Katharine M. Sagan-Buttleman
Counsel , Lexington KY
Katharine M. Sagan-Buttleman
Counsel , Lexington KY
Katharine joined Stoll Keenon Ogden’s Lexington office in 2015 and serves clients primarily through the Business Services practice.
Working with businesses of all types and sizes throughout Kentucky, Katharine assists with matters ranging from financial restructuring to real estate purchases. She was part of an SKO team in 2017 that handled a merger involving a publicly held utility company.
Katharine has a background in providing legal support to information management and technology-based businesses. Prior to her role at SKO, she was an intern at an incubator for high-tech startup companies and at Lexmark International. She earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and completed coursework in computer science.
Business Services: Katharine concentrates on transactions involving corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and securities and corporate governance. Well-versed in Kentucky’s statute governing the formation of public-benefit corporations, she also helps new and existing businesses evaluate if B Corp status fits their organizations.
Education
University of Kentucky College of Law, 2015, J.D., magna cum laude
University of Kentucky, 2012, B.S. Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude
Experience
Admitted In
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Kentucky
Professional & Community Activities
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Kentucky Bar Association, Business Law Section, former Secretary
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FoodChain, former Board Member
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The Pulse—Lexington Young Professional Catholics, former Board Member
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Lexington Young Professionals Association
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IEEE
Accolades
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Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America: Mergers & Acquisitions (2024, 2025)
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Best Lawyers in America®: Commercial Finance, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Corporate Governance Law (2025)
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Order of the Coif
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Kentucky Law Journal, Notes Editor
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CALI Awards: Contracts I, Internet Law, Property, Trusts and Estates, Corporate Tax
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Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary Society)
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Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Honor Society)
Work Highlights
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Private Healthcare Company Change of Control
Katharine assisted the SKO team representing a private healthcare company in the sale of a controlling interest to an investment fund. The company’s enterprise value at the time of the transaction was approximately $610 million.
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Merger of Publicly Held Utility
Ken and Katharine represented Delta Natural Gas Company in its merger with an affiliate of Pennsylvania-based Peoples Natural Gas. Prior to merger, Delta’s enterprise value was approximately $270 million. Representation in the merger from inception through closing included:
- Advising Delta’s Board of Directors on its fiduciary duties in the merger
- Assisting in the engagement of investment bankers
- Advising on a bid process as a market check
- Preparing confidentiality and standstill agreements with bidders
- Evaluating bids
- Preparing and negotiating the definitive merger agreement
- Preparing Delta’s proxy statement, shareholder materials, SEC filings and Forms 8k
- Negotiating settlements of shareholder putative class action lawsuits filed after the merger was announced
Seminars
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Contract and business law to New Lawyers Program, speaker, Jan. 2017
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