Professional Bio
Sean advises companies, business owners, boards of directors, and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) trustees on transactional, corporate governance, and formation matters related to the design and implementation of ESOPs. Sean’s work includes drafting and negotiating agreements and other documents for stock purchases, leveraged buyouts, mergers, reorganizations, and corporate governance and formation matters.
Sean began his career as a corporate transactional lawyer, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, fund services, venture financing, and marketplace/P2P lending. His experience also includes advising nonprofit, charitable, and other tax-exempt organizations and social enterprises.
Sean serves on the Board of Directors of Empowered Ventures, an ESOP-owned diversified holding company, and on the Advisory Board of Talley Management Group, an ESOP-owned company based in Mt. Royal, NJ. In addition to his professional work, Sean is a member of the Board of Directors of Independence Mission Schools, a network of 15 independent Catholic schools providing a transformative education to children of all faiths across Philadelphia, and Nutritional Development Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, an organization dedicated to alleviating food insecurity in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
