Gregg has served as Benesch’s Managing Partner since 2015. Under his leadership, Benesch has experienced substantial growth, opened offices in Chicago, San Francisco and New York, and advanced 58 places on the Am Law 200 list, where the firm is currently ranked at #137.
Gregg is a corporate attorney whose active practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions as well as public and private debt and equity financings. He represents both publicly and privately held companies at various stages of growth. He has been involved in planning for growth companies, helping to position them for various stages of private financing and anticipated public offerings. Gregg also represents private equity, subordinated debt and venture funds as well as portfolio companies of such funds.
Gregg frequently represents clients abroad in their international expansion efforts. Gregg works with clients on complex international joint venture, supply chain and distribution agreements as well as complex mergers and acquisitions.
Among Gregg's numerous accolades, he was named a finalist for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 East Central Award by Ernst & Young LLP (EY US). Gregg has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® since 2018 in Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; and Securities / Capital Markets Law, and he was named a BTI Client Service All-Star in 2021.
Representative Experience
- Representation of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) in its acquisition of Minnesota Rubber and Plastics, a manufacturer of highly engineered rubber and plastics solutions to global customers, from Norwest Equity Partners.
- Representation of Gridiron Capital, LLC in its initial platform acquisition of a provider of strategic impulse, in-line and check stand, merchandising products and solutions to retailers.
- Representation of Gridiron Capital, LLC in the sale of Ramsey Industries, Inc., a leading manufacturer of service cranes, industrial and commercial winches and planetary gear drives.
- Representation of Gridiron Capital, LLC in its acquisition of Jacent Strategic Merchandising, the leading supplier and service provider of impulse merchandising solutions to the grocery, mass, drug and e-commerce retail channels, from Lariat Partners.
- Represented Gridiron Capital Partners in its acquisition of Remington Products Company, a leading specialty designer and manufacturer of branded and private label orthotic solutions, including foot beds/insoles, foot care products, orthopedic braces, sports supports and safety/ergonomic products. The target company was 100% owned by the Remington Products Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, making for a complex structure.
- Representation of Millpond Equity Partners, LLC in the acquisition of Futuri Media.
- Representation of CapitalWorks in its acquisition of GEM City Engineering Co.
- Representation of CapitalWorks in the acquisition of Chemtron Corporation.
- Represented Gridiron Capital LLC in its acquisition of a controlling stake of Rough Country, a provider of branded off-road suspension products and accessories.
- Representation of LeafFilter, a provider of gutter guards for homeowners in North America, in its sale to Gridiron Capital, LLC.
- Represented Capitalworks, a private equity fund, in connection with its acquisition of Magna-Tech Manufacturing.
