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In addition to specific transaction-based work, Todd regularly advises clients as outside general counsel in connection with a wide range of day-to-day commercial arrangements, including business and income tax planning matters pertaining to C corporations, S corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnerships. In addition, he advises a variety of companies and entrepreneurs in matters such as business formation, capital raising, employee matters, strategic agreements, shareholder agreements, complex partnership and limited company agreements, debt and equity arrangements and confidentiality and noncompete agreements.

Todd's background also includes estate planning for high-net-worth individuals, with experience in structuring and implementing sophisticated strategies for clients involving GRATs, dynasty trusts, intentionally defective grantor trusts, family limited partnerships and limited liability companies.

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J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School, 1994, 

B.A., DePauw University, 1991, 

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<li>Chambers USA: Corporate/M&amp;A in Ohio (2011 to present)</li>
<li>The Best Lawyers in America® (2010 to 2025)
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<li>Ohio: Corporate Law
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<li>Best Lawyers® &#8220;Lawyer of the Year&#8221; (2020)</li>
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<li>Ohio: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
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<li>Best Lawyers® &#8220;Lawyer of the Year&#8221; (2014, 2017)</li>
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<li>Ohio Super Lawyers
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<li>&#8220;Super Lawyer&#8221; (2011 to 2025)</li>
<li>&#8220;Rising Star&#8221; (2005 to 2007)</li>
<li>Top 50 Columbus Super Lawyers</li>
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<li>Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV Preeminent</li>
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Columbus

BakerHostetler Ohio Attorneys Selected as Super Lawyers, Rising Stars

Chambers USA Guide 2024 Recognizes 155 BakerHostetler Attorneys and ­66 Practice Areas

BakerHostetler Adds Prominent M&A Partner in Columbus, Continuing Corporate Growth Across the United States

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<li>Represented a leading manufacturer of sustainable and customizable food packaging solutions in its ESOP formation stock sale transaction.</li>
<li>Represented a national restoration contractor specializing in fire and water damage cleanup, mold remediation, remodeling and reconstruction in its acquisition of a leading water damage restoration company in South Jersey.</li>
<li>Represented a company that provides transportation, logistics, supply chain, and storage solutions and is a supply chain performance partner providing fixed-cost, turn-key solutions, in its ESOP formation stock sale transaction.</li>
<li>Represented a systems integration and I&amp;C construction firm specifically structured to meet all industrial automation and control needs in its ESOP formation stock sale transaction.</li>
<li>Represented a digital marketing company specializing in local search marketing, reputation management, paid advertising and social media in its sale to a leading provider of web development, digital listings and digital marketing services.</li>
<li>Represented a leading supplier of coin-operated arcade games, redemption equipment, virtual reality, digital jukeboxes and vending machines in its ESOP formation stock sale transaction.</li>
<li>Represented one of the largest manufacturers and suppliers of paper partitions in North America in its sale of a majority ownership stake to a publicly traded, global leader in industrial packaging products and services.</li>
<li>Represented a leading, national distributor of building material in its acquisition of a major wholesale distributor of building and construction-related products.</li>
<li>Served as exclusive sell-side legal counsel to a 166-year-old funeral home operator and cremation service provider and its affiliated entities in all aspects of its sale to one of the nation’s largest operator of funeral homes and services.</li>
<li>Represented a leading, privately owned automobile dealer in its acquisition of nine automobile dealerships (including eight different manufacturer brands) in Ohio, Michigan and Florida.</li>
<li>Represented one of the largest property and casualty insurance agencies in central Ohio in its sale to a leading global insurance broker and financial services firm with offices located throughout North America.</li>
<li>Represented a 47-year-old North American family business and industry leader in designing, engineering and manufacturing volleyball equipment in connection with the sale of 100% of the company’s equity to its newly formed Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Plan and Trust.</li>
<li>Served as the exclusive sell-side legal counsel to a provider of high-pressure aluminum die cast solutions in its merger with a leading, private-equity backed manufacturer of high-pressure aluminum die castings.</li>
<li>Represented an interconnect hub and two enterprise-grade, network neutral data centers in the sale of all of the membership interests in the companies to a network neutral interconnection and data center company.</li>
<li>Acted as exclusive legal counsel to a multidisciplinary architecture firm in connection with the sale of 100% of the company’s equity to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Trust, and related company reorganization with affiliated companies.</li>
<li>Advised a publicly traded, global medical technology company in connection with its stock purchase bid for a leading innovator in clinically differentiated needleless access connectors and administration sets that deliver intravenous medication to patients.</li>
<li>Acted as exclusive legal counsel to a company that specializes in the fabrication and installment of premium windows and doors, in connection with the sale of 100% of the company’s equity to an ESOP Trust, and related company reorganization with affiliated companies.</li>
<li>Represented a publicly traded global healthcare company in the sale of its orthopedic product manufacturing business unit to an east coast private equity firm.</li>
<li>Represented a publicly traded global healthcare company in its sale of several of its business units focused on the enteral feeding, vascular access, catheter location device and surgical protection systems markets.</li>
<li>Represented a publicly traded, global healthcare company in connection with its acquisition of a healthcare logistics business focused on shipping and freight management services for healthcare industry.</li>
<li>Represented a publicly traded, global healthcare company in its acquisition of a nuclear pharmacy business with multiple locations and cyclotrons throughout the southwest U.S.</li>
<li>Served as the exclusive sell-side legal counsel in the sale of a full-service contracting company for residential, commercial and enterprise telecommunications services to a software company that sells customer experience and call center technology to mid-sized and large businesses.</li>
<li>Acted as buy-side legal counsel for the president and owner of a recycler of ferrous and non-ferrous metals in connection with an ownership restructuring.</li>
<li>Acted as legal advisor to a managed IT support and services company in its sale to a regional IT services and solutions provider.</li>
<li>Acted as the legal advisor to a heating, ventilation and air conditioning distributor in all aspects of its sale to an HVAC and plumbing distributor that supplies heating, cooling, and plumbing products to industry contractors throughout North America.</li>
<li>Acted as the legal advisor to a family owned and operated manufacturer of food processing equipment and its affiliates in all aspects of its acquisition of a manufacturer of sanitary conveying equipment for the food processing industry.</li>
<li>Acted as the legal advisor to a global leader in custom super-abrasive grinding wheels and tools in all aspects of its receipt of a private equity investment from a private equity firm.</li>
<li>Acted as exclusive legal counsel to a premier design and build landscape contracting company in connection with the sale of 100% of the company’s equity to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Trust, and related company reorganization with affiliated companies.</li>
<li>Acted as legal advisor to a heating, ventilation and air conditioning distributor sold to a company that supplies heating and cooling products to industry contractors.</li>
<li>Advised a platform of action sports brands and its related entities in its sale to a middle-market private equity firm.</li>
<li>Acted as the legal advisor to a leading provider of road, highway and airport line striping in all aspects of its sale to a portfolio company of a private equity investment firm.</li>
<li>Served as the exclusive buy-side legal counsel for an automotive partnership in its acquisition of several automobile dealerships, along with the related real estate.</li>
<li>Advised a privately owned, full-service precision metal fabricator specializing in laser material processing technology and its shareholders on all aspects of the sale of the company to the wholly owned subsidiary of a processor and distributor of metals.</li>
<li>Served as counsel to a custom manufacturer of industrial grade circular saw bodies in connection with its founders’ sale of 100% of the stock of the company to a newly created Employee Stock Ownership Plan sponsored by the company.</li>
<li>Served as counsel to a laundry and dry cleaning product supplier in connection with its sale to a private equity firm.</li>
<li>Served as counsel to a leading artisanal ice cream and dessert boutique company’s owners throughout a series of capital infusion transactions, including multiple sales of convertible notes and equity warrants to national private equity investors.</li>
<li>Represented a diversified financial services and management consulting firm throughout the entirety of its acquisition of 100% of the stock of a Tennessee-based company that provides collection services and accounts receivable management.</li>
<li>Served as counsel to a creative, digital marketing agency during its sale to a publicly traded, global provider of business services.</li>
<li>Represented a seller and distributor of residential building supplies in the purchase of substantially all of the assets of a supplier of building materials.</li>
<li>Advised a full-service bank on its cash-and-stock merger with a Nasdaq-traded company for total consideration of approximately $37.6 million.</li>
<li>Represented a fast-casual Italian eatery in connection with a significant growth equity investment made by a consumer-focused private equity firm.</li>
<li>Represented the controlling shareholder of a provider of software product configuration management solutions in its sale to a provider of business application software that serves more than 70,000 customers in 194 countries.</li>
<li>Closed a strategic growth acquisition on behalf of a supplier to the dry cleaning and laundry industry.</li>
<li>Represented a provider of customized refrigeration engineering, preventative maintenance and repair and its principal shareholders in the merger of the company with a specialty engineering, service and installation firm providing value-added infrastructure services.</li>
<li>Facilitated a majority interest sale between two large wholesale heating, cooling, ventilation, plumbing and water treatment distributors.</li>
<li>Represented a producer of refrigerated mashed potatoes, rice and pasta side dishes and its principal stockholders in connection with the sale of its business and the majority of its assets to a publicly traded owner and operator of full-service restaurants.</li>
<li>Represented a publicly traded global medical technology company in its acquisition of an early-stage medical technology business.</li>
<li>Represented a strategic operating company in connection with its acquisition of a B2C e-commerce platform acquisition from a private equity firm.</li>
<li>Represented a leading energy efficiency solutions provider in its sale to a global steel manufacturer.</li>
<li>Represented the management team in a leveraged buyout of a leading turn-key industrial machinery maintenance and installation contractor.</li>
<li>Represented a leading digital marketing agency in its sale of a minority equity interest to a Boston-based private equity firm and a related, leveraged debt recapitalization.</li>
<li>Represented a publicly traded, global medical technology company in its sale of an instrument management and repair business to a private equity fund.</li>
<li>Represented a national, full-service utility construction and network installation service provider, providing engineering, construction, installation and maintenance of power and communications distribution systems, in its acquisition of a complementary competitor.</li>
<li>Represented a leading building materials manufacturer in its equity sale and debt recapitalization transaction with an operationally-focused private equity firm.</li>
<li>Represented a national claims and risk management service provider in its acquisition of a managed care organization.</li>
<li>Represented a publicly traded, global medical technology company its corporate divestiture of one of its business units to a strategic buyer.</li>
<li>Represented a national claims and risk management service provider in its acquisition of a licensed third-party administrator that represents employers in all issues related to workers’ compensation claims administration.</li>
<li>Represented a provider of comprehensive construction and site management, development and environmental remediation services in connection with its reorganization and a spin-off of one of its operating divisions.</li>
<li>Represented a purveyor of premium meat and seafood products, in its equity sale, debt recapitalization and reorganization transaction sponsored by a private equity firm.</li>
<li>Represented a private equity firm in its equity investment and acquisition of the business assets of a regional supplier of pro-audio, lighting, staging and video production services, sales and installation.</li>
<li>Represented a private equity firm in its sponsored Article 9 asset acquisition of two distressed businesses in the gift and stationery, children’s craft and paper crafts industries.</li>
<li>Advised an Ontario-based coating technology business in its acquisition of a U.S.-based specialty chemical distribution company focused on paints, coating, adhesives and inks.</li>
<li>Represented a private equity firm in its sale of one of its portfolio companies to a strategic buyer.</li>
<li>Advised a group of venture capital investors in connection with early-stage equity investments in a digital staffing company.</li>
<li>Represented a private pre-school operator to a publicly traded, strategic buyer.</li>
<li>Represented a digital marketing agency in the acquisition of an advertising agency.</li>
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