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Sandra L. Knapp

Sandra L. Knapp

E-mail: sknapp@gawthrop.com

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Sandra L. Knapp, represents clients in a broad range of transactional and general corporate matters, including asset-based lending transactions, mergers and acquisitions, marine finance, U.S. based joint ventures for international companies, real estate, sale-leaseback transactions, construction contracts, leases and charters. She is frequently involved in multimillion-dollar financing and acquisition transactions for companies both nationally and internationally.

Ms. Knapp has practiced in the Philadelphia area for over 20 years representing clients throughout the United States and abroad. Prior to joining Gawthrop Greenwood, P.C., she was the managing partner of Knapp McConomy Merlie LLP.

Ms. Knapp is a graduate of Lehigh University in 1981 (B.S. in Finance; B.A. in International Studies) and Villanova University School of Law in 1986, where she was a member of the Villanova Law Review. Ms. Knapp is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States and past Chair of its Marine Finance Committee and formerly a member of its Board of Directors. She is also a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Chester County Bar Associations and is admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Ms. Knapp is active in the port community as well as the local Chester County community. She is on the Advisory Board of the Historic Yellow Springs and a member of the International Business Council of the Chester County Economic Development Council. She is a past Board member of the Seamen's Church Institute and named in the International Who's Who of Shipping & Maritime Lawyers.

  • Areas of Practice:

  • Business Law
  • Commercial Transactions
  • Admiralty/Maritime Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Finance and Banking

  • Bar Admissions:

  • Pennsylvania, 1986
  • New Jersey, 1987

  • Education:

  • Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania, J.D.
  • Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, B.S. Finance with High Honors and B.A. International Studies with High Honors

  • Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • Chester County Economic Development Council, Board Member of International Business Council
  • Maritime Law Association of the United States
  • American Bar Association, Member
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
  • Chester County Bar Association, Member
  • Historic Yellow Springs, Inc., Advisory Board Member

  • Past Employment Positions:

  • Knapp McConomy Merlie LLP
  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • Krusen Evans & Byrne