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Molly McNally
Partner
Molly McNally leads the Corporate Practice Group in the firm’s Cleveland office, where she’s recognized for her sharp legal insight and pragmatic, business-minded counsel. She advises publicly- and privately- held companies on a broad range of complex corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation and corporate governance issues. Named a “BTI Client Service All-Star” by BTI Consulting, Molly is known for building trusted partnerships with her clients and delivering practical, solutions-oriented advice tailored to her client’s business goals. Clients praise her responsiveness and strategic perspective, with one noting, “I can trust Molly to take a thoughtful, client-focused approach when working on a deal.”
Molly has significant experience leading complex multijurisdictional acquisitions and divestitures across a broad spectrum of industries, including automotive, manufacturing, healthcare, technology, insurance and food and beverage.
She has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, and in Ohio Super Lawyers – Rising Stars.
Molly also serves on the hiring committee for the Cleveland office and is a board member of the Cleveland Public Library Foundation.
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Advising Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in its US$1.25 billion acquisition of Allstate’s Employer Stop Loss business.
- Counseling a specialty chemicals company in a US$1 billion cross-border acquisition involving six countries.
- Representing a multibillion-dollar NASDAQ-listed semiconductor supplier in connection with various strategic acquisitions and divestitures.
- Counseling a Canada-based fruit juice and beverage manufacturer in its entrance to the US market through a US$390 million merger with a US-based beverage manufacturer and the financing of that transaction, as well as advising the company on several follow-on transactions.
- Representing a mutual health insurance company in several strategic transactions, including its acquisition of a data-driven provider of wellness solutions.
- Representing a multibillion-dollar NYSE-listed business information technology and services company in connection with a series of strategic acquisitions.
- Representing a global Tier 1 automotive components manufacturer in several cross-border carve-out dispositions of multibillion-dollar business units to strategic and private equity buyers.
- Representing a physician group in the sale of an ophthalmology practice.
- Advising a physician group in the sale of an obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) and breast surgery practice.
- Representing a chemical company in the sale of its continuous cast acrylic sheet business to a manufacturer of acrylic sheet products.
- Advising a leading industrial distributor of bearings, power transmission components and fluid power components and system in various strategic acquisitions and entity reorganizations.
- Representing a UK-based packaging manufacturer on its first acquisition in the US.
Public Capital Markets
- Representing the underwriters in public offerings by a NYSE-listed global manufacturer of industrial and consumer sealants of US$300 million of senior notes and of US$250 million of senior notes.
- Counseling a Nasdaq-listed, Europe-based global information technology company in connection with an underwritten public offering of its ordinary shares.
- Representing the underwriters in connection with public offerings of common shares by a real estate investment trust (REIT).
- Representing the underwriters in connection with the public offering of common shares by a bulk freight shipping provider.
- Serving as disclosure counsel to a non-profit municipal electric provider in a series of securitization transactions.
Education
- Cleveland State University, J.D., magna cum laude, managing editor, Cleveland State Law Review, 2008
- John Carroll University, B.A., cum laude, 2005
Admissions
- Ohio, 2008
- Named to Crain’s Cleveland Business’ 2025 “Notable M&A Dealmakers” list.
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America: for Corporate Law.
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions in Cleveland.
- Selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers – Rising Stars from 2014 - 2022, a distinction that recognizes the top Ohio lawyers under the age of 40 or in practice for 10 years or less.
- Recognized by BTI Consulting Group as a M&A All-Star, 2021.