Karen L. Chapman
Recognized since 2008
Denver, Colorado
Practice Areas
Corporate Law
Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Securitization and Structured Finance Law

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.
Contact & Links
- Lawyer Page: https://www.taftlaw.com/people/karen-l-chapman/
Location
- 675 Fifteenth Street
Suite 2300
Denver, CO
Education
- Stanford University, J.D., graduated 1979
Denver, Colorado
404 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
140 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards


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.
Publications
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