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Kara N. Sweeney
Director
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| Practice Focus: | Business Law, Securities Law, Affordable Housing |
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Concord, NH
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| Phone: | 603.410.1500 |
| Fax: | 603.410.1501 |
| Email: | ksweeney@preti.com |
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Kara N. Sweeney focuses her practice on general business, securities and affordable housing matters from Preti Flaherty's Concord, NH office. She works on a variety of commercial transactions in the areas of entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and commercial real estate. She counsels established business entities and start up ventures in the private offering of debt and equity securities and assists clients with Exchange Act reporting compliance and corporate governance matters. In the affordable housing arena, Kara works with multi-family and elderly housing project developers, state and federal financing agencies, commercial lenders and local housing authorities on the acquisition, development and financing of affordable housing projects. Kara was recently listed as a "Rising Star" in Super Lawyers New England.
Prior to practicing law, Kara held management positions in resort operations at two Vermont ski resorts. She resides in Bow, NH.
Publications
- Co-Author, Mineral Reactions in a Colorado Mine Dump: Implications for Remediation in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments, presented at 1995 National Meeting of the American Society of Surface Mining and Reclamation, Gillette, WY, 1995
- Author, Minerology and Geochemistry of Acid Mine Drainage in Two Geologic Regions of Colorado, presented at Vermont Geological Society Annual Meeting, 1995
- Symposium Editor of the Vermont Law Review's Fall 2002 Symposium, Mountain Resorts, Ecology & the Law.
- Author, Takings Jurisprudence and Constitutional Challenges to Ridgeline Zoning in Vermont: What's on the Horizon?, Vermont Law Review, Fall 2001
Civic Involvement
Former Board Member, New Hampshire Dress for Success, an organization providing work and interview attire to women in need.
Member, St. John the Evangelist Parish in Concord, NH where she sings with the choir
Sweeney, Kara
Kara Sweeney is a Director in the Concord, NH office and focuses her practice on general business, securities and affordable housing law.