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RexMcKeon

Associate

"Serving as a client's trusted advisor is an honor and a privilege. I pride myself on providing solution-focused counseling and a meaningful client experience."

Overview

Biography

Rex's transactional practice encompasses a wide range of matters, including business formations; capital markets and start-ups; mergers and acquisitions; not-for-profit formation and governance; applications for tax-exempt status; and drafting various commercial agreements, such as consulting agreements, general terms and conditions, and ownership agreements.

During Rex's nearly ten years with a large Boston-based technology company, he worked with health care providers to improve operational efficiency, streamline revenue cycle operations, and adopt value-based payment models. His operational experience in health care IT gives him a valuable perspective in his approach to the legal concerns of health care clients, and his experience working for a large technology firm influences his transactional practice.

Bar Associations

  • Bar Association of Erie County
  • Boston Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association

Selected Memberships & Affiliations

  • St. Thomas More Guild of Western New York, Member
Experience

Representative Experience

  • Represent buyers and sellers of independent pharmacies in asset and equity transactions involving community-based retail pharmacies, specialty pharmacies, and compounding pharmacies.
  • Represented the surviving entity in a merger of two mental health care providers regarding assets in excess of $100 million, which involved regulatory approvals from the NYS Office of Mental Health, NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports, and the NYS Attorney General.
  • Represented the seller of a US freight-factoring portfolio to a competitor in a strategic asset sale valued at $50 million.
  • Represented the owners of a construction cost-estimating company in an equity transaction valued at $57 million.
  • Represented a Canadian transportation and logistics company regarding its US expansion and operations.
  • Represented a cannabis testing laboratory start-up in connection with its entity formation, corporate structuring, and $2 million series seed raise.
  • Represented not-for-profit and religious corporations before the New York State Attorney General on matters relating to corporate and real property transactions.
  • Successfully obtained recognition of tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for numerous organizations across New York State, including public charities, private foundations, and churches. Representation includes the formation of not-for-profit and religious corporations, drafting bylaws and policies, completing applications for recognition on IRS Form 1023, NYS Charities Bureau registrations, and obtaining NYS Sales and Use Tax Exempt Organization Certificates.
  • Represented a long-standing Orchard Park specialty technical manufacturer in the successful sale of its equity and real property to a private equity platform.

Prior Experience

  • Barclay Damon LLP, Law Clerk
  • athenahealth, Inc., Manager, Customer Success Management
  • University of Maine, College of Education and Human Development, Teaching Assistant
  • University of Maine, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Research Fellow

Selected Community Activities

  • Graycliff Conservancy, Board Member
  • Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Young Professional Member
  • The Mayhew Program, Annual Volunteer
  • Northport Volunteer Fire Department, Former Volunteer Fire Fighter

Selected Honors

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America: Corporate Law, 2025–2026; Health Care Law, 2026
  • New York State Bar Association, Empire State Counsel®, 2024
  • American Bar Association Client Counseling Competition, Regional Semifinalist, 2021

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