Benjamin M. Cooke

Benjamin Cooke is a partner in Hahn Loeser’s Business Practice Area and co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Transactions Group. He has a wide range of experience representing both private sellers and buyers in M&A transactions and has advised numerous buyers in management group buyouts, corporate divestitures, and spin-offs. Benjamin represents private equity and independent deal sponsors and serves as outside general counsel to private companies both in Ohio and nationally, where he handles all contract and transactional matters including shareholder and corporate governance issues, employment and executive compensation, real estate, and business succession planning.

Accolades

• Represented proprietary surgical software solutions company in its sale to an international pharmaceutical and medical device company.
• Represented a provider of compliance solutions and safety products in its acquisition of a strategic competitor.
• Represented a registered investment advisor firm in its acquisition of an investment advisory firm.
• Represented a manufacturer of high-value industrial equipment and conveyor systems in its sale to a private equity firm.
• Represented an industrial automation company in its acquisition of a strategic competitor.
• Represented an independent private equity sponsor in its acquisition of an industrial automation company.
• Represented an independent private equity sponsor in its acquisition of a polyurethane pump and system delivery manufacturer.
• Represented a medical supply company in its sale a private equity firm.
• Represented an industrial electrical contracting company in its acquisition of a strategic competitor.
• Represented an outplacement and coaching firm in its sale to a global outplacement services company.
• Represented a veterinary clinic in its sale to a national veterinary private equity portfolio company.

• Hahn Loeser M&A Team Represents Webster Industries, Inc. in Sale Transaction for ESOP-Owned Company
  April 22, 2024
• Hahn Loeser & Parks Welcomes Benjamin Cooke to Cleveland
  March 08, 2023

• Speaker

  Speaker, “Preparing Your Business for Sale,” Corrigan Krause Strategic Alliance Education Series, 2022

  March 06, 2022
• Speaker

  Speaker, “Buying and Selling a Business: Strategically Negotiating the Purchase Agreement and Acquisition Best Practices,” National Business Institute, 2018

  March 06, 2018