BUFFALO, N.Y. – On April 10, 2021, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP Partner Brian J. Bocketti was appointed to serve as a member of the University at Buffalo (UB) School of Law Dean’s Advisory Council.

The UB School of Law Dean’s Advisory Council provides assistance to the Dean, administration, and faculty regarding the formation of policies and plans for the School of Law. The council, which meets twice yearly, is comprised of UB alumni and non-alumni of prominence in the Bench, the Bar, business, and other institutions.

Brian, a Partner and Team Leader of Lippes Mathias’ Banking and Financial Transactions Practice Team, is a 1998 graduate of The University at Buffalo School of Law with more than twenty years of experience in deal-making and transactional matters. He concentrates his practice in the areas of acquisitions, senior finance, private equity, and corporate counsel matters. Brian represents senior leaders, mezzanine lenders, equity sponsors and borrowers in senior debt and mezzanine financing arrangements. His representation in these areas has included transactions of up to five hundred million dollars, often requiring complex subordination and tiered-collateral negotiations.

Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 125 attorneys serving clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. With offices in Buffalo, Albany and New York, N.Y.; Greater Toronto Area; Chicago, Ill.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Washington, D.C., the firm represents publicly and privately-owned companies, private equity and venture capital firms, real estate developers, financial institutions, municipalities, governmental entities, and individuals.

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