Mr. Lieblich advises clients in the insurance, cable, technology and retail industries on issues of business transactions and securities law. His practice covers all areas of corporate law including: · capital formation transactions including equity and debt offerings · mergers, acquisitions, demutualizations, and joint ventures · corporate governance and federal law and exchange rules · venture capital, financing, and strategic formation · counsel on contractual matters Mr. Lieblich lectures frequently on topics related to electronic commerce and technology. Representative Matters · $1.6 billion sponsored demutualization and acquisition of life insurance company for a financial service provider · Tender offer for publicly held common stock of an insurance company Community Service & Affiliations Mr. Lieblich is a member of many professional organizations in the Philadelphia region, including the Technology Council of Greater Philadelphia, the Association for Corporate Growth, and the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group. Memberships American Bar Association Association for Corporate Growth Federal Bar Association Mid-Atlantic Capital Alliance Pennsylvania Bar Association Philadelphia Bar Association Technology Council of Greater Philadelphia Publications SEC ADOPTS AMENDMENTS TO RULES FOR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STATISTICAL RATING ORGANIZATIONS [Alert] Corporate and Securities Update February 2009 (No. 2) Alan H. Lieblich Cases & Deals A.C. MOORE ACQUIRED BY AFFILIATE OF SBAR'S, INC. FOR $40.4M [Deal] November 18, 2011 Alan H. Lieblich, Yelena M. Barychev, Keith E. Gottfried and John McGrory A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc., a specialty retailer of arts, crafts and floral merchandise, in connection with its acquisition by an affiliate of Sbar's, Inc. for approximately $40.4 million. GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION CLOSES $400 MILLION SENIOR SECURED MULTI-CURRENCY CREDIT FACILITY [Deal] July 25, 2011 Scott R. Smith, Lora M. Epstein, Alan H. Lieblich, Matthew J. Comisky, Joseph A. McFalls, Timothy A. French, et al. Blank Rome negotiated and closed a $400 million senior secured multi-currency credit facility for General Cable Corporation. BLANK ROME SERVES AS CO-SPECIAL COUNSEL TO THE PHEAA STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2011-1 [Deal] July 14, 2011 Marc S. Stein, Joan N. Stern, Grant E. Buerstetta, Mark I. Rabinowitz, Alan H. Lieblich, Lawrence R. Wiseman, et al. Blank Rome served as co-special counsel to the PHEAA Student Loan Trust 2011-1 (the "Issuer"), a Delaware statutory trust, wholly owned by the PHEAA Student Loan Foundation, Inc. LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION IN TWO OFFERINGS FOR $1.14B [Deal] June 29, 2010 Melissa Palat Murawsky, Alan H. Lieblich, Timothy A. French, Francis E. Dehel, Daniel R. Blickman, Cory G. Jacobs, et al. Lincoln National Corporation in two offerings worth $1.14 billion. GENERAL CABLE CORP. CLOSES $429.5M EXCHANGE OFFER [Deal] December 2009 Alan H. Lieblich, Joseph T. Gulant, Richard DiStefano, Ethan M. Seer, Harvey I. Forman, Lawrence R. Wiseman, et al. General Cable Corporation in the closing of a $429.5 million exchange offer. GSI COMMERCE IN REGISTERED PUBLIC UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING FOR $232 MILLION [Deal] August 18, 2009 Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Alan H. Lieblich, Yelena M. Barychev, Daniel R. Blickman and Christin R. Cerullo GSI Commerce in a registered public underwritten offering of $232 million of common stock. LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP IN $690M OFFERING OF COMMON STOCK [Deal] June 2009 Alan H. Lieblich Lincoln Financial Group in a registered public underwritten offering of $690 million of common stock. GENERAL CABLE ACQUIRES PHELPS DODGE WIRE AND CABLE BUSINESS FOR $710 MILLION [Deal] October 31, 2007 Alan H. Lieblich, Keith E. Gottfried, John McGrory, Pamela E. Flaherty, Joseph T. Gulant, David M. Perry, et al. General Cable Corporation in its acquisition of Phelps Dodge International Corporation for approximately $710 million. LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION CLOSES DEAL WORTH $375 MILLION [Deal] October 9, 2007 Alan H. Lieblich, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Ethan M. Seer, Joseph T. Gulant, Cory G. Jacobs, Yelena M. Barychev, et al. Lincoln National Corporation in a securities offering of senior notes worth $375 million. GENERAL CABLE ISSUES $475 MILLION OF SENIOR CONVERTIBLE NOTES [Deal] October 2, 2007 Alan H. Lieblich, Timothy A. French and Joshua L. Strober General Cable Corporation in the offering and sale of $475 million in aggregate principal amount of 1% senior convertible notes. LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION CLOSES DEAL WORTH $300 MILLION [Deal] August 27, 2007 Richard J. McMahon, Alan H. Lieblich, Ethan M. Seer, Joseph T. Gulant, Yelena M. Barychev and Joshua L. Strober Lincoln Financial Corporation in the securities offering of senior notes worth $300 million. GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION CLOSES $325 MILLION OFFERING [Deal] March 21, 2007 Alan H. Lieblich, Timothy A. French and Joshua L. Strober General Cable Corporation in its private placement of fixed-rate notes and floating-rate notes valued at $325 million. LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION CLOSES DEALS FOR $1.1 BILLION [Deal] March 14, 2007 Alan H. Lieblich, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Emanuel J. Adler, Yelena M. Barychev, Joseph T. Gulant and John McGrory Lincoln National Corporation, also known as Lincoln Financial Group, in three deals closing worth $1.1 billion. PRIMAVERA SELLS 75% STAKE TO VC'S [Deal] May 1, 2006 Alan H. Lieblich and Louis M. Rappaport Primavera Systems, Inc., in an article about the project and portfolio management software company's sale of a 75% stake to Francisco Partners and Insight Venture Partners. $150 MILLION PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE CLIENT [Deal] April 25, 2006 Samuel H. Becker, Timothy A. French, Alan H. Lieblich and Louis M. Rappaport Private equity funds team up to buy a majority stake in Primavera Systems, Inc. |