Bio

Richard Silfen is Co-Chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions Division of the firm's Corporate Practice Group. Mr. Silfen regularly advises companies and their boards, as well as fund sponsors and their portfolio companies, in capital markets and other capital-raising transactions, mergers and acquisitions and control transactions. Mr. Silfen also assists emerging and private equity-backed companies to develop plans for the growth and development of their businesses and technologies, including collaborative and strategic partnerships, and joint venture arrangements. Mr. Silfen's practice focuses include the healthcare/life sciences, fintech, cannabis and real estate sectors. In 2020 and 2022, Mr. Silfen was named to the BTI Client Service All-Star Team as a "leader in superior client service." Since 2009, during Mr. Silfen’s earlier tenure with Duane Morris, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business included him as one of the leading corporate lawyers in Pennsylvania. Mr. Silfen has been included in two categories of Chambers listings: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity and Corporate/M&A: Securities. Chambers further described Mr. Silfen as "a very smart lawyer." Mr. Silfen re-joined Duane Morris in June 2015, having served as executive vice president and general counsel of VEREIT, Inc. from March 2014 through May 2015. Mr. Silfen is an Adjunct Professor at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, where he teaches Private Equity and Venture Capital Law. He is a 1987 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law and a 1983 graduate of Baylor University with a B.A. in Physics.