FDH served as legal counsel to Gridiron Capital and Vistage Worldwide in Vistage’s acquisition of Smart Business Network, a Cleveland-based business media and events company focused on connecting and informing middle-market CEOs, investors, and advisors around M&A and other capital markets transactions.
The completed deal was announced in a press release found here.
The FDH team included corporate partner Skawenniio Barnes; corporate associates Evan Williamson, Giulio Ricciardi , and Jim Hallinan; debt finance partner Matthew Donaher; debt finance associates Lucy Isaev and Aleksander Leyfman; executive compensation, benefits and employment partner Jennifer Gong; executive compensation, benefits and employment counsel Oleg Zakatov; executive compensation, benefits and employment associate Nicholas D’Angelo; real estate counsel Ryan Sexton; real estate associate Alexander Ojugbeli; tax partner Michael Spiro and tax associate Eitan Ulmer.