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Christopher P. Reuscher

Partner

Overview

Learn about Christopher

Chris is the Chair of 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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