Francis Dehel provides clients with a range of general corporate law services, including securities and acquisitions. He has extensive experience in the following areas: · mergers and acquisitions · reports, filings, and proxy statements · Securities Act registration statements · contract drafting-shareholder and employment agreements · private placement of debt and equity securities Prior to his legal career, Mr. Dehel worked for the federal government as well as on two congressional staffs. Mr. Dehel has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Representative Matters · Acquisition of bank for cash and share's in a deal totaling $180 million for consumer and commercial banking service provider. · $30 million private placement offering for banking service provider and holding company. Memberships Alpha Epsilon Honor Society Philadelphia Bar Association Sacred Heath Church Temple Law Alumni Association Events 3rd Annual Significant Legal Developments Affecting the Chemical, Oil and Gas Industries
Houston, TX and Philadelphia, PA
December 7 and December 13, 2011
Kevin J. Bruno, Francis E. Dehel, Heather L. Demirjian, Jeanne M. Grasso, Margaret Anne Hill, Jay P. Lessler, et al.
Event Significant Legal Developments Affecting the Chemical Industry
Marvin Comisky Conference Center, One Logan Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 8, 2009
Peggy A. Clarke, Francis E. Dehel, Jeanne M. Grasso, Margaret Anne Hill, Gregory F. Linsin, Mary Ann Mullaney, et al.
Event Publications Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws
Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws (No. 1)
January 2012
Yelena M. Barychev, Christin R. Cerullo, Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Michael E. Plunkett
Alert Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws
Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws (No. 3)
November/December 2011
Yelena M. Barychev, Christin R. Cerullo, Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Michael E. Plunkett
Alert Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws
Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws (No. 2)
October 2011
Yelena M. Barychev, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Christin R. Cerullo, Francis E. Dehel and Michael E. Plunkett
Alert Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws
Up to Date: Current Developments in Securities Laws (No. 1)
September 2011
Yelena M. Barychev, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Christin R. Cerullo, Michael E. Plunkett and Francis E. Dehel
Alert Sweeping Federal Financial Reform Act Enacted:
What the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Means for Public Companies
Corporate and Securities Update
July 2010 (No. 5)
Yelena M. Barychev, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Francis E. Dehel and Christin R. Cerullo
Alert SEC Proposes Revised "Katie Couric" Executive Compensation Provision
Corporate and Securities Update
September 2006
Yelena M. Barychev, Francis E. Dehel and Christin R. Cerullo
Alert News Blank Rome Hosts Program on Legal Developments Affecting the Chemical, Oil & Gas Industries in Philadelphia
December 13, 2011
Kevin J. Bruno, Francis E. Dehel, Heather L. Demirjian, Jeanne M. Grasso, Margaret Anne Hill, Jay P. Lessler, et al.
Press Release Blank Rome Hosts Program on Legal Developments Affecting the Chemical, Oil & Gas Industries in Houston
December 7, 2011
Kevin J. Bruno, Francis E. Dehel, Jeanne M. Grasso, Margaret Anne Hill, Gregory F. Linsin, Mary Ann Mullaney, et al.
Press Release Cases and Deals Lee Technologies Group Sold to Schneider Electric
April 1, 2011
Richard F. Williamson, Francis E. Dehel, Barbara D. Linney, Rustin I. Paul, David M. Perry, Barry L. Klein, et al.
Lee Technologies Group, Inc. in the sale of the company to Schneider Electric for an undisclosed amount.
Deal Herley Industries Acquired by Kratos Defense & Security for $270M
March 30, 2011
Christin R. Cerullo, Francis E. Dehel, Steven Dubow, Keith E. Gottfried and John McGrory
Herley Industries, Inc. in its acquisition by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. for approximately $270 million.
Deal Shareholders of Expert Parking Sells Stock to National Parking Management Firm
December 8, 2010
Francis E. Dehel and Cory G. Jacobs
Shareholders of Expert Parking in the sale of the stock of the company to Standard Parking.
Deal Lincoln National Corporation in Two Offerings for $1.14B
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.
Deal IntriCon Sells Assets of RTI Electronics
May 28, 2010
Francis E. Dehel, Margaret Anne Hill and John McGrory
IntriCon Corporation in the sale of the assets of its subsidiary to Shackleton Equity Partners for an undisclosed amount.
Deal GSI Commerce Acquires VendorNet
May 10, 2010
Francis E. Dehel, John McGrory and Megan E. Spitz
GSI Commerce, Inc., a leading provider of e-commerce and interactive marketing services, in its acquisition of VendorNet, a multichannel e-commerce supply chain solutions provider.
Deal GSI Commerce Acquires M3 Mobile Marketing
April 20, 2010
Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky and Megan E. Spitz
GSI Commerce, Inc. in its acquisition of M3 Mobile Marketing, a mobile marketing company.
Deal GSI Commerce in an Underwritten Block Trade of $224M
February 22, 2010
Francis E. Dehel and Melissa Palat Murawsky
GSI Commerce, Inc. in an underwritten block trade of $224 million by a selling stockholder.
Deal GSI Commerce in Block Trade of $50M Common Stock
December 11, 2009
Melissa Palat Murawsky and Francis E. Dehel
GSI Commerce, Inc. in an underwritten block trade of $50 million common stock by former stockholders of Retail Convergence, Inc. (RCI).
Deal GSI Commerce Acquires Internet Retailer for $350 Million
November 19, 2009
Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Karen L. DiBiase, Richard J. McMahon, Barry L. Klein, Cory G. Jacobs, et al.
GSI Commerce, Inc. in its acquisition of Retail Convergence for $350 million.
Deal GSI Commerce, Inc. Acquires Assets of Pepperjam
September 2009
Francis E. Dehel
GSI Commerce, Inc. in its acquisition of certain assets of Pepperjam for an undisclosed amount.
Deal GSI Commerce in Registered Public Underwritten Offering for $232 Million
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.
Deal IntriCon Acquires Datrix
August 13, 2009
Francis E. Dehel
IntriCon Corporation in its acquisition of Datrix for an undisclosed amount.
Deal GSI Commerce Acquires Integrated Marketing Agency
April 6, 2009
Francis E. Dehel
GSI Commerce, Inc. in its acquisition of Silverlign Group, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
Deal SunGard Business Systems Sells SunGard Advisor Technologies, Inc.
August 1, 2008
Francis E. Dehel, Thomas B. McKernan III, Cory G. Jacobs and Margaret Anne Hill
SunGard Business Systems LLC in its sale of all of the stock of SunGard Advisor Technologies, Inc., to M3Fn, LLC.
Deal Omega Financial Acquired by F.N.B. for $393 Million
April 1, 2008
Lawrence R. Wiseman, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Francis E. Dehel, Wilhelm L. Gruszecki, Arthur Bachman and Cory G. Jacobs
Omega Financial Corp. in its acquisition by F.N.B. Corp. for $393 million.
Deal NCO Group to Acquire Outsourcing Solutions for $325 Million
February 29, 2008
Lawrence R. Wiseman, Francis E. Dehel, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Margaret Anne Hill, Arthur Bachman, Barry L. Klein, et al.
NCO Group, Inc., in its definitive agreement to acquire Outsourcing Solutions Inc., for $325 million.
Deal GSI Commerce Acquires E-Commerce Provider
September 10, 2007
Francis E. Dehel and Steven Dubow
GSI Commerce, Inc., in its acquisition of Accretive Commerce, Inc., for $97.5 million.
Deal GSI Commerce Issues $150 Million in Senior Notes
July 5, 2007
Francis E. Dehel, Yelena M. Barychev and John McGrory
GSI Commerce, Inc., in its sale of $150 million of convertible senior notes in an offering pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
Deal One Equity Partners Acquires NCO Group for $1.26 Billion
November 15, 2006
Arthur Bachman, Francis E. Dehel, Cory G. Jacobs, Melissa Palat Murawsky, Mathew S. Rotenberg and Lawrence R. Wiseman
NCO Group, Inc., in its acquisition by One Equity Partners for $1.2 billion.
Deal $30 Million Private Placement Offering for Bank
August 4, 2005
Francis E. Dehel
Upon completion of this offering, our client will have total assets of $265 million and total capital of $57 million.
Deal Omega Financial Acquires Sun Bancorp, Creating Large Bank Holding Company
October 1, 2004
Arthur Bachman, Francis E. Dehel and Lawrence R. Wiseman
Omega Financial Corporation in its acquisition of Sun Bancorp, a deal which creates one of the largest bank holding companies in Central Pennsylvania.
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