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Kori Dean

Associate
Boston
About

Kori Dean advises sponsors, global asset managers, strategic investors, and their portfolio companies on a wide range of complex corporate transactions, with a particular emphasis on bespoke equity and hybrid capital solutions and strategic investments. Her experience includes preferred and structured equity financings, joint ventures, minority investments, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and governance matters.

Areas of FocusCapital SolutionsCorporateFinanceMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityInvestment Funds
Bar admissions Massachusetts
Education
  • J.D., Suffolk University Law School, 2022
    cum laude
  • B.A., Social Work, Gordon College, 2015

EXPERIENCE

  • Represented a leading private investment firm in connection with an aviation leasing joint venture with a commercial aircraft leasing and alternative asset management firm
  • Represented a leading private investment firm in connection with an automotive retail joint venture platform and long-term strategic partnership with an experienced dealership operator
  • Represented a leading global asset manager in a US$45 million preferred equity investment in a private student loan provider
  • Represented a growth-equity investor in a variety of venture capital and other growth capital financings, including its lead investments in the Series B financing rounds of a satellite infrastructure company and a defense focused drone manufacturing company
  • Represented a private investment firm in its up to US$60 million preferred equity investment in a regional, infrastructure based fiber optic telecommunications provider
  • Represented a leading private investment firm and its portfolio company, an institutional investment platform serving corporate treasury organizations, in connection with its sale to a publicly traded financial technology company

List may include matters worked on prior to joining DLA Piper.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • Named, Rising Star, Super Lawyers, (2025 – 2026)

Prior Experience

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Kori was a corporate associate at an international law firm in Boston.

Connect

Phone

+1 617 859 6215
(Work, Boston)

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