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Jonathan N. Fox

Associate
Columbus
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614.223.9337
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Jonathan has experience representing private equity sponsors during acquisitions and recapitalizations of portfolio companies, and corporate entities in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures of key business assets.

Jonathan also has experience counseling clients on entity formation, restructuring, and corporate governance matters.

Representative Experience

  • Represented the seller in a sale-leaseback transaction for a warehouse, office and manufacturing property in Stanford, Kentucky used for acrylic paints, oil paints, stretcher bars, easels, craft paper products and accessories.
  • Represented the buyer in its acquisition of a distribution company representing manufacturers of engines, transmissions and generators.
  • Represented the buyer in its acquisition of a provider of prime and non-prime, flexible and semi-rigid PVC compounds, CPE, alloys, and zero halogen formulations.
  • Represented Gridiron Capital LLC in the acquisition of Sherrill, Inc. dba Vertical Supply Group, a trusted manufacturer and supplier of high-cost of failure, fall protection equipment and tools for arborists, utility, industrial, rescue, landscape and other work-at-height professionals and recreational and rock climbing users based in Greensboro, N.C.
  • Represented R.W. Beckett corporation in in its acquisition of Delavan Spray, LLC and Delavan Limited, leading manufacturers of spray nozzles and related technology.
  • Represented Community Tax LLC, an leader in tax debt resolution services, in its acquisition by NextPoint Financial Inc. (TSX: NPF.U) (OTC Pink: NACQF), an all-inclusive financial services destination providing tax services, loans and other solutions for underserved consumers and small businesses, based in Dallas, Texas.
  • Represented a health-insurance advisor in the sale of its business to a strategic acquirer. 
  • Represented the buyer in its acquisition of a leading personal safety and firefighting equipment dealer in South Dakota.
  • Represented MPE Partners in the recapitalization of DecoArt, a leading manufacturer of paints and finishes for arts, crafts, and home decorating applications.
  • Represented a private equity sponsor in its acquisition of a leading wholesale distributor of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, parts and supplies in Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.

  • Corporate & Securities
  • Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2018, J.D.
    • Sherman Minton Moot Court Participant
    • Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Articles Editor
    • Black Law Students Association, Member
  • Miami University, 2015, B.A. in Public Administration
  • Ohio
  • Listed, The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024
  • Named to the Lawyers of Color "Annual Hot List", 2022
  • Named to the National Black Lawyers Assocation "Top 40 Under 40", 2022
  • Board Member, John Mercer Langston Bar Association
  • Member, Association for Corporate Growth, Columbus Chapter
  • Member, The National Black Lawyers
News
August 17, 2023
Best Lawyers in America® Rankings 2024
December 2, 2022
Jonathan N. Fox Named to Lawyers of Color Annual Hot List
March 14, 2022
Jonathan Fox Named to the 2022 National Black Lawyers Association “Top 40 Under 40”

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