Megan L. Mehalko
Co-Chair, Corporate Practice Group
Overview
“Megan is quick on her feet, has a wide-ranging perspective, and is highly responsive.” – Benesch Client, Chambers USA
Megan is a law firm leader and accomplished corporate attorney with a distinguished legal career. Co-chair of Benesch’s Corporate Practice Group, she regularly leads groundbreaking, high-stakes and game-changing mergers, acquisitions, cross-border joint ventures and strategic alliances, and frequently advises on securities law matters, corporate governance and ESG initiatives.
Megan represents a diverse clientele that includes public and private companies in the manufacturing, healthcare, specialty chemicals, plastics, rubber and consumer products industries, as well as private equity funds and their portfolio companies. Clients benefit from Megan’s business counsel based on her broad and deep legal experience and business perspective. She handles corporate and securities matters, mergers and acquisitions, distressed company transactions, divestitures and regulatory compliance matters.
Highly regarded for her business acumen, industry knowledge, negotiating skills and legal experience, Megan serves as go-to counsel to many well-known brands and global enterprises. She structures, negotiates and closes industry-shaping transactions for clients worldwide. She has provided business-focused legal counsel that has proven vital to the success of transactions involving world-leading manufacturers of products used in virtually every home and business.
Megan founded and now co-leads Benesch’s niche Polymer Group, which focuses on the specialty chemical, coatings, plastics and polymer sectors. She leads and oversees a multidisciplinary team of lawyers well-versed and experienced in legal and business issues pertaining to polymers, plastics, rubber and packaging. Megan also regularly represents clients in international transactions, most recently in China, Canada, the UK and Italy.
Megan’s accomplishments have earned her widespread recognition. In 2024, she received the ACG Cleveland Woman in Transactions Deal Maker Award. She has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® annually since 2007 and by Chambers every year since 2010. In 2020, she was named a Distinguished Nominee by the Global M&A Network for Women Leaders & Top Dealmakers in M&A, and in 2022, The Best Lawyers in America® honored her as Cleveland’s Securities Regulation Lawyer of the Year.
In addition to maintaining an active law practice, Megan is a member of the firm’s Finance and Professional Development Committees, helping to direct the firm’s future and optimize client service.
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Represented Petauri, a portfolio company of Oak Hill Capital, in its acquisition of Formulary Insights, a market access services provider in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry.
Represented a private equity sponsored buyer in its acquisition of a provider of medical communications, marketing and education services.
Represented a private equity-back manufacturer of machine tools in its acquisition of a manufacturer of plastic injection molding & precision machined components for telecom equipment.
Represented a global leader in the formulation, development and manufacture of performance polymer solutions in its acquisition of a developer of premium thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) materials for manufacturers across a diverse range of industries throughout North America, Asia and Europe.
Represented a public, world-leading polymers group in its acquisition of a provider of high-quality thermoplastic elastomers for all size orders across the United States.
Represented a global leader in labeling and packaging materials in its acquisition of a leading provider of sports apparel customization & retail experience technology.
Represented one of the largest premium bakery manufacturers in the U.S. (and controlled by three private equity firms) in the sale to an international public company with annual sales of € 2.6 billion. The acquisition price of $510 million represented a multiple of 8.5 times EBITDA.
Represented a client in the sale of a lawn-and-garden business segment to a portfolio company of Wingate Partners V, L.P.
Represented an international manufacturer in an asset sale involving two of its rubber products businesses to Zhongding Sealing Parts (USA), Inc.
Represented La Lumiere in its closing of a $20 million Series B financing. The investment included Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, joined by SWaN & Legend Venture Partners as institutional investors in the company.
Represented SIFCO Industries, Inc. in its acquisition of the Italian-based company C* Blade from Riello Investment Partners.
Represented Fosler Construction Co. in its sale to Akron-based Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.
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 R.W. Beckett corporation in in its acquisition of Delavan Spray, LLC and Delavan Limited, leading manufacturers of spray nozzles and related technology.
Representation of Fosler Construction Co. in its sale to Akron-based Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. B&W completed its acquisition of a majority interest in Illinois’ Fosler Construction Co., a solar energy contractor.
Represented sellers in the sale of their industrial and commercial plumbing and HVAC service businesses.
Represented the seller in the disposition of the world’s leading manufacturer of Polygraph instrumentation and equipment to private equity.
Represented Change Healthcare in its acquisition of the Connected Health patient access service unit of Connect America LLC. Change Healthcare uses its Intelligent Healthcare Platform to help customers address challenges with the technical capabilities embedded into its solutions. Change Healthcare uses APIs and AI to help improve patient outcomes, regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, decision making and the consumer experience.
Represented the seller in its disposition of all the assets of a provider and installer of HVAC and refrigerated equipment in a private equity backed add-on transaction.
Represented Vendors Exchange International, LLC in the internal restructuring of a business consisting of the sale, repair, and development of intellectual property for traditional, industrial and specialty vending machines.
Represented HEXPOL in its acquisition of Kirkhill Rubber.
Represented Seaga Manufacturing in its sale to CID Capital.
Represented HEXPOL in its acquisition of Preferred Compounding, a provider of proprietary and custom mixed rubber compounding, from Audax Group.
Represented Werner Co. in its acquisition of Daws Manufacturing from the Daws family. Daws is a leading manufacturer of truck boxes and integrates well with Werner’s global manufacture of access products, storage systems, fall protection, ladders, and light-duty construction equipment.
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- Board Member, Business Volunteers Unlimited
- Board Member, College Now Greater Cleveland
- Chair of Board of Trustees, Laurel School
- 2013 Corporate Leadership Team Chairperson, Go Red For Women/American Heart Association
- Member, In Counsel With Women
- Member, Society for Corporate Governance Professionals
- Member, Ohio State Bar Association
- Executive Council, Corporate and Business Law Section, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Named, BTI Client Service All-Star, 2025
- Named, Woman in Transactions Deal Maker, ACG Cleveland, 2024
- Distinguished Nominee Global M&A Network, 2020 Women U.S.A. Leaders & Top Dealmakers in M&A
- Named, Cleveland Securities Regulation Lawyer of the Year, The Best Lawyers in America®, 2022
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation, 2007-2026
- Listed, Chambers USA Leading Lawyers, Corporate/M&A, 2010-2025
- Listed, Leading Lawyers, Inside Business Magazine
- Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012-2016, 2018-2019
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