Megan L Mehalko

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Megan is a law firm leader and accomplished corporate attorney with a distinguished legal career. Co-chair of Benesch’s Corporate & Securities Practice Group, she regularly leads groundbreaking, high-stakes and game-changing mergers, acquisitions, cross-border joint ventures and strategic alliances, and frequently advises on securities law matters, corporate governance and ESG initiatives.

Megan represents a diverse clientele that includes public and private companies in the manufacturing, healthcare, specialty chemicals, plastics, rubber and consumer products industries, as well as private equity funds and their portfolio companies. Clients benefit from Megan’s business counsel based on her broad and deep legal experience and business perspective. She handles corporate and securities matters, mergers and acquisitions, distressed company transactions, divestitures and regulatory compliance matters.

Highly regarded for her business acumen, industry knowledge, negotiating skills and legal experience, Megan serves as go-to counsel to many well-known brands and global enterprises. She structures, negotiates and closes industry-shaping transactions for clients worldwide. She has provided business-focused legal counsel that has proven vital to the success of transactions involving world-leading manufacturers of products used in virtually every home and business.

Megan founded and now co-leads Benesch’s niche Polymer Group, which focuses on the specialty chemical, coatings, plastics and polymer sectors. She leads and oversees a multidisciplinary team of lawyers well-versed and experienced in legal and business issues pertaining to polymers, plastics, rubber and packaging. Megan also regularly represents clients in international transactions, most recently in China, Canada, the UK and Italy.

Professional Memberships

Board Member, Business Volunteers Unlimited

Board Member, College Now Greater Cleveland

Chair of Board of Trustees, Laurel School

2013 Corporate Leadership Team Chairperson, Go Red For Women/American Heart Association

Member, In Counsel With Women

Member, Society for Corporate Governance Professionals

Member, Ohio State Bar Association

Executive Council, Corporate and Business Law Section, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Member, American Bar Association

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