Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Rodd Lape has acted as the lead lawyer in dozens of M&A and private equity transactions. He advises his clients on a wide range of matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, distressed transactions, restructurings, debt and equity financings, joint ventures, strategic planning, fiduciary duties, and general corporate counseling. Rodd has represented public and private companies and entrepreneurs in a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, building products, industrial technology, publishing, insurance, telecommunications, and e-business.

In the past several years, Rodd has focused his practice on the representation of private equity and venture funds. In that regard, he has represented 3Stone Advisors, Baird Capital Partners, Onyx Capital Ventures, Primus Venture Partners, Raymond James Capital, The Riverside Company, and Stonehenge Partners. Rodd's recent experience also includes the representation of Abbott Laboratories, Alliance Industries, American Electric Power, Dayton Power & Light, Lancaster Colony Corporation, Sprint Nextel, and Sterling Commerce.

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

Areas of Practice

• Private Equity
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Energy
• Energy Projects
• Energy/Utilities

Representative Cases

• Acquisition Financing of CFM Corporation
• Acquisition of Controlling Interest in Circuit Check, Inc.
• Acquisition of Southwest Test, LLP
• Acquisition Program
• Acquisitions
• Acquisitions
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Leveraged Buyout Acquisition Financing of International Junior Golf Tour, Inc. and Education Services, Inc.
• Private Placement , (2009)
• Rail Transportation Agreement
• Recapitalization of Pentagon Technologies Group
• Repurchase
• Sale of Bee-Gee Shoe
• Sale of Des Moines assets
• Sale of DMAX
• Sale of Selsun Blue

West Practice Categories

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

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Ohio State University

Address

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

Phones

1.614.281.3868 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com