About Brent
Brent A. Coudron: Experienced Corporate Attorney in Indianapolis
Brent A. Coudron is a seasoned corporate attorney with over a decade of experience in his field, serving clients from both public and private sectors. Brent focuses his practice on a wide array of corporate, securities, and regulatory matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations (including mutual holding company conversions), private equity investments, corporate finance transactions, securities offerings, and the regulation of insurance holding company systems.
Practice Areas
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Corporate Reorganizations (including Mutual Holding Company Conversions)
- Private Equity Investments
- Corporate Finance Transactions
- Securities Offerings
- The Regulation of Insurance Holding Company Systems
Education & Credentials
B.A. Degree: Brent A. Coudron graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. degree in Management from Purdue University's Krannert School of Management in 2005, where he was a four-year letter winner and team captain of the varsity baseball team, earning All-American, All-Big Ten, and Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Education: Brent A. Coudron earned his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame Law School in May 2009.
Firms: Brent A. Coudron is a partner in Barnes & Thornburg's Indianapolis office, where he is a member of the Corporate Department.
Affiliations: - Member of the American Bar Association (ABA) - Member of the Chicago Bar Association - Fellow in the Public Interest Law Initiative Fellowship Program at the Chicago Coalition for Law-related Education
Professional Background
Brent A. Coudron has extensive experience structuring and negotiating complex stock and asset purchases, mergers, conversions, reorganizations, and joint venture arrangements on behalf of both public and private company clients.
He has advised insurance and financial service companies in various transactional matters including domestic and cross-border alternative financing and derivative transactions (including regulatory reserve financings) as well as complex reinsurance arrangements. His experience also includes innovative transactions for the transfer of insurance-related risks to the capital markets, such as embedded value and closed block securitizations.
Brent A. Coudron is admitted to practice in the state of Illinois. He served stints in the summer as a law clerk in the Felony Trial Division of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office and as a financial analyst in the private equity group of Credit Suisse prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg.
Awards
Brent A. Coudron has been recognized by Best Attorney USA for his expertise in Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law since 2022.
Recognized Since: 2022
Location
Brent A. Coudron currently practices in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
