Until his retirement at the end of 2017, Robert Gudbranson led the firm’s corporate financing and mergers and acquisitions practices.

Principal practice areas

• Business and corporate law
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Corporate financing and succession planning
• Real estate law
• Estate planning
• Probate law
• Trust law

Representative experience

• Organization of general and professional corporations
• Corporate and transactional tax planning
• Planning, negotiation and documentation of mergers and acquisitions
• Development and documentation of corporate structuring, restructuring and financing transactions
• Analysis and development of estate plans and lifetime gifting programs
• Analysis and preparation of wills, trusts and powers of attorney
• Analysis and development of corporate succession plans
• Development and documentation of buy/sell arrangements
• Representation of borrowers in bank financing transactions

Bar admissions

• Ohio Supreme Court (1961)

Educational background

• Case Western Reserve University (LLB, 1961)
• Dartmouth College (AB, 1955)

Professional and civic activities

• Member, Ohio State Bar Association
• Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
• Trustee, Western Reserve Land Conservancy