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John M. Gherlein
Partner

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Cleveland
PNC Center
1900 East 9th Street, Suite 3200
Cleveland, OH 44114-3482

T 216.861.7398
F 216.696.0740

Bar Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1983
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1982
  • Ohio, 1980

Education

  • J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1980
  • B.A., Bucknell University, 1977

John M. Gherlein

John M. Gherlein is the firmwide Chair of Baker Hostetler’s Business Group. He has extensive experience representing public and private companies in M&A transactions and counseling public companies regarding their compliance with disclosure and reporting obligations. He also advises public and private companies on debt and equity offerings, including IPOs.

Mr. Gherlein regularly advises boards of directors and their committees on general corporate governance matters, as well as in special circumstances such as change of control settings and accounting inquiries. He has worked closely with the firm’s White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations Team in FCPA, options dating and other accounting inquiries. He also has a background in antitrust litigation and counseling.

Mr. Gherlein is a member of the Board of Trustees of University School. He is a member of the American, Ohio State and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Associations, is active in the Securities Law Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar, and has been a frequent speaker at that section’s annual Securities Law Institute.

News
12/31/2011 2011 Super Lawyers Announced
11/1/2011 “Best Lawyers in America” Recognizes 111 Baker Hostetler Attorneys
6/10/2011 Chambers USA Recognizes 62 Baker Hostetler Lawyers: Named a Leading Firm in 14 Practice Areas
10/14/2010 2010 "Super Lawyers" Announced
9/8/2010 Baker Hostetler Expands Cincinnati Office—Ashley Hess Joins Business Group
8/25/2010 "Best Lawyers in America" Recognizes 100 Baker Hostetler Attorneys
6/23/2010 Tara Goff Kamradt Joins Chicago Office
6/18/2010 Baker Hostetler Named Top M&A Firm
6/17/2010 George C. Dolatly Joins Business Group & New York Office
6/11/2010 Chambers USA Names 50 "Leading Business Lawyers"

Executive Alert / Newsletters
7/26/2011 D.C. Court of Appeals Vacates Proxy Access Rule
6/2/2011 SEC Adopts Final Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Rules: What You Need to Know
5/3/2011 Planning in Light of the Obama Administration's Recent Legislative and Enforcement Initiatives
8/30/2010 SEC Adopts Final Proxy Access Rules