John J. Koeppel, Lippes Mathias partner and team leader of the firm’s private equity and independent sponsor practice teams, is scheduled to moderate a roundtable at the Small Business Investor Alliance’s (SBIA) Los Angeles Independent Sponsor Forum Deal Series being held at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport on June 25, 2025. Lippes Mathias is participating as a Patron Level Sponsor of the event. 

During the roundtable, titled Negotiating and Avoiding Broken Deal Expenses, Koeppel will lead a discussion focused on practical strategies for navigating the financial and legal issues that arise in mitigating deal expense exposure. 

Hosted in a one-day format to maximize efficiency, SBIA’s Independent Sponsor Forum Deal Series is open by invitation only to vetted capital providers and independent sponsors with a defined independent sponsor strategy. The format includes attendee-selected one-on-one meetings, peer discussions, and programming tailored to current dealmaking trends. 

Register for the event HERE. 

About John J. Koeppel 

John J. Koeppel is a partner and the team leader of the firm’s private equity practice. He is a corporate lawyer who has successfully structured, negotiated, and closed over 250 transactions in the past two decades, which typically involve mergers and acquisitions, fund formations and investments, and various private equity transactions (including co-investments, venture financings, and cross-border deals). He also works with clients on reviewing/structuring their Qualified Opportunity Zone and Qualified Small Business Stock investments. Koeppel acts as counsel to a number of leading funds, independent sponsors, middle market companies, institutional investors, and high-net-worth investors focused on buy-outs, growth, venture, real estate, intellectual property, energy, debt, fund-of-funds, co-investments, secondaries, and other strategies. He also often acts as US counsel to non-US clients on their US private equity and investment fund transactions. He also serves as a director for several private equity-backed companies. 

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