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Doug is experienced in counseling businesses on general corporate and securities law matters. He is the co-chair of Calfee’s M&A group and serves as vice chairman of the firm’s General Corporate practice. His practice focuses on M&A, corporate governance and securities law compliance. Doug advises clients on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; capital formation (including private and public offerings); venture capital and SEC matters. He is knowledgeable on general contracting issues, commercial transactions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and provides counsel with respect to organizational and structuring matters for corporate clients. Doug’s more than 20 years of experience has focused primarily on buying and selling privately-held and publicly-traded companies, working closely with the private equity and investment banking community in those endeavors. He helps on public disclosures, securities filings, and Securities Act and Exchange Act compliance work for a number of publicly-held clients. Additionally, Doug counsels clients on corporate governance matters, as well as Sarbanes-Oxley Act and listing standards issues. He handles equity and debt private placements, including the necessary securities law compliance. Doug has counseled both large and small enterprises in negotiating and consummating venture capital financings. He also has represented numerous venture capital and mezzanine financing sources in making their investments, dealing regularly with issues of valuation, governance, management and exit strategies. Having served as secretary of Invacare Corporation, Doug is also on the board of directors or serves as secretary of several privately-held corporations and foundations in the Greater Cleveland area. He is on the board and executive committee of United Cerebral Palsy, on the board of Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and has served on the junior board of the American Cancer Society’s Cuyahoga County Unit and as chairman of the athletic committee of the Cleveland Athletic Club. A frequent lecturer at corporate and securities law seminars, Doug is also a member of the American, Ohio and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Associations. Doug joined Calfee in 1985, became a partner in 1993, and has served as a member of the firm’s executive committee since 2002. He also chairs Calfee’s marketing and client services committee. | 