Kenneth R. Sagan

Kenneth R. Sagan

Firm Chair

Lexington, KY

Phone: 859-226-2339 Fax: 859-425-7951

Email: ksagan@stites.com

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Education

  • University of Kentucky College of Law

    J.D., with distinction, 1983

    Kentucky Law Journal, staff member and editorial associate

  • University of Kentucky

    B.A., with high distinction, 1980

    Phi Beta Kappa; Honors Program; Varsity track and cross country

Admissions

  • Kentucky

Service Areas

  • Business & Corporate Services
  • Corporate Finance & Securities Offerings
  • Corporate General Services
  • Entrepreneurial Services
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations
  • Telecommunications, Technology & Internet Law
  • Health Care - Business Transactions and Finance
  • Contract Drafting, Negotiation for Public & Private Projects

Industry Experience

  • Banking / Financial Services
  • Biotechnology and Life Sciences
  • Construction
  • Educational Institutions
  • Entrepreneurism
  • Financing
  • Health Care
  • Industrial / Manufacturing Facilities
  • Not For Profit & Professional / Trade Organizations
  • Technology / Hardware / Software
  • Telecommunications
  • Venture Capital / Private Equity

Memberships

  • American Bar Association, Business Law Section
  • Kentucky Bar Association, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section

Community Involvement

  • Commerce Lexington, Executive Committee and General Counsel
  • Lexington Rotary Club
  • Lexington Strides Ahead Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors

Best Lawyers in America

Ken Sagan is Chairman of the Firm and is based in the Lexington office. He practices business law with concentrations in mergers and acquisitions and finance. 

Mr. Sagan has handled a large number of business financing and capital transactions.

Recent Assignments

  • Led the closing team of over 20 lawyers and paralegals from five law firms and companies in the liquidation sale of approximately $1 billion of assets of a major life insurance company
  • Representation of the Lexington Legends, a minor league baseball team, in various transactions including stadium financing and franchise sale

Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications

  • "Chapter 11: Business Combinations: Non-Tax Considerations," co-author, Kentucky Corporation Law, 2d ed. (2010), University of Kentucky CLE Publications, Oct. 2010
  • "Top Ten Kentucky Business Law Oddities," 2007 Kentucky Bar Association Annual Convention CLE, June 22, 2007
  • "Financing for University Related Businesses," University of Kentucky Natural Products Alliance Forum, April 21, 2003
  • "Discussion and Analysis of Funding Available to Kentucky Businesses," 9th Biennial Business Associations Law Institute, University of Kentucky/Continuing Legal Education, February 15, 2003

More Than Stites & Harbison

Mr. Sagan is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® and Kentucky Super Lawyers. He serves on the Executive Committee and as General Counsel of Commerce Lexington.  He also serves on the Board of the Lexington Rotary Club Endowment Fund and on the Board of Lexington Strides Ahead Foundation, Inc. He is a former Board member of Girl Scouts - Wilderness Road Council and Cross Roads (newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Lexington).