Atty. Christopher S.W. "Chris" Blake
Christopher S.W. Blake focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, and financings for a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, gaming, and real estate.
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Christopher S.W. "Chris" Blake is a business, real estate, and m&a attorney based in Cleveland, Ohio, practicing at Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP. They have 27+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1999. Admitted to practice in Ohio (1999). Educated at Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1999) and University of Missouri (M.A., 1994). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Finance Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Corporate Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026). Serands clients in Cleveland, OH and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Blake focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, and financings for a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, gaming, and real estate
- As co-chair of Hahn Loeser’s International Practice Group and Corporate Transactions Group, Chris’ practice spans domestic and international transactional matters
- Chris has worked with clients in countries in Eastern Europe, Africa, Central and South America, and Southeast Asia
- Chris regularly uses his in-depth understanding of the complexities of joint ventures, distributorships and sales agreements to counsel public and private companies through determining the best approach to enter into a new market
- Chris has extensive experience identifying cross-border issues and creating detailed plans for his clients
- Additionally, Chris represents foreign and domestic public and private companies as buyers and sellers of divisions, “going concern” businesses, equity stakes and discrete assets, and the financing of such purchases and sales On the financing side, Chris focuses on negotiating commercial lending, including senior, subordinated and mezzanine debt arrangements
- Chris has represented governmental, institutional, and private lenders and borrowers in sophisticated transactions involving traditional and nontraditional collateral
- Chris’ gaming law practice focuses on regulatory compliance, licensing, ownership structures and operations of gaming establishments in seven states
- He has assisted with the diligence, acquisition and financing of more than 25 gaming operations, and has helped the acquiring parties become licensed by the applicable gaming authorities in each instance
- He has also interacted with charitable and for-profit gaming regulators to coordinate on-going licensing reviews and completion of suitability investigations of key owners or employees of gaming operations
- Chris also has an extensive real estate law practice
- With a wealth of experience completing surveys, environmental audits and other due diligence, Chris is skilled in facilitating the negotiation of purchases, sales and leases of commercial and residential real estate and mortgages, and other liens on such properties
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Christopher S.W. "Chris" Blake's Areas of Practice
Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Christopher S.W. "Chris" Blake handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
Christopher S.W. "Chris" Blake is one of 501,317 business attorneys indexed nationally. Browse business attorneys in Ohio →
Real estate attorneys handle home purchases, sales, commercial transactions, title disputes, and landlord-tenant matters.
Christopher S.W. "Chris" Blake is one of 316,149 real estate attorneys indexed nationally. Browse real estate attorneys in Ohio →
Christopher S.W. "Chris" Blake is one of 49,731 m&a attorneys indexed nationally. Browse m&a attorneys in Ohio →
Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Ohio
Practicing law in Ohio. Legal matters in Ohio are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Cleveland are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Ohio state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Ohio brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Ohio courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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