The law firm of Duane Morris has brought Richard Jaffe on board to join the firm’s growing Corporate Practice Group as a partner in its Philadelphia office.

Jaffe, who joins Duane Morris from Ballard Spahr, focuses his practice in the areas of private equity, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate finance and venture capital financing, particularly in the alternative energy, technology, life sciences, retail and manufacturing industries.

He represents private equity funds and other investors and companies in transactions and advises entrepreneurs on raising and investing capital as well as structuring public and private securities offerings, mergers, acquisitions and sales.