Zachary Valdman
Associate
Zachary Valdman is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group, where he advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance and complex corporate reorganizations for public and private companies, as well as nonprofit entities. He has experience supporting public and private companies across diverse industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, infrastructure, sustainable energy, food production and higher education. Known for his analytical and detail-oriented approach, Zachary balances precision with a strategic view, evaluating issues from both legal and business perspectives to deliver practical, goal-aligned solutions for his clients.
During law school, Zachary was the business editor of the Ohio State Law Journal, a legal intern for the Entrepreneurial Business Law Clinic, a law clerk for the Ohio State University Office of Legal Affairs and a legal research assistant. He was also recognized for his academic achievements, receiving CALI Awards for Excellence in Civil Procedure I, Legislation and Regulation, Transactional Practice, Federal Income Taxation, Business Bankruptcy and Professional Responsibility.
Zack has assisted with a variety of key transactions, including:
- Representing a leading manufacturer of water management solutions in selling all the issued and outstanding stock of one of its subsidiaries, a concrete construction company, to a concrete pipe and precast manufacturing supplier.
- Advising a coal mining operations provider, through a subsidiary, in selling property and equipment to a mineral product manufacturing company.
- Advising a Texas-based limited liability holding company, along with its wholly-owned subsidiary, in selling all of its assets to a leading provider of technology solutions.
- Advising a leading provider of water management solutions on an internal corporate reorganization, which included the consolidation of multiple subsidiaries through merger transactions.
- Advising on a complex employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) transaction involving the full redemption of a corporation’s outstanding shares in exchange for a combination of cash, seller notes, and warrants, followed by the sale of all issued and outstanding shares to an ESOP trust in return for a promissory note issued by the trust.
- Representing a global provider of outsourced communication services in its acquisition of all the outstanding equity of an answering and voicemail services provider and its wholly-owned subsidiary.
- Advising on a corporate reorganization and spinoff, followed by a 100% ESOP transaction in which the shareholders of a holding company and its wholly owned operating subsidiary sold all outstanding equity interests to an employee stock ownership trust.
Education
- The Ohio State University, J.D., summa cum laude, 2021
- The Ohio State University, B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, 2018
Admissions
- Ohio, 2021