Education

• Baldwin Wallace University

  (B.A., magna cum laude, 2007)

• Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management

  (M.B.A., 2011)

• Case Western Reserve University School of Law

  (J.D., 2011)

Admissions

• State of Ohio

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Experienced in representing startups and businesses of all stages in private placement, fundraising, and venture capital projects.
• Represented preferred stockholder in sale of its investment to the company in the amount of $12 million.
• Represented architectural and engineering firm in sale of business to a private equity group for $30 million.
• Represented several clients in formation of private equity funds ranging from $25 million to $300 million in size and advised them on their reporting obligations as “exempt reporting advisors” and “registered investment advisors.”
• Represented registered public companies, investment companies, and investment advisors in filings made with the SEC (10-Ks, 10-Qs, proxy statements, annual reports, Form ADVs, Form N-1As) and advised them on SEC reporting requirements and compliance issues.
• Represented online compliance training leader Workplace Answers in its sale to EVERFI, Inc., the nation’s leading education technology innovator.
• Represented a leading provider of AML/BSA solutions to financial institutions, in the sale of the company for $125 million.
• Represented buyer in purchase of assets from several manufacturers of custom architectural woodworking for public and commercial buildings, including hospitals, schools, banks, retail stores, restaurants, and hotels.
• Counseled significant shareholder of public company on beneficial reporting requirements and sale of over $3 million of public company stock in compliance with Rule 144.
• Represented management of a company engaged in selling commercial lift trucks in purchasing controlling interest of such company from existing shareholders.
• Represented client in purchasing assets of company engaged in manufacturing and distributing products for the garage door industry for $13.5 million.
• Represented client in $15 million sale of company engaged in the business of selling marketing leads including names, phone numbers, home addresses, and/or email addresses, to service providers in the real estate, home and garden, and insurance industries.
• Represented client in forming a $50 million real estate investment fund and setting up the management structure of the fund.
• Represented a technology company in acquiring a new operating subsidiary for $10 million.
• Represented one of the largest mail carriers in the world in conducting an internal survey of its employees regarding the company’s compliance with laws in various areas.
• Represented public and private companies in completing reverse and forward stock splits.
• Represented public utility company in 1934 Act filings and a series of primary and secondary public offerings including: (1) a public, secondary offering of 800,000 shares of common stock by a major shareholder; (2) a public, secondary offering of 1 million shares of common stock by its CEO and CFO; and (3) a primary, public offering of 1.725 million of newly issued common stock.
• Played key role in the representation of a public utility company in a $10 million acquisition of a gas marketing company and adoption of rights agreement (poison pill) to ward off future advances of hostile acquirers.
• Represented minority shareholders in an effort to acquire controlling interest in publicly traded company and control of the board.
• Represented private equity firm in a $25 million acquisition of a battery manufacturer and the $22 million sale of a portfolio company engaged in the sale of various medical products, and represented the same client in a $50 million private placement.
• Assisted in the representation of a closely held corporation engaged in the business of providing surgical instruments to hospitals in the $70 million sale of the company.
• Represented company operating in the nickel industry in the $10 million redemption of the ownership interest held by one of its members.

Publications

• “Whole Foods Activist Shareholder Rings in New Year With a Win,” Co-Author, NYSE Governance Services Insight Newsletter (February 2015)
• “Winning Wisdom Garnered From the Cavs for Corporate Buyers,” Co-Author, Crain’s Cleveland Business (January 2015)

Presentations

• “Transactional Law v. Litigation,” Panelist, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (February 2023)
• “Build, Buy or Sell?” Moderator, Smart Business Dealmakers Conference (May 2022)
• “Representation and Warranty Insurance in M&A Transactions,” Speaker, Knowledge Group (July 2018)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• Association for Corporate Growth

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Albanian-American Association of Cleveland (Former Member, Board of Directors)

• Securities, M&A, and Corporate Partner Joins Ulmer in Cleveland