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ChrisDiehl

Partnermoc.eniHnospmohT@lheiD.sirhC
Cleveland

O 216.566.5577

ChrisDiehl

Partner

Focus Areas

  • Represented lender, as purchaser of tax-exempt bonds through a private placement, to fund the acquisition and construction of a $40 million low-income housing project.
  • Represented lender, as initial funding lender, during the construction period of a tax-exempt, $24 million loan, to fund the acquisition and construction of a 125-unit low-income housing project.
  • Represented lender in documenting an $8 million revolving line of credit to fund operations at twelve skilled nursing facilities.
  • Represented lender in structuring and documenting a $15 million construction loan for a skilled nursing facility that included a port authority lease/leaseback structure to facilitate a state sales tax exemption.
  • Represented agent and lead arranger in documenting a $40 million syndicated construction loan.
  • Represented lender, as purchaser of port-authority issued bonds, in a $15 million financing facility to acquire and construct a skilled nursing facility.
  • Represented lender in making a $22 million loan facility available to a developer to acquire and construct a mixed-use retail and apartment project, as part of a larger financing package that included mezzanine financing, tax-increment financing, port-authority bonds, and subordinate municipal loans.
  • Represented lender in structuring and documenting a $65 million revolving line of credit secured by real estate located in over eight states.
  • Represented lender in structuring and documenting a $40 million credit facility that included a secured real estate loan, an operating line of credit, and an asset-backed term loan in connection with financing a leveraged buyout of an extrusions company.
  • “Open meetings and closed mouths: public employee’s free speech rights after Garceti v. Ceballos,” 61 Case Western Reserve Law Review, 551, 2011
  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for Banking and Finance Law, and Real Estate Law
  • Included in the 2021 to 2025 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Banking and Finance Law, and Real Estate Law
  • Selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list, 2018-2026
  • Order of the Coif
  • Order of Barristers
  • Dean Dunmore Moot Court, Best Brief Award Competition Finalist
  • Case Western Reserve University Law Review, Managing Editor

Professional Associations

  • Cleveland Professional 20/30 Club, Board of Directors, General Counsel, 2015-2020
  • The Citizens League of Greater Cleveland, Executive Committee, 2011-2015

Professional Activities

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Adjunct Professor of Law, Mock Trial Coach, 2012-2020

Community Activities

  • Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland, Board of Directors, 2024-present

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 2011,
    magna cum laude
    ,

    Case Western Reserve Law Review, managing editor

  • Ohio University, B.B.A., 2008,
    magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio