Nancy D. Lieberman

Nancy Lieberman is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Group. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and other complex corporate transactions. Nancy is widely recognized for her deep experience in the accounting industry, where she regularly advises accounting firms, their owners, and strategic acquirers on acquisitions, mergers, succession planning, governance matters, and regulatory compliance issues.

Over the course of her career, Nancy has completed more than 100 transactions with an aggregate value exceeding $1 billion across numerous jurisdictions in the United States and internationally. In addition to the accounting profession, she has represented clients in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, distribution, franchising, and software.

Before joining LP, Nancy served as General Counsel of Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP, a leading accounting and advisory firm, and previously as Deputy General Counsel of a top-15 accounting firm. In those roles, she led strategic acquisitions and advised firm leadership on governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, employment matters, litigation, and strategic planning. Her in-house experience provides clients with a practical understanding of the operational, business, and regulatory challenges facing accounting firms and other professional services organizations.

Nancy has particular experience advising accounting firms on issues unique to the profession, including alternative practice structures (APS), CPA firm ownership and governance, state regulatory requirements, professional licensing matters, succession transactions, attest and non-attest business structures, and compliance issues arising from firm combinations and private equity investments in the accounting industry.

Nancy earned her J.D. from New York University School of Law and her B.A. from Hofstra University.