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Peggy B. Lyndrup Chair, Corporate and Commercial Practice Group
Peggy is Chair of the firm's Corporate and Commercial Practice Group. She represents numerous publicly and privately held corporations in U.S. and international transactions. Peggy has over 25 years of experience working with manufacturing and service corporations in corporate and commercial matters. She regularly advises boards of directors and works extensively in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, product distribution, real estate leasing, advertising contracts, endorsements and licensing and international law. Peggy is also the Japan Team Chair.
Education
B.S., Education, magna cum laude, University of North Dakota, 1969
M.Ed., Kent State University, 1971
J.D., summa cum laude, Valedictorian, University of Louisville School of Law, 1979
Harvard Law School - Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Business Planning, Taxation of Corporate Reorganizations and Corporate Law, July 1982
Courts Admitted to Practice
Kentucky Supreme Court, 1979
U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1979
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 1981
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Louisville Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
American Bar Association (Antitrust Section and Business Law Section)
International Bar Association
Achievements in Areas of Concentration
Former V.P. and General Counsel, Meidinger, Inc.
Chair, Corporate Practice Section, Louisville Bar Association, 1987
Acquisitions of manufacturing, mining, distribution and service companies in a variety of industries, including athletic goods, coal, chemical, coatings, communications, construction, distilled spirits, employee benefit consulting, expositions, industrial gas, industrial equipment, investment advisors, investment management, milling, newspaper, retail, stone and gravel and steel fabrication
Member of KBA Committee which revised the Kentucky Business Corporation Act of 1988 and 2002
Honors and Awards
Selected to Kentucky Super Lawyers, 2007
Selected to The Best Lawyers in America
Listed in Chambers USA in Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Law
Valedictorian, University of Louisville School of Law
President, Louisville Bar Association, 1989
Recipient, 1984 Bar Service Award of Merit
Recipient, 1989 Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Louisville School of Law
President, University of Louisville School of Law Alumni Foundation -1989-91
Board of Directors - Kentucky Bar Foundation - 1996-99
Civic and Charitable Involvement
Board of Directors - TerraLex - 2006 - Present
Board of Directors - Haig Point Golf Club, Hilton Head, South Carolina - 2002-2004
Board of Directors - Waterfront Development Corporation - 1996-2001
Board of Trustees, Louisville Free Public Library Foundation, 1987-88
Junior League of Louisville
Selected Publications and Presentations
"Biennial Case Law Update for the Business Law Practitioner" - University of Kentucky Business Association Institute, February, 2007
"Corporate Governance in Modern Practice" - University of Kentucky Business Associations Institute, February, 2005
"International aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions" - Panel Presentation, International Bar Association, London, England - June 2003
"Buying and Selling a Business in Kentucky" - University of Kentucky Monograph Series, 2002
"Fiduciary Duties; Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreements" - University of Kentucky 8th Biennial Business Associations Law Institute, February 2001.
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