Molly McNally

Partner

About Molly

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 Crain’s Cleveland Business, The Best Lawyers in America and 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.

Experience

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.

Credentials

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

Recognitions

  • Recognized in Crain’s Cleveland Business’ Notable Women in Law 2026 list.

  • Named to Crain’s Cleveland Business’ Notable M&A Dealmakers 2025 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.

Expertise

Services
Private Equity Corporate Capital Markets
Industries
Healthcare