Christopher P. Reuscher
Shareholder
Akron
222 South Main Street
Suite 400
Akron, OH 44308
P 330.762.7994
F 330.376.4577
P 330.762.7994 | F 330.376.4577
222 South Main Street
Suite 400
Akron, OH 44308
P 330.762.7994
F 330.376.4577
P 330.762.7994 | F 330.376.4577
Overview
Chris focuses his practice on corporate and business law. He has significant transactional experience with complex business mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity financings, leveraged buy-outs, and recapitalizations. He has represented 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. He has worked extensively with private equity, subordinated debt and venture funds as well as the portfolio companies of such funds.
Experience
Chris represented:
- A Florida-based corporate payment technology company in a $600 million stock sale with a France-based public company
- A Minneapolis-based specialty baked goods company in a $522 million international merger with a Netherlands-based bakery company
- A Columbus, Ohio based company in its $220 million divestiture of 200+ fast food restaurants
- A New York private equity fund in its $149 million stock acquisition of a multistate waste disposal and landfill operating company
- A domestic specialty baked goods company in a $135 million recapitalization and related stock acquisitions
- A UV-free sunless tanning company in a $116 million merger with a portfolio company of an Ohio-based private equity fund
- An Ohio-based audience response system technology company in a $96 million equity interest sale
- An Ohio-based electrical contractor company in a $90 million stock sale
- A Texas-based professional employer organization in a $70 million sale to an Illinois / British Columbia-based private equity firm
- A Minnesota-based manufacturing company in a $51.5 million preferred stock financing
- A New York-based private equity fund in its $46 million asset acquisition of a Michigan-based thermoplastic sheet manufacturing company
- A portfolio company of a New York private equity fund in connection with multiple stock and assets acquisitions of specialty chemical companies with an aggregate purchase price of $44 million
- An Ohio-based multi-location restaurant business in a $34 million sale to a California-based private equity firm
- A Texas-based private equity fund in its $31 million acquisition of a professional employer organization
Services
Industries
Education
-
The University of Akron School of Law,
J.D.
- with honors
-
Malone University,
B.A.,
Law and Society
- Inducted into the Malone University Athletic Hall of Fame (2010)
Credentials
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
Recognitions
- Named Akron, OH "Lawyer of the Year" by The Best Lawyers in America® for Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (2018)
- Named Akron, OH "Lawyer of the Year" by The Best Lawyers in America® for Corporate Law (2021)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America® for Business Organizations (2016-2025); Corporate Law (2016-2025); Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2025)
- Greater Akron Chamber "30 for the Future" award recipient (2015)
- Selected as an "Ohio Super Lawyers - Rising Star" by Ohio Super Lawyers magazine (2010 & 2011, 2013)
- Leadership Akron, Class 30 (2013-2014)
- Cleveland Bridge Builders, Class of 2010
Affiliations
Professional Affiliations
- Ohio Bar Association
- Akron Bar Association
- Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) - Chicago, Cleveland, and Columbus Chapters
- Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors
Community Affiliations
- Fairlawn Country Club, President (2021)
Insights
Alerts
Corporate Transparency Act: New Reporting Rules for Dissolved and Merged Companies (Jul 12, 2024)
Changes Underway for SBA 7(a) and 504 Loan Programs (Apr 25, 2023)
IRS Asks Major Crypto Exchange for Users’ Identities and Data (May 24, 2021)
IRS Cracks Down: Reporting Crypto and NFTs on Your 2020 Taxes (Apr 2, 2021)
Ohio’s New Limited Liability Company Act – Revised Code Section 1706 (Feb 15, 2021)
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 17, 2020)
Stepping Into Mom and Dad’s Shoes - Crain's Cleveland (Jan 15, 2019)
Technology M&A Predicted to Rise Significantly in 2017 (Apr 19, 2017)
Presentations
"Venture Capital Term Sheets" - Akron Global Business Accelerator - Entrepreneurial Law Update (2013)
"Drafting, Defending and Litigating Contract Clauses" - USLAW Legal Leaders & Corporate Counsel Exchange (2015)
USLAW TELFA Cross-Border Business and Transaction Exchange - USLAW Network Client Conference (2016)
Firm News
100 Roetzel Attorneys Named 2025 Best Lawyers®, “Ones to Watch” (Aug 15, 2024)
Roetzel & Andress Earns Recognition in 2024 Best Lawyers (Aug 17, 2023)
Roetzel Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America® (Aug 18, 2022)
74 Roetzel Attorneys Named 2022 Best Lawyers in America®; 18 Recognized as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Aug 19, 2021)
Seventy Roetzel Attorneys Named to 2021 The Best Lawyers in America© List; Ten Named “Lawyer of the Year” (Aug 20, 2020)
Services
Industries
Overview
Chris focuses his practice on corporate and business law. He has significant transactional experience with complex business mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity financings, leveraged buy-outs, and recapitalizations. He has represented 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. He has worked extensively with private equity, subordinated debt and venture funds as well as the portfolio companies of such funds.
Experience
Chris represented:
- A Florida-based corporate payment technology company in a $600 million stock sale with a France-based public company
- A Minneapolis-based specialty baked goods company in a $522 million international merger with a Netherlands-based bakery company
- A Columbus, Ohio based company in its $220 million divestiture of 200+ fast food restaurants
- A New York private equity fund in its $149 million stock acquisition of a multistate waste disposal and landfill operating company
- A domestic specialty baked goods company in a $135 million recapitalization and related stock acquisitions
- A UV-free sunless tanning company in a $116 million merger with a portfolio company of an Ohio-based private equity fund
- An Ohio-based audience response system technology company in a $96 million equity interest sale
- An Ohio-based electrical contractor company in a $90 million stock sale
- A Texas-based professional employer organization in a $70 million sale to an Illinois / British Columbia-based private equity firm
- A Minnesota-based manufacturing company in a $51.5 million preferred stock financing
- A New York-based private equity fund in its $46 million asset acquisition of a Michigan-based thermoplastic sheet manufacturing company
- A portfolio company of a New York private equity fund in connection with multiple stock and assets acquisitions of specialty chemical companies with an aggregate purchase price of $44 million
- An Ohio-based multi-location restaurant business in a $34 million sale to a California-based private equity firm
- A Texas-based private equity fund in its $31 million acquisition of a professional employer organization
Education
-
The University of Akron School of Law,
J.D.
- with honors
-
Malone University,
B.A.,
Law and Society
- Inducted into the Malone University Athletic Hall of Fame (2010)
Credentials
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
Recognitions
- Named Akron, OH "Lawyer of the Year" by The Best Lawyers in America® for Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (2018)
- Named Akron, OH "Lawyer of the Year" by The Best Lawyers in America® for Corporate Law (2021)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America® for Business Organizations (2016-2025); Corporate Law (2016-2025); Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2025)
- Greater Akron Chamber "30 for the Future" award recipient (2015)
- Selected as an "Ohio Super Lawyers - Rising Star" by Ohio Super Lawyers magazine (2010 & 2011, 2013)
- Leadership Akron, Class 30 (2013-2014)
- Cleveland Bridge Builders, Class of 2010
Affiliations
Professional Affiliations
- Ohio Bar Association
- Akron Bar Association
- Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) - Chicago, Cleveland, and Columbus Chapters
- Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors
Community Affiliations
- Fairlawn Country Club, President (2021)
Insights
Alerts
Corporate Transparency Act: New Reporting Rules for Dissolved and Merged Companies (Jul 12, 2024)
Changes Underway for SBA 7(a) and 504 Loan Programs (Apr 25, 2023)
IRS Asks Major Crypto Exchange for Users’ Identities and Data (May 24, 2021)
IRS Cracks Down: Reporting Crypto and NFTs on Your 2020 Taxes (Apr 2, 2021)
Ohio’s New Limited Liability Company Act – Revised Code Section 1706 (Feb 15, 2021)
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 17, 2020)
Stepping Into Mom and Dad’s Shoes - Crain's Cleveland (Jan 15, 2019)
Technology M&A Predicted to Rise Significantly in 2017 (Apr 19, 2017)
Presentations
"Venture Capital Term Sheets" - Akron Global Business Accelerator - Entrepreneurial Law Update (2013)
"Drafting, Defending and Litigating Contract Clauses" - USLAW Legal Leaders & Corporate Counsel Exchange (2015)
USLAW TELFA Cross-Border Business and Transaction Exchange - USLAW Network Client Conference (2016)
Firm News
100 Roetzel Attorneys Named 2025 Best Lawyers®, “Ones to Watch” (Aug 15, 2024)
Roetzel & Andress Earns Recognition in 2024 Best Lawyers (Aug 17, 2023)
Roetzel Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America® (Aug 18, 2022)
74 Roetzel Attorneys Named 2022 Best Lawyers in America®; 18 Recognized as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Aug 19, 2021)
Seventy Roetzel Attorneys Named to 2021 The Best Lawyers in America© List; Ten Named “Lawyer of the Year” (Aug 20, 2020)