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Gregory L. Watkins

Partner

Greg Watkins

Overview

Learn about Gregory

Greg represents clients with their business transactions and day-to-day business operations. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity issuances, corporate restructurings, raising capital and corporate governance. Greg counsels clients on navigating the business life cycle and the ongoing requirements of business management, particularly with entity selection and structure, formation, organization, contract negotiation, operational and employment issues, commercial leasing, financing and exit strategies.

Recognition

  • Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for mergers and acquisitions law, 2021
  • Selected to Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars List, 2018-21

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EXPERIENCE

EMERGING COMPANIES & VENTURE CAPITAL

• Counseled technology start-up company on reorganization matters and raising capital

BUSINESS SERVICES

• Counseled brewery on establishing distribution network across the Midwest and eastern United States

MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS & JOINT VENTURES

• Represented a spine and pain group in the sale of its assets to a Northeast Ohio health care system

• Represented a Northeast Ohio health care system in the acquisition of a cardiology group

• Served as sell-side counsel in the sale of a water feature products company for $13MM

• Served as buy-side counsel in the acquisition of a detectible warning systems company for $5.6MM

• Represented Company in an ESOP transaction, including the redemption and sale of company stock, for $50.25MM

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ASSOCIATIONS

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

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PRESENTATIONS

Preparing Strong Representations and Warranties, National Business Institute, June 2019