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Patricia A. Gajda Partner
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- Biography
Pat’s practice includes corporate transactions, joint ventures, general corporate counseling and securities. She has negotiated complex, multi-entity joint ventures and acquisitions, as well as advises clients on a variety of general corporate issues and agreements. Pat has advised and consulted with both privately-held and publicly-traded clients. Her experience includes the negotiation and structuring of acquisitions, mergers, private placements, equity investments, joint ventures, development agreements, licensing agreements, supply agreements, distributor agreements, sales agency agreements, limited liability company agreements, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, employment and consulting agreements, and corporate succession planning.
- Professional & Civic Activities
- Susan G. Komen Northeast Ohio, Board Member
- Ohio Women's Bar Foundation, Past President
- American Bar Association, Member
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
- Ohio State Bar Association, Member
- Art Therapy Studio (fka The Art Studio) and Youth Challenge, Former Trustee and Former Co-Chair for The Art Studio's 1999 Annual Benefit
- Case Western Reserve School of Law Alumni Board of Directors, Former Member
- Project Learn, Former Trustee
- Race for the Cure, Volunteer
- Race for the Cure's 1998 "In the Pink" program, Former Co-Chair
- Articles & Presentations
- "Business Checkup," Guest Speaker, Brouse Briefing, Brouse McDowell Webinar (October 21, 2021)
- "If It Isn't Broke, Should You Fix It?," Business, Brouse McDowell Blog (May 7, 2021)
- "Get me out of this contract! The impact of a bad contract and how to get out of one" Smart Business, Akron/Canton (November 2019)
- "Mergers and Acquisitions," Cleveland EO Panel (January 22, 2019)
- "The threat is real - Governing your company through the age of cybersecurity attacks," co-author with Todd C. Baumgartner, Rachael E. Mauk and Kate B. Wexler, Smart Business News Magazine (November 2015)
- "Women in Law Making a Difference - Honorees Initiating Positive Changes in the Community, the Workplace, and Our Profession," Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal (January 2015)
- "Due Diligence - How To Review Company Information in the M&A Process," Co-authored with Rachael E. Mauk, Smart Business News (June 2013)
- Representative Engagements
- Formation and negotiation of a joint venture, including the buy-out of a former venture partner; organization and structuring of subsidiary entity
- Structuring supply, licensing, and distribution arrangements
- Structuring and negotiation of development agreement, including equity buy-in of startup company
- Formation of acquisition entity and preparation of equity and debt private placement offering
- Negotiation of sale of stock of client’s business, including earn-out and later stage affiliate sale
- Negotiation of the sale of stock of a family owned business, including earn-out, employment agreements, and consulting agreements for principals
- Negotiation of the buy-out of a joint venture partner, including licensing rights and continuing supply agreements
- Distinctions
- Best Lawyers® Commercial Transactions/UCC "Lawyer of the Year" in Cleveland — 2023
- The Best Lawyers in America© through a peer-review survey as listed in the Corporate Law section — 2018-2024
- The Best Lawyers in America© through a peer-review survey as listed in the Commercial Transactions / UCC Law sections — 2015-2024
- Recognized attorney for “Notable Women in Law” by Crain’s Cleveland Business — May 2018
- Women in Law Making a Difference Honoree — 2015
