For over 30 years Chuck has
concentrated his practice in corporate law, business transactions, mergers and
acquisitions, commercial finance, business disputes, and commercial real
estate. Chuck’s success is due in large part to the care he demonstrates for
each of his clients and the attention to detail he shows in his work. It is
those characteristics that have led many of his clients to look to him as much
for his business judgment as for his legal analysis. As Chairman of the firm’s
corporate department he serves as counsel to a variety of entities and
businesses ranging from regional institutions to non-profit corporations and
from sole proprietorships to multi-national corporations.
He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of
Franklin and Marshall College where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was
the valedictorian of his graduating class. He was an editor of the Journal of
International Law and Economics at The National Law Center of the George
Washington University where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.
For 20 consecutive years, he has
been rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale Hubbell®. This is the highest peer
review rating issued by Martindale Hubbell® for both legal ability and the
highest ethical standard. He has been selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania
Super Lawyers® for four years, and as a 2020 “Best of the Bar” Honoree by the
Philadelphia Business Journal.
Outside of the firm, Chuck serves on
numerous non-profit boards and is also a co-founder of Building A Bridge to
Uganda, a 501(c)(3) organization serving the spiritual and educational needs of
children in Uganda, East Africa. Through this organization, he has helped build
a top-flight secondary boarding school with over 500 students, living in
extreme poverty in the jungle of Uganda.
Chuck serves as counsel to many
companies in a wide variety of industries.
Representative matters include:
-Representation of a family in the sale of their stock
in a national distribution company
for over $60 millionCounsel to a pension and consulting company that sold
for $10 million
-Counsel to the sellers of stock in an engineering
company for over $20 million
-Counsel to a manufacturing company which sold for over
$200 millionCounsel to buyers in acquisition of an engineering
company for over $6 million
-Counsel to the purchaser of a security service business
in southeastern Pennsylvania with over $5 million in revenue and
thirty-plus employeesCounsel to buyers in acquisition of an Italian
engineering company for $2 million
-Representation of sellers of controlling interest of
stock in a contested shareholder dispute for approximately $4 millionRepresentation of the shareholders in the sale of stock
of a consulting services business
in excess of $150 million
-Counsel to the sellers of a regional service provider
for $10 millionCounsel to the sellers of a vehicle renovation business
for $4 million
-Successfully negotiated numerous financings from $1
million to over $100 millionSpearheaded the acquisition of numerous service
companies in the tri-state area ranging in value from $1million to $10
million
-Represented doctors and their practices in several
acquisitions and sales of dental and
physician’s practicesRepresentation of the seller of stock in a US Military
defense contracting business for over $1 million
-Counsel to seller of stock for over $10 million in a
business providing services to various federal and state governmental
agenciesRepresented the purchaser in buying the assets of a
lending services company.