"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 & Securities 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 Executive, Finance and Professional Development Committees, helping to direct the firm’s future and optimize client service.
Representative Experience
- 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 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 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 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 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.
