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Douglas G. Gruener

Partner

Doug is a partner in the Corporate Group. His practice focuses on complex transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financings, restructurings and joint ventures. Doug has extensive experience representing clients in the financial sector, including private equity funds, hedge fund managers and non-traditional asset managers. Within non-traditional asset classes, Doug has developed a specialty in litigation finance, representing both providers and recipients of capital with regard to their transactional needs.

Prior to joining LP, Doug was a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, and thereafter served as in-house counsel for leading companies in the litigation finance industry, including as General Counsel of Gerchen Keller Capital, LLC.

Doug graduated summa cum laude from Case Western Reserve University with a B.S. in Accounting, and earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he was the Business Manager of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review. Prior to entering law school, Doug was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to research Japanese corporate governance at Kobe University.

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Contact

Email Address

dgruener@lplegal.com

Phone Number

+1 312 476 7533

Additional Information

Education & Admissions

Education
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D.
  • Kobe University, Fulbright Scholar
  • Case Western Reserve University, B.S. in Accounting
Bar Admissions
  • Illinois

Awards

  • Fulbright Fellowship to Kobe University, 2002-2003
  • CALI Awards in Legal Writing, Legal Process, Secured Transactions, and Federal Tax Practice

Q&A

  • What are the top three attributes of your best clients?
    Sophisticated, strategic, and focused.

  • What’s your favorite way to spend your commuting time?
    I have been fortunate to live within walking distance of work throughout my career. The walks are a great tool for thinking through potential solutions to the challenges my clients are facing.

  • What’s your favorite vacation spot?
    Paris.