Ermias advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as both publicly and privately held companies, on complex transactions. These include mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, leveraged buyouts and other strategic endeavors.
Ermias has represented private equity sponsors and publicly traded companies in transactions ranging from $15 million to $4.4 billion, spanning both the U.S. and international markets. Additionally, Ermias offers comprehensive counsel on a wide spectrum of general corporate matters and complex commercial arrangements.
Prior to his tenure with Benesch, Ermias was a corporate associate at Winston & Strawn LLP. He also served as Associate Counsel for the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he was the lead international media lawyer, overseeing international media and social media transactions.
*Matter completed prior to joining Benesch.
Representative Experience
- Represented Trivest in the platform acquisition of Province, a leading and nationally recognized restructuring and advisory firm.
- Represented Chart Industries, Inc. (NYSE: GTLS) in the divestiture of its cryobiological products business (MVE Biological Products) to Cryoport, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYRX) for $320 million.*
- Represented The Kleinfelder Group, Inc. in acquiring a full-service engineering and consulting firm that provides solutions to natural gas utilities and pipeline operators.*
- Represented a global insurance brokerage and risk management services firm in a carveout acquisition of an insurance agency from a bank.*
- Represented Concentric Equity Partners in its acquisition of a multi-store boat dealer and marine services provider.*
- Represented Chart Industries, Inc. (NYSE: GTLS) in its acquisition of Howden, for approximately $4.4 billion.*
