Lippes Mathias is pleased to announce that Alana M. Becker has joined the firm as a member of its corporate practice team in its Buffalo office. Becker concentrates her practice on all aspects of corporate law, including mergers, acquisitions, securities offerings and related matters, private equity/venture capital, and corporate governance. 

Before her tenure at Lippes Mathias, Becker worked as in-house counsel for Excellus Health Plan, Inc., where in addition to advising senior management on the legal aspects of business transactions, she was actively involved in drafting corporate governance documents and documents relating to corporate transactions and divestitures, as well as negotiating non-disclosure and data-use agreements. Her role also involved the review of mass-distributed corporate written communications, preparation, and review of legal documents involving all affiliates and subsidiaries, and other communicative documents between the organization and governmental entities.

Becker received her B.A. from the University at Buffalo and earned her J.D. from the University at Buffalo School of Law, where she served as Submissions Editor for the Buffalo Environmental Law Journal.

Lippes Mathias is a full-service law firm with nearly 200 attorneys serving clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. With offices in Buffalo, Clarence, Albany, Long Island, New York, Rochester and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Greater Toronto Area; Chicago, Ill.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Cleveland, Ohio; San Antonio, Texas; Oklahoma City, Okla. and Washington, D.C., the firm represents publicly and privately-owned companies, private equity and venture capital firms, independent sponsors, real estate developers, financial institutions, municipalities, governmental entities, and individuals.