John Paul Lucci is a partner in Hahn Loeser’s Business Practice Area and co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Transactions Group. John Paul has a primary focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general corporate law.  He has represented clients in leveraged buyout transactions and venture capital financings, as well as private-equity funds in the acquisition and disposition of portfolio companies.

John Paul has served as general counsel to private-equity portfolio companies and represented closely held family businesses in sales to private equity and strategic acquirers. In one of his more visible transactions in Northeast Ohio, John Paul served as corporate counsel to the developer of the Greater Cleveland Aquarium.

In addition to his corporate expertise, John Paul has developed a significant gaming and regulatory practice. Most recently, he served as onsite counsel to a publicly traded gaming company. During this tenure, John Paul supervised a diverse litigation portfolio and negotiated commercial and gaming contracts.

Accolades

• Seventy-Four Hahn Loeser Lawyers Recognized by Best Lawyers Across Forty-Six Specialties
  August 20, 2020
• 42 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Named to the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®: Two Partners Distinguished as “Lawyer of the Year”
  August 15, 2019
• 34 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Named to the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©: Five Partners Distinguished as “Lawyer of the Year”
  August 15, 2018
• 29 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Named to the 2018 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©: Three Partners Distinguished as “Lawyer of the Year”
  August 16, 2017
• Blake and Lucci Named Co-Chairs of Hahn Loeser’s Corporate Transactions Group
  September 22, 2015
• 13 Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Attorneys Listed as “Ohio Rising Stars” in 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers
  February 28, 2013
• 15 Hahn Loeser Attorneys Named “Ohio Rising Stars” in 2012 Edition of Ohio Super Lawyers
  January 04, 2012
• Green, Kosek, Lucci, McCue, Peer and VanderKaay Join Partnership at Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
  January 03, 2012
• John Paul Lucci highlighted in, “Shaker lakes board elects seven new members, officers”
  November 06, 2011
• Hahn Loeser pro bono client featured in, “Society Keeping Aultman on the Map”
  February 07, 2011
• Lucci joins Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
  March 17, 2009

• Author

  Strategies to Ensure a Gratifying Business Sale (Crain’s Cleveland Business)

  January 17, 2023
• Speaker

  Joint Venture Basics

  February 24, 2022
• Author

  Risks of Marijuana-Related Businesses

  February 16, 2018
• Author

  “Enron – The bankruptcy heard around the world and the international ricochet of Sarbanes-Oxley,” John Paul Lucci, Esq.

  March 25, 2009
• Author

  “Note, New York revises ethics rules to permit limited MDPs: a critical analysis of the New York approach, the future of the MDP debate after Enron, and recommendations for other jurisdictions

  March 25, 2009
• Author

  “4th and 205: How a rush of global comments blocked the SEC’s first attempted punt of attorney-client privilege under Sabanes-Oxley,” John Paul Lucci, Esq.

  March 25, 2009