Joanne Schreiner is a Partner in the Corporate Department and Chair of the firm's Commercial Finance Practice Group. Joanne's practice involves commercial and business transactions, including acquisitions and mergers, contract negotiation, financing, leasing, sales, and acquisitions. She has extensive experience in handling complex, multi-state secured lending transactions on behalf of national lending institutions. Her corporate practice includes stock/asset purchases of diverse operating entities, including all related due diligence and negotiation of acquisition and operational agreements. She provides legal guidance to operating companies in all corporate areas, including formation, sales/distribution, and regulatory compliance. Joanne also serves on the firm's Finance and Practice Management Committees. Memberships & Affiliations · Cincinnati Bar Association · Arizona Bar Association · American College of Mortgage Attorneys, Fellow · Campbell County Citizens Foster Care, Review Board Member · Boys Hope/Girls Hope, Board Member Distinctions · Named "Lawyer of the Year" in Cincinnati for Project Finance Law by The Best Lawyers in America®, 2012 · Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell · Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® · Selected for the Ohio Super Lawyers® List · Named a Top 10 Female Lawyer in Cincinnati by Women's Business Cincinnati · Selected as a Cincy Leading Lawyer by Cincy Magazine · Listed in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers · Listed in The Legal 500 United States edition Experience Acquisition of Two Affiliated Swiss Companies
Halma International Limited
Represented Halma International Limited in the acquisition of the Swiss corporation Medicel AG. Immediately following this transaction, Medicel AG concluded the acquisition of Robutec GmbH. Multi-State Commercial Loan
National Life Insurance Company Mortgage Lender
$40 million loan for financing 32 gas stations in 4 states Loan Refinance
National Bank
Representation of national bank in $42.5M loan refinance secured by real estate Industrial Reality Group - Goodyear Syndicated Loan
US Bank
Represented US Bank as arranging bank in syndicated loan of $45 million to Industrial Reality Group as borrower for redevelopment of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's Research and Development facility. Stock Purchase
British Public Company
Stock purchase by British public company Purchase of Membership Interests
Privately-Held New Hampshire Corporation
Purchase of 100% of the membership interests of SphereOptics, LLC, a New Hampshire limited liability company Purchase of Assets
Privately-Held Florida Corporation
Represented the purchaser of substantially all of the assets of Oerlikon Optics U.S.A., the U.S. operating arm of OC Oerlikon Management AG, a Swiss corporation Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure
National Life Insurance Company
Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure Commercial Foreclosure
National Life Insurance Company
Commercial Foreclosure AGNL Blimp L.L.C. Syndicated Loan Transaction
US Bank
Represented US Bank as arranging bank in syndicated loan of $120 million to AGNL Blimp L.L.C. as borrower for construction of new Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company global headquarters. Acquisition
German Privately-Held Corporation
Represented Purchaser in the acquisition of 100% of shares of PP Medizintechnick GmbH, a German corporation Commercial Loan
National Life Insurance Company Mortgage Lender
$20 million commercial loan financing 28 properties in 3 states Commercial Loan
National Bank
Commercial Loan Commercial Foreclosure / Forbearance Agreement
National Life Insurance Company
Representation of a national life insurance company with a defaulting mortgage loan in southwest Ohio Publications December 1, 2011, Lead-Based Paint: What Lenders Should Know About Pre-1978 Housing June 3, 2011, Top 10 Tips to Consider in a Cross-Border M&A January 25, 2011, Lender Liability and the Exception to CERCLA July 19, 2010, No Creditors' Rights Endorsement - Alternatives July 19, 2010, Mortgage Refinance Process Tips June 17, 2010, Insolvent Financial Institutions and The D'Oench Duhme Doctrine: The FDIC'S Avoidance Power April 8, 2010, The Creditor's Rights Endorsement: What Its Extinction Means for Owners and Lenders September 25, 2009, Are we there yet? Is Cincinnati Business on the Road to Recovery? Presentations December 2010, "Becoming an Effective Mentor," Dinsmore & Shohl Ethics, Professionalism and Substance Abuse Seminar October 2009, "Getting Paid: Techniques to Enhance Collections, Speaker" and "Ethics and Professionalism for In-House Counsel, Panel Member," Ohio State Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Institute |