Pat Leddy has helped companies successfully complete acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures for more than 25 years while earning BTI Client Service All-Star and MVP recognitions. He has substantial experience in multijurisdictional, cross-border, and international transactions, advising on transactions around the world, including Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East. Pat has been the lead outside M&A lawyer for a number of clients for years, creating a deep understanding of their business, strategic goals, risk tolerances, and deal practices. He also has substantial experience in advising and resolving complex contractual disputes, particularly in the aerospace industry, and post-closing transaction disputes.
Pat's recent representative matters include advising: Parker Hannifin on its £6.3 billion acquisition of Meggitt and its $1.725 billion acquisition of Exotic Metals Forming Company; Ferro on the $460 million sale of its global Tile Coatings Business; Sotera Health/Nelson Labs on its acquisitions of BioScience Laboratories and Iotron Industries; RPM International on its acquisition of a number of construction material distributors in Puerto Rico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic; and Toyota Tsusho and Sapporo Holdings on the sale of Country Pure Foods.
Pat is a frequent speaker on a variety of M&A matters, including representation and warranty insurance, contractual disputes, and international M&A and joint ventures. He is also an active member of the American Bar Association's Negotiated Acquisition Committee.
Expérience
Autres publications
- April 2011
Assumption of Liabilities - It Means What We Thought It Meant, Law Journal Newsletter, The Strategist - Spring 2005
Put the 'Fair' in Fairness Opinions, Directors & Boards - March 2005
The Growing Storm Over Fairness Opinions, Mergers & Acquisitions: The Dealmaker's Journal - February 2005
Annual Survey of Judicial Developments Pertaining to Mergers & Acquisitions by ABA Subcommittee on Recent Judicial Developments, Negotiated Acquisitions Committee, The Business Lawyer - August 1, 2004
Annual Survey of Judicial Developments Pertaining to Mergers & Acquisitions by ABA Subcommittee on Recent Judicial Developments, Negotiated Acquisitions, Committee, The Business Lawyer
- October 2007
M&A Update, SEC Hot Topics Institute, panelist, Glasser Legal Works/RR Donnelly - September 2006
M&A Update, SEC Hot Topics Institute, panelist, Glasser Legal Works/RR Donnelly - September 2005
Engagement Letters, Fairness Opinion and Fiduciary Duties, KeyBanc Capital Markets Analyst Program - May 16, 2003
Counseling Your Client in the New Environment, Board of Directors Forum, 2003 Institute for Business Lawyers and Corporate Counsel, Cleveland Bar Association
- Cleveland State University (J.D. summa cum laude 1990; Editor, Law Review; B.B.A. 1987)
- Ohio
The Best Lawyers in America: corporate law and M&A (2015-2022)
BTI Client Service All-Star (2016, 2017, and 2022) and BTI Client Service "MVP" (2017)
Recognized for M&A in Ohio Super Lawyers, for international M&A in PLC Which lawyer?, and as a notable practitioner by IFLR1000
Named as a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2023)