CHICAGO, October 19, 2026―Duane Morris partner Brian Kerwin was selected to the 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America guide. This is Kerwin’s fourth inclusion in the list.

The seventh edition of the guide recognizes attorneys working in M&A and private equity, capital markets and finance, governance and shareholder activism, and the tax, antitrust and regulatory specialists who are essential to the dealmaking process.

Brian Kerwin is a partner in Duane Morris' Corporate Practice Group, a former member of the firm’s Executive Committee and a member of the firm’s national governing Partners Board. Kerwin served as chairman of the firm's Corporate Practice Group, consisting of more than 200 attorneys in 16 offices, for more than a decade. He has extensive experience representing business entities, lenders, private equity funds and entrepreneurs in various business and financing transactions, including the buying and selling of companies, acquisition financings, syndicated secured loan transactions, asset-based financings, venture debt financings, capital raises, fund formations and equity investments.

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