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Christopher P. Reuscher

Partner

Overview

Learn about Christopher

Chris is a partner in Walter Haverfield’s Business Services Group. He has substantial experience with complex business mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity financings, leveraged buy-outs, and recapitalizations for private equity and venture funds, as well as the portfolio companies of such funds. Chris also advises both public and privately-held companies at various stages of growth and has provided clients with day-to-day counseling on sophisticated business matters and securities law compliance.

Recognition

  • Best Lawyers – Business Organizations (Ohio) | 2016-present
  • Best Lawyers – Corporate Law (Ohio) | 2016-present
  • Best Lawyers – Mergers and Acquisitions (Ohio) | 2025-present
  • Best Lawyers – Business Organizations “Lawyer of the Year” (Akron) | 2018
  • Best Lawyers – Corporate Law “Lawyer of the Year” (Akron) | 2021
  • Super Lawyers – Corporate (Ohio) | 2025-present
  • Super Lawyers – Corporate “Rising Star” (Ohio)| 2010, 2011, 2013
  • Leadership Akron – Class 30 | 2013-2014
  • Greater Akron Chamber – “30 for the Future” Award | 2015
  • Cleveland Bridge Builders – Class of 2010

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  • The University of Akron School of Law, J.D.
    • with honors
  • Malone University, B.A.
    • Inducted into the Malone University Athletic Hall of Fame (2010)

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  • Ohio
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EXPERIENCE

  • $600 million stock sale for a Florida-based corporate payment technology company
  • $522 million international merger for a Minneapolis-based specialty baked goods company
  • $220 million divestiture of 200+ fast food restaurants for a Columbus-based company
  • $149 million stock acquisition of a multistate waste disposal and landfill operating company for a NY private equity firm
  • $140 million stock sale of world leading provider of integrated software solutions for medical education programs at schools and hospitals
  • $135 million recapitalization and related stock acquisitions for a domestic specialty baked goods company
  • $116 million merger for a UV-free sunless tanning company with a portfolio company
  • $96 million equity interest sale for an Ohio-based audience response system technology company
  • $90 million stock sale for an Ohio-based electrical contractor company
  • $70 million sale for a Texas-based professional employer organization
  • $54 million sale of Youngstown, Ohio based car dealerships
  • $51.5 million preferred stock financing for a Minnesota-based manufacturing company
  • $46 million asset acquisition of a Michigan-based thermoplastic sheet manufacturing company for a NY private equity firm
  • $44 million stock and assets acquisitions of specialty chemical companies for a NY private equity firm
  • $34 million sale of an Ohio-based multi-location restaurant business
  • $31 million acquisition of a professional employer organization for a TX private equity firm

(The above matters were completed prior to joining Walter Haverfield)

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ASSOCIATIONS

  • Ohio Bar Association
  • Akron Bar Association
  • Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) – Chicago, Cleveland, and Columbus Chapters
  • Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors
  • Fairlawn Country Club, President | 2021
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PRESENTATIONS

  • USLAW TELFA Cross-Border Business and Transaction Exchange – USLAW Network Client Conference (2016)
  • “Drafting, Defending and Litigating Contract Clauses” – USLAW Legal Leaders & Corporate Counsel Exchange (2015)
  • “Venture Capital Term Sheets” – Akron Global Business Accelerator – Entrepreneurial Law Update (2013)
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PUBLISHED ARTICLES

  • Protect your time and money from legal diligence through closing – Crains Cleveland Business (January 2024)
  • To Sandbag or Not to Sandbag, That is the Question – USLAW Magazine (Spring 2020)
  • Corwin Doctrine: Disclosure Deficiencies and Stockholder Approved Transactions – USLAW Magazine (Jan 2020)
  • Stepping Into Mom and Dad’s Shoes – Crain’s Cleveland (Jan 2019)

Articles

FEATURING & RECOGNIZING Christopher

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July 8, 2025

Walter Haverfield Continues Strategic Growth; Welcomes Partner Christopher Reuscher to Bolster Bu...

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August 21, 2025

Walter Haverfield Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers 2026 Edition

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