Focus Areas
Venture Capital Financing and Exit Transactions
- Represented a provider of crowd-sourced graphic design services in its $35 million Series A investment.
- Represented the lead venture capital firm in a $19 million Series C investment in a medical device company.
- Represented the stockholders of an expense management software company in their exit to a reseller of travel services.
- Represented a publicly held company in its $13 million Series A investment, and the $4.5 million follow-on investment, in an alternative energy automobile manufacturer, and its $2 million Series A investment in a wind energy generation and delivery company.
- Represented a marketing optimization software-as-a-service business in multiple rounds of venture financing totaling over $11.5 million.
- Represented a provider of wireless communication management services in multiple venture-style equity and convertible debt issuances totaling approximately $10 million in investments.
- Represented the stockholders of an online ordering business in their exit to a leading online retailer.
- Represented the lead venture capital firm in an $8.5 million Series A investment in a medical device company.
- Represented a gift card industry software-as-a-service business in multiple preferred equity issuances resulting in over $8 million in investments.
- Represented a telecommunications software-as-a-service business in multiple preferred equity and convertible debt issuances resulting in approximately $7.5 million in investments.
- Represented a venture capital firm in its $6.5 million investment in a provider of call-recording and call-center solutions.
- Represented the stockholders of a modular structural armor business in their exit to a manufacturer of force protection, flood protection and erosion control products.
- Represented a medical device company in multiple sales of preferred equity resulting in over $5 million in investments.
- Represented the lead venture capital firm in a $4 million Series E investment, and its follow-on investments, in an international technology sourcing company.
Traditional M&A and Private Equity Transactions
- Represented a private equity firm in its sale of a $49 million multistate rolled aluminum operation to a publicly held producer of aluminum rolled and extruded products, recycled aluminum and specification alloy products.
- Represented the seller in its disposition of a $40 million multistate scrap metal business to a private equity-backed scrap metal processor and broker.
- Represented the seller in its disposition of a $23.5 million student housing development project to a real estate investment and management company.
- Represented a publicly traded provider of energy products and services in its acquisition of a $22 million electrostatic precipitator and emissions monitoring business, its acquisition of a $13 million power plant operation and maintenance services provider, its acquisition of a $1 million filter bag cage manufacturer and producer its attempted acquisition of a power plant catalyst cleaning and service business and its attempted acquisition of a lined pipe supplier and provider of related services.
- Represented a private equity firm in the formation of a new investment platform and related $16 million acquisition of a health care marketing and communications company.
- Represented the seller in multiple dispositions of its automotive parts and services business, including a $14 million sale to a provider of automotive maintenance and repairs as well as a $5.5 million sale to a publicly held automotive service and repair provider.
- Represented a corrugated packaging and display manufacturer and designer in multiple acquisitions of corrugated packaging and display manufacturing and design businesses.
- Represented a private equity syndicate in a $7.5 million investment in a medical device design and manufacturing company.
- Represented a private equity firm in its formation of a new investment platform and related $7 million acquisition of a precision metal stampings business.
- Represented the stockholders in their sale of a $3.5 million specialty valve distribution and service company to a private equity-backed distributor of process flow control products.
- Represented a private equity firm in its sale of a $2.5 million injection molding business to a major competitor and its attempted sale of a multimillion dollar air gun manufacturer.
- “Startup Building Blocks: Allocating Equity, Thompson Hine New Ventures Update, April 2022
- “New Ventures Group Sees Marked Growth,” Thompson Hine New Ventures Update, February 2022
- “Midwest Venture Capital Is Booming & Thompson Hine Is at the Heart of It,” Thompson Hine New Ventures Update, December 2021
- “Delaware Annual Reports/Franchise Tax Returns Due Soon,” Thompson Hine Early Stage & Emerging Companies Update, January 2021
- “Legal Considerations in Starting a Healthcare Business,” Chapter 20, Section III, Evidence-Based Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, January 2020
- “Launching a Start-up? Consider Forming a Corporation Instead of an LLC,” Journal of Taxation of Investments, June 2018
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018-2025 for Venture Capital Law; named the Best Lawyers® 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025 Venture Capital Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Cleveland
- Recognized in Crain’s Cleveland Business’s “Who to Watch in Law,” 2016
- Selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list, 2013-2017
- Recommended in The Legal 500 United States (M&A: Middle-Market), 2014
Professional Associations
- The American, Ohio and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Associations
Education
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 2003
- The Ohio State University, B.A., 2000
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
Languages
- Hebrew
- New Ventures Update – August 2024, August 28, 2024
- New Ventures Update – March 2024, March 27, 2024
- New Ventures Update – January 2024, January 31, 2024
- Delaware Corporate Annual Reports, Franchise Tax Returns Due Soon,
New Ventures Alert
, January 25, 2024 - New Ventures Practice Group: A Year-in-Review, January 18, 2024
- New Ventures Update – October 2023, October 24, 2023
- New Ventures Update – September 2023, September 27, 2023
- New Ventures Update – August 2023, August 29, 2023
- New Ventures Update – April 2023, April 25, 2023
- New Ventures Team Update – March 2023, March 28, 2023