Gary P. Kreider

Gary Kreider concentrates his practice in the areas of securities regulation compliance, public offerings, private offerings, mergers and acquisitions and business planning and formation. He has been an Adjunct Professor in securities regulation since 1977 at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and is immediate past Chairman of the Corporation Law Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association.

Gary lectures at various legal education conferences on securities, mergers and acquisitions and corporate law issues and is the author of published works on securities and corporate law. He has served as an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., and is frequently called as an expert witness in corporate and securities cases.

Representative Matters

• Handled IPOs for companies such as Cintas Corporation, Comair, Inc., Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Meridian Bioscience, Inc., LSI Industries Inc., Multi-Color Corporation, Exide Corp., Durakon Industries, Inc., Kendle International Inc. and Provident Financial Group, Inc.
• Numerous other public offerings for IPO clients and others such as American Financial Group, Chiquita Brands International, Inc, Standard Register, Meritage Hospitality Group Inc. and Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc.
• Experience in going private transactions
• Representation of clients in hostile proxy contests

Awards & Recognitions

• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
• Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2004-2013
• Named to Ohio Super Lawyers, 2004-2011
• Named one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Ohio, Cincinnati Magazine, 2004, 2008
• Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2010-2011 contained this statement: "Gary Kreider attracts clients with his 'phenomenal judgment.'  His practice focuses on public company transactional and regulatory advice."
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, since 1991

News

• Keating Muething & Klekamp Named a 2013 Leading Law Firm by Chambers USA
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Is Named the Top-Listed Law Firm in Ohio and Cincinnati in Numerous Areas of Law by The Best Lawyers in America 2013

Publications

• Legal Alert: JOBS Act Relaxes Rules for Raising Capital, April 2, 2012
• ISS Announces GRId 2.0 and Publishes 2012 Pay-for-Performance Whitepaper, December 21, 2011
• Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts Say-on-Pay, January 27, 2011
• Legal Alert: Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts Proxy Access, August 27, 2010
• Financial Reform Act Triggers Significant New Executive Compensation Requirements, July 21, 2010
• U.S. Senate Passes Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, June 2, 2010
• SEC Approves Proxy Disclosure Enhancements, December 17, 2009
• Effective and Pending Initiatives for the Upcoming Proxy Season, October 28, 2009
• Legal Alert: SEC Approves NYSE Proposal on Broker Discretionary Voting, July 7, 2009
• Legal Alert: 2009 SEC and Other Initiatives Under Consideration, June 1, 2009
• 2009 Executive Compensation Issues and Disclosures Recent Developments in Advance Notice Provisions Reminder About E-Proxy, January 6, 2009
• Significant 2006 Amendments to Ohio Business Organization Statutes, Corporation by Aspen Publishers, October 9, 2006
• Anti-Fraud Dilemma: Defining Materiality, July 30, 2004

Professional & Community Involvement

• American Bar Association, Chairman, Securities Subcommittee on Real Estate Syndications and Condominiums, 1977-1979
• Cincinnati Bar Association, Executive Committee, 1969-1971
• Ohio State Bar Association, Chairman, Corporation Law Committee, 2003-2004
• Cincinnati Public Radio, Director
• LSI Industries Inc., Director
• Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Director
• New Richmond Ohio Board of Education, former President