Ann Gerwin is a general business and corporate lawyer. She concentrates her practice on the representation of closely-held businesses and their owners and management, assisting with financing and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, distribution, employee issues, shareholder disputes, succession planning for management and ownership.

Ann’s transactional 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 companies in all corporate areas, including formation, capitalization, sales/distribution and regulatory compliance.

She also works in the areas of securities regulation, including private and public equity and debt offerings, 1934 Act compliance, broker-dealer and investment advisor compliance, and commercial transactions.

The Best Lawyers in America® (2018-2025)

The Best Lawyers^®, Lawyer of the Year, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law (2022)

Martindale-Hubbell AV^® Preeminent™ Attorney

Selected for the Ohio Super Lawyers® List

Northern Kentucky University Law Review Manuscript Editor

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Cincinnati Bar Association, past chair Corporate and Securities Law section

Ohio Bar Association

Ohio Division of Securities, Exemptions Advisory Committee

Hyde Park Neighborhood Council, member of the board of trustees and past president

Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase Law School, Transactional Law Practice Center, member of the board of advisors

NKU Small Business Development Center Legal Issues Lecture Series, coordinator and lecturer

Northern Kentucky University Law Review, manuscript editor

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