Frank T Cannone

Practice Areas

Mr. Cannone is the Chair of the Corporate Group and a member of the Executive Committee at Gibbons. His practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, early-stage and emerging growth, and corporate and securities law. He has extensive experience representing clients in connection with public and private capital raising, private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions (in middle market transactions), public-private-partnerships (P3)/government transactions, alternative energy finance, corporate healthcare, venture capital transactions, and cross border transactions.

Under Mr. Cannone’s leadership, the Gibbons Corporate Group has become known for its complex and sophisticated transactions and strong capital markets based approach to corporate practice, which makes it unique among New Jersey headquartered firms. Mr. Cannone has led the expansion of the Corporate Group’s services and value-added offerings to become one of the region’s top corporate practices, establishing during his tenure capabilities in the areas of Governmental Transactions; Cross-Border Transactions; Early-Stage Businesses; Renewable Energy Finance; and Corporate Healthcare.

Honors & Awards

In addition to Chambers USA, Mr. Cannone selected to various corporate and M&A lists in Best Lawyers® and New Jersey Super Lawyers. He was also selected to the ROI-NJ 2020 “Influencers Power List: Lawyers.” For his accomplishments transforming the group into one of the region’s top corporate practices and expanding its services and value-added offerings, Mr. Cannone was inducted in 2021 into the Seton Hall Stillman School of Business Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s Hall of Fame, which honors the most successful innovators and change-makers from the broader Seton Hall community.