Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Tom Daniels practices in the areas of domestic and international corporate finance and other general corporate law and has represented issuers and underwriters in public and private securities offerings. He has extensive experience in advising clients in high-yield debt offerings; investment-grade, hybrid debt offerings; asset-backed offerings; and Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings. He also assists clients with their reporting obligations with the SEC and communications with the public markets. Tom's clients include: Alticor, Inc. (Amway Corporation), Berlin Financial Ltd., Erico International, Laidlaw International, Lucent Asset Management Corp., Mattel, NACCO Industries, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Premier Farnell, R.H. Donnelley, Shiloh Industries, STERIS Corporation, and York Enhanced Strategies Fund, LLC. In addition, Tom is a member of the Firm's Sarbanes-Oxley Act team and advises companies on such matters.

Tom is a member of the American Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association. He regularly lectures at the Securities Institute for the Cleveland Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Capital Markets

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Commercial Intertech
• Acquisition of Cosmed Medical Sterilization Business
• Acquisition of Denison International plc
• Acquisition of Gartmore Global Investments
• Acquisition of SBC Communications Inc.'s Directory Publishing Business
• Acquisition of Sprint Corporation's Directory Publishing Business
• Debt Tender Offer
• Debt Tender Offer
• Employment Matters
• Going - Private Transaction
• Going - Private Transaction
• Guilford merger
• Kent Automotive and Premier Industrial Sale
• Nissan forklift truck business acquisition
• Private Placement
• Private Placement of Preferred Stock and Warrants
• Public Exchange Offer
• Public Offering of Medium-Term Notes
• Regulation S Notes Offering
• Repurchase of Convertible Preferred Stock
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Notes Offering
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Notes Offering
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Senior Notes and Senior Subordinated Notes Offering
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Senior Notes Offering
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Senior Subordinated Notes Offering
• Sale of Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Assets
• Senior Notes Offering
• Sterion Acquisition
• Thomas & Betts acquisition
• Unsolicited tender offer for Applica

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• U of Akron

Published Works

• Federal Appeals Court Finds No Default Under Indenture Reporting Covenant, 2008
• SEC Adopts Amendments to Rule 12g3-2(b) and Various Other Foreign Issuer Reporting Requirements; Revises Cross-Border Tender Offer, Exchange Offer and Business Combination Rules in Addition to Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules for Certain Foreign Institutions, 2008
• SEC Guidance on the Use of Company Web Sites for Disclosure to Investors, 2008
• SEC Proposes Revisions to Rule 15a-6 to Improve Regulation of Foreign Broker-Dealers, 2008
• SEC Proposes Revisions to the Cross-Border Tender Offer, Exchange Offer, and Business Combination Rules as Well as Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules for Certain Foreign Institutions, 2008
• SEC Proposes Amendments to Rule 12g3-2(b) Exemption From Registration Under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Other Rules and Forms, 2008
• SEC Allows Foreign Private Issuers to Use Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance With International Financial Reporting Standards, 2008
• SEC Adopts Amendments to Rule 144 and 145 and Other Reforms, 2008
• SEC Maintains Status Quo in Shareholder Access, 2007
• SEC Staff Observations on Executive Compensation Disclosure, 2007
• SEC Considers Allowing Non-U.S. and U.S. Issuers to Use Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance With International Financial Reporting Standards, 2007
• SEC Releases Shareholder Access Proposals, 2007
• SEC Adopts Section 404 Interpretive Guidance and Rule Amendments; New PCAOB Auditing Standard, 2007
• An Overview of Legal Risks for Distressed Claims Traders, 2006

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Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

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