Drew Barnholtz
Business / Contracts, Commercial Real Estate, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor - Plaintiff, Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Startups, Wills, Trusts, & Probate (Transactional)
Cleveland, Ohio
Personal Introduction
I help companies become more efficient businesses and effectively manage transactions and litigation when it comes your way. As a General Counsel with over 25 years of corporate, entrepreneurial and law firm experience I focus primarily on regulatory and transactional matters within the Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Finance, and Technology industries. I am consistently recognized for my ability to effectively manage a wide variety of substantive legal issues and develop creative strategies to achieve business goals. I am a business and team oriented leader who partners with corporate organizations on strategic and tactical issues to advance corporate objectives. I am also working with clients on capital raising activities and business growth planning. I have experience helping clients in the following areas: • Commercial Agreements • Capital Raises • Compliance and Regulations • Employment Matters • Real Estate Transactions • Mergers & Acquisitions • Health Care Regulatory Analysis • Business Succession Planning
Practice Composition
Transactional
Education
Practice Summary
General Counsel/Compliance Officer/Business Development Leader with 25 years of corporate, entrepreneurial, and law firm experience focusing on regulatory and transactional matters, litigation, intellectual property, human resources/employment law, capital formation, and business development in the Life Sciences, Financial, Technology, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Professional Services industries. Key areas in my practice include the following: Start-Up Financing & Fundraising Strategic Alliances/Partnerships FinTech Managed Care Contracting Litigation Commercial Agreements Real Estate Transactions Estate Planning & Business Succession Planning Mergers & Acquisitions Human Resources & Employment Law Corporate & Securities Intellectual Property Regulatory & Compliance Issues (Medicare/Medicaid, FDA, Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark, Privacy, HIPAA, Accreditation, Fraud and Abuse, Risk Management) - Provided General Counsel services for Primary.Health, Elevance Health, Bausch + Lamb, Alexion, Avanos Medical, Bright Insight, Merus, United Urology Group, Gore, Coca-Cola, Estee Lauder, Sky Systemz, Boulder Healthcare, Collaborent Group, University Hospitals Health System, and Invacare (NYSE: IVC). - Led due diligence, negotiation and drafting of $60 million acquisition of sports and entertainment business - Drafted lease and associated loan documents for an $8 million nursing facility purchase and provided lender’s opinion regarding same. - Lead business development process for attracting and retaining new vendors resulting in over $75 million in supplier revenue. - Negotiated and drafted the purchase agreement and disclosure schedules for a $6MM acquisition of an insurance agency by a strategic buyer. - Performed due diligence activities for the $12MM acquisition of a national shopping cart repair service business by a multi-national conglomerate, including drafting disclosure schedules, corporate actions, governmental filings, asset / stock purchase agreements, and trust agreements. - Negotiated agreements (trust agreements, bond agreements, mortgages, indentures) and board resolutions for a Port Authority backed $30MM bond financing for a skilled nursing facility.
Response Time
4 hours
Affiliations
American Health Lawyers Association
Missouri Bar Association
Ohio Health Care Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Personal Interests & Charitable Work
Family, community, and cars Board member, Project Love / Values-in-Action, Cleveland, OH Board member, Jewish Family Experience, Cleveland, OH
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