Ashley Hess is a corporate transactional attorney and Co-Chair of BakerHostetler’s Technology in Manufacturing national industry team. He has broad experience representing public and private companies on a variety of matters ranging from mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, to joint ventures, corporate governance and complex corporate transactions. Within the manufacturing sector, Ashley has extensive experience in the automotive industry, including advising clients on issues related to autonomous vehicles, supply chain matters, joint ventures and other collaborative development relationships. Ashley also has experience with acquisitions involving government contracting entities, including acquisitions of technology assets developed pursuant to government contracts.
Ashley is the Cincinnati Business Leader, and is recognized as a leading corporate and M&A attorney in Ohio. He is included in Chambers USA and Best Lawyers for Corporate/M&A in Ohio, and has been named Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in Cincinnati for Corporate Compliance Law (2015, 2017 and 2019), Corporate Governance Law (2018), and Mergers & Acquisitions (2020). Ashley regularly speaks and writes on transactional legal issues and is active in the ABA’s M&A Committee where he serves as the Chair of Programs and Publications for the M&A Committee and works closely with the Market Trends Subcommittee that publishes the Private Target Deal Points Studies.