Business Representation & Transactions

Our Business Representation & Transactions Group handles business law matters for all types and sizes of business organizations, including public and private corporations, limited and general partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships. Our lawyers frequently serve as outside general counsel to clients and also serve as special counsel for specific needs or projects. The group offers business formation and counseling services, mergers and acquisitions services, and counsel on joint ventures, franchising, and other business expansion alternatives. Our lawyers have decades of experience in private placements, public offerings, and all aspects of securities regulations compliance.

We provide clients with clear, pragmatic advice. Our goal is to maximize our clients’ success by delivering sound guidance throughout the course of their business decisions.

experience

• KMK represented Loth Inc. in the formation of a transportion and logistics company
• KMK represented Miami Systems Corporation in a recapitalization - restructuring of its debt.
• KMK represented a private Christian School in a $6M taxable Bond financing

News

• Keating Muething & Klekamp Named a 2013 Leading Law Firm by Chambers USA
• Kelley Brandstetter Tracy Joins Keating Muething & Klekamp's Business Representation & Transactions Group
• Philip A. Tracy Joins Keating Muething & Klekamp's Business Representation & Transactions Group
• Forty-Six Keating Muething & Klekamp Attorneys Recognized in 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers and Ohio Rising Stars
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Receives National Recognition in 2013 “Best Law Firms” Rankings by U.S. News and Best Lawyers
• 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
• Cheryl S. Scotney Joins Keating Muething & Klekamp’s Intellectual Property Group
• Keating Muething & Klekamp Advises Multi-Color Corporation in Connection With Its $356 Million Acquisition of York Label Group

Events

• Key Issues Facing Boards of Directors: Challenges of Securities Regulation, Risk Management & Liability, Directors Roundtable, August 19, 2009
• Advanced LLC Issues, National Business Institute, August 12, 2009
• Advanced Section 1031 Exchanges, National Business Institute, May 6, 2009

Publications

• Legal Alert: Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform Law, July 5, 2012
• Legal Alert: JOBS Act Relaxes Rules for Raising Capital, April 2, 2012
• INC Research to Acquire Kendle International for $15.25 per Share in Cash, Bloomberg Businessweek [www.investing.businessweek.com], May 5, 2011
• Legal Alert: Sunrise Period for .CO Top Level Domain Closes June 10, 2010, June 1, 2010
• Legal Alert: Is Your Company Complying with the "Red Flags" Rule?, May 12, 2010
• Client Alert: KMK Forms Evolving Media & Technology Team to Help Clients Navigate Social Media's Legal and Business Challenges, May 4, 2010
• Therapeutic discovery tax credit = help for small bio companies, Medcity News, April 9, 2010
• Legal Alert: Time to Consider Appealing Your Real Property Tax Valuation, January 14, 2010
• Decoding the "Buy American" Provision, Midwest Real Estate News, July 9, 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
• The Bylaw Groundswell: Advance Notice Provisions in the Wake of CSX, November 2008 Insights; The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, Volume 22 Number 11, December 15, 2008
• Perils of Ambiguous Advance Notice Provisions, Lexis Nexis Corporate and Securities Webcenter for Expert Commentaries, July 25, 2008