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Christopher P. Reuscher

Partner & Chair | Corporate

Overview

Chris is a Partner and Chair of WH Burkley’s Corporate Group. He has substantial experience with complex business mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity financings, leveraged buy-outs, and recapitalizations for private equity and venture funds, as well as the portfolio companies of such funds. Chris also advises 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.

Experience

  • $600 million stock sale for a Florida-based corporate payment technology company
  • $522 million international merger for a Minneapolis-based specialty baked goods company
  • $220 million divestiture of 200+ fast food restaurants for a Columbus-based company
  • $149 million stock acquisition of a multistate waste disposal and landfill operating company for a NY private equity firm
  • $140 million stock sale of world leading provider of integrated software solutions for medical education programs at schools and hospitals
  • $135 million recapitalization and related stock acquisitions for a domestic specialty baked goods company
  • $116 million merger for a UV-free sunless tanning company with a portfolio company
  • $96 million equity interest sale for an Ohio-based audience response system technology company
  • $90 million stock sale for an Ohio-based electrical contractor company
  • $70 million sale for a Texas-based professional employer organization
  • $60 million sale for an Ohio based integrated security and technology installation services company
  • $54 million sale of Youngstown, Ohio based car dealerships
  • $51.5 million preferred stock financing for a Minnesota-based manufacturing company
  • $46 million asset acquisition of a Michigan-based thermoplastic sheet manufacturing company for a NY private equity firm
  • $44 million stock and assets acquisitions of specialty chemical companies for a NY private equity firm
  • $34 million sale of an Ohio-based multi-location restaurant business
  • $31 million acquisition of a professional employer organization for a TX private equity firm

(Certain of the above matters were completed prior to joining WH Burkley)

Recognition

  • Legal 500 – Corporate M&A (Elite Ohio) | 2026-present
  • Best Lawyers – Business Organizations | 2016-present
  • Best Lawyers – Corporate Law | 2016-present
  • Best Lawyers – Mergers and Acquisitions | 2025-present
  • Best Lawyers – Business Organizations “Lawyer of the Year” (Akron) | 2018
  • Best Lawyers – Corporate Law “Lawyer of the Year” (Akron) | 2021
  • Super Lawyers – Corporate (Ohio) | 2025-present
  • Super Lawyers – Corporate “Rising Star” (Ohio)| 2010, 2011, 2013
  • Leadership Akron – Class 30 | 2013-2014
  • Greater Akron Chamber – “30 for the Future” Award | 2015
  • Cleveland Bridge Builders – Class of 2010

Presentations

  • “Navigating the M&A Journey, From Negotiation to Integration – A Seller’s Roadmap” – DWT Wealth Business Owner Strategy Summit | 2026

Associations

  • Ohio Bar Association
  • Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) – Cleveland Chapter
  • Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors
  • Fairlawn Country Club, President | 2021

Education

  • The University of Akron School of Law, J.D.
    • with honors
  • Malone University, B.A.
    • Inducted into the Malone University Athletic Hall of Fame (2010)