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Stuart R. Kaplan: Lawyer with Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Stuart R. Kaplan

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Practice Areas

  • Corporate and Business Counseling
  • Health Care
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Securities and Corporate Finance
 
University Franklin and Marshall College, B.A., 1981; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Business, M.B.A., 1982 H.R. Young Fellow
 
Law SchoolWashington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1985 Editor, Washington and Lee Law Review
 
Admitted1985, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
 
Biography

Stuart Kaplan concentrates his practice in the areas of general corporate, mergers and acquisitions and health care law. He serves as general counsel to numerous closely held companies and frequently assists with transactions of various kinds and complexities.

Representative Matters

· Assisted with the marketing and sale of numerous closely held companies in the plastics, rail products, telecommunications, manufacturing and packaging industries;

· Designed and implemented ownership transition plans for local professional service companies;

· Completed the tax free reorganization of two Western Pennsylvania manufacturing companies;

· Provides guidance with respect to physician credentialing issues and Data Bank reporting requirements for a large health plan;

· Assists with Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and Pennsylvania lottery issues;

· Advises executives and physicians with respect to employment issues and stock option, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock and other compensation and benefit arrangements;

· Prepares commercial contracts, shareholder agreements, employment contracts, financing documents, lease agreements and other real estate documents, and assists in resolving shareholder disputes and other corporate deadlock situations;

· Assisted with the resolution of shareholder disputes in numerous closely held companies;

· Assists with various gaming related matters, including slots gaming licensure issues;

· Facilitated the management buyout of a local chain of retail stores.

Community Involvement

General Counsel to and Board Member of Pittsburgh Public Theater

Board Member of Community Day School of Pittsburgh

Special Recognition

Selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers

Articles/Speeches/Presentations

· "Top Ten Things to Know About Shareholder Disputes in Privately Held Companies," Pittsburgh TEQ, March 2007.

 
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Stuart R. Kaplan
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
600 Grant Street, 44th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219




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