Focus Areas
Examples of Sachin’s experience include:
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Counseling the U.S. subsidiary of a Finnish digital marketing and technology consultancy on the acquisition of a domestic target, structuring the transaction to include equity in the Finnish parent company as part of the consideration.
- Advising an American software company with a British subsidiary in its acquisition by an Australian entity.
- Acting as lead associate and representing a car dealership in its disposition to a strategic purchaser in a transaction valued at $43 million.
- Advising an HVAC industry platform rollup in its acquisition of multiple entities.
- Representing a dental service organization in its acquisition of multiple dental practices.
- Serving as lead associate and representing the purchaser in the acquisition of multiple long-term care facilities valued at $775 million.
- Serving as lead associate and representing the purchaser in the acquisition and transaction financing of a health care portfolio, which included a pharmacy, psychiatric hospital, and multiple long-term care facilities valued at $85 million.
- Representing the purchaser in the acquisition of multiple behavioral health facilities valued at $24 million.
New Ventures
- Representing an aviation SaaS company in connection with an ongoing equity financing and strategic partnerships with airlines.
- Representing a beverage manufacturer in structuring and closing minority equity investments in its operating subsidiary and in negotiating privately placed debt financings.
General Corporate/Commercial Contracts
- Advising a cloud-based reservation platform on U.S. market launches and coordinating international expansion efforts.
- Assisting a food processing equipment manufacturer in entering into international distribution and sale agreements.
- Serving in an embedded role within the legal department of a major outdoor power equipment manufacturer, where responsibilities included negotiating influencer, distribution, and vendor agreements and developing standard operating procedures for multiple departments.
- Representing and negotiating agreements on behalf of vendors to a national football league franchise.
Commercial Finance
- Representing a healthcare portfolio in refinancing multiple loan transactions valued at $325 million.
- Acting as lead U.S. counsel for an investment entity in its raise of oversubscribed issued debentures worth $72 million on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
- Advising a publicly traded experiential dining and entertainment company with locations across the United States in connection with amendments and restructuring of its term loan, equipment facility, and senior notes with its private credit lender group.
- “AI Meets National Security—Implications for Private Equity and M&A,” Thompson Hine Artificial Intelligence Update, June 2026
- “40 Years of the M&A Committee: Advantages of Being a Member of the Committee,” Business Law Today, April 2026
- “Strategic Earnout Drafting Implications from Delaware Supreme Court in J&J/Auris,” Business Law Today, Month-In-Brief: Mergers & Acquisitions, January 2026
- “Cross-Border §363-Type Transactions: Checklists for Sales of Assets of Distressed Companies Around the Globe,” Business Law Today, January 2024
- “Selling Stockholder’s Non-Compete Invalidated by Delaware Chancery Court: Kodiak Building Partners, LLC v. Adams,” Business Law Today, Month-In-Brief: Mergers & Acquisitions, February 2023
- “Ethics Encore: The Mansfield Rule,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal, March 2022
- “TIPS for Law Firms of All Sizes to Increase Diversity,” American Bar Association Quarterly – Tortsource, Fall 2020
- “Ohio Incentivizes Companies to Focus on Cybersecurity,” Law360, November 2018
- “AMA Panel,” Asian American Bar Association of Ohio, March 2026
- Guest lecturer, “Mergers & Acquisitions,” Corporations, Cleveland State University College of Law, April 2025
- “Business Law Section Welcome Remarks,” ABA Business Law Section Fall Meeting, September 2023
- “M&A Case Summaries: Protégé Biomedical, LLC v. Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC; Jorgl v. AIM Immunotech,” ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, M&A Jurisprudence Subcommittee, April 2023
- “Client-Centered Lawyering: Values of the Profession, First-Year Orientation,” Cleveland State University College of Law, August 2022
- “Navigating International Contracts,” Ohio Small Business Development Center, CSU Monte Ahuja College of Business, January 2021
- Selected to Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2021–2026
- Included in the 2023 to 2026 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Mergers & Acquisitions
- Smart Business Dealmakers Rising Stars, 2025
- American Bar Association On The Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers Award, 2024
- Lawyers of Color’s Hot List, 2022–2023
- Crain’s Cleveland Business 40 under Forty, 2022
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section M&A Committee: Legal Project Management Initiative Chair, April 2023–present; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Director, August 2024–present
- Asian American Bar Association of Ohio: President, December 2022–present
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association: Council on Conscious Inclusion, August 2021–present; Ethics and Professionalism Committee, August 2018–August 2025
- Ohio State Bar Association: Affinity Bar Leaders Committee, January 2023–present
- Association for Corporate Growth, Cleveland Chapter
- National Asian Pacific Bar Association
- South Asian Bar Association
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association Business Law Section Leadership Academy, April 2024–April 2026; Business Law Fellow, assigned to the M&A committee, August 2022–August 2024
- Business Law Today: Contributing Editor, Mergers & Acquisitions, February 2023–present
- American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division: Vice Chair, Men of Color Project, August 2024–August 2025
Community Activities
- Cleveland Animal Protective League: Board Member, January 2022–present
- Cleveland Leadership Center: Bridge Builders Class of 2026
- Kids in Need of Defense: Volunteer, September 2021–August 2022
- United Way of Greater Cleveland Young Leaders: Board Member, 2010–2011
- Cleveland International Film Festival: Selector, 2011
Education
- Cleveland State University College of Law, J.D., 2015
- Case Western Reserve University, Master of Engineering and Management, 2007
- Case Western Reserve University, B.S., 2006
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Languages
- Hindi
- Sindhi
- Urdu
- AI Meets National Security—Implications for Private Equity and M&A,
Artificial Intelligence Update
, June 5, 2026

