards:
  • Boettcher Scholar
  • Colorado Bar Fellow, Colorado Bar Foundation
  • Listed in Colorado Super Lawyers, 2010
  • Distinguished Achievement in Aviation, Armbrust Aviation Group, 2010.

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