Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Jeff Litle has acted as the lead lawyer in dozens of negotiated mergers and acquisitions. He advises numerous public and private companies and private equity funds on matters such as business acquisitions, bankruptcy and distressed sales, corporate finance, restructurings, joint ventures, and fiduciary duties. Jeff's practice spans a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, financial services, automotive, trade, metals, and manufacturing.

Jeff's recent experience includes advising Sprint Nextel Corporation in its acquisition of FCC spectrum assets throughout the United States and Latin America, Raymond James Financial in its acquisition of a criminal forensics business in North Carolina, Brush Engineered Materials in its project financing for a beryllium processing plant in Northern Ohio, and National Investment Managers in its strategic acquisitions of regional pension and financial services companies.

Jeff is a member of the American Bar Association (Business Law Section), the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Columbus Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances

Representative Cases

• Acquisition by Oldcastle
• Acquisition by Precision Castparts , (2006)
• Acquisition of FCC Licenses
• Acquisition of Zenith Industrial and Aetna Industries
• Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
• Bankruptcy Dispositions
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Credit Facilities
• Disposition Program
• Note Purchase Agreement
• Precious Metals Consignment and Loan Facilities
• Precious Metals Consignment Facility
• Precious Metals Consignment Facility
• Precious Metals Financing Arrangements
• Revolving Credit Agreement
• Revolving Credit Facility
• Sale of DMAX
• Sale of Westward Communications
• Spin-off of local communications business

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Duke University

Published Works

• Deal Lawyers Take Note: How Successor Liability For Export Violations Can Spoil Your Deal, Jones Day M&A Matters, 2008
• Two-Step Transactions Coming Back into Fashion: Reappraisal of the Best-Price Rule Could Revive a Once-popular Form of Corporate Courtship, coauthor, National Law Journal, 2006
• Good Faith Issues Present New Risks for Directors and Officers, 2005

Address

P.O. Box 165017
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3886 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com