As general counsel to business clients, Frank advises on transactional matters such as mergers and acquisitions, financing (banking and private equity), corporate structure, venture capital, and tax planning.  He provides advice to both individuals and business owners in matters relating to succession planning, estate planning and taxation, insurance, employment contracts, and other wealth management issues.

Frank also represents clients in real estate and construction, including projects involving residential and commercial developments utilizing public-private funding partnerships, historic tax credits, low income housing tax credits, new market tax credits, and FHA and HUD financing. 

Frank has been actively involved with strategic planning for privately owned companies through COSE strategic planning, and more recently with SPC 3.0.  He also lectures on strategic business planning for non-lawyers.  A core philosophy is to work with clients to determine their strategic plan and then address legal issues as part of the strategy.

When Skill Matters

• Private venture capital financing, including intellectual property focused transactions

• Succession planning for family and private businesses, including dispute resolution

• Banking and SBA financing

• Non-traditional financing, factoring, debt restructuring and workout

• Confidentiality and non-competition; employment contracts and compensation

• Real estate financing for residential and commercial properties, including HUD, tax credits, public private partnerships

• Licensing of domestic and foreign intellectual property rights

Civic Involvement

• COSE Strategic Planning Course

• Cleveland State University, Monte Ahuja College of Business - Former Member, Visitors Committee (10 years)

• Ohio State Bar Association

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

• Lawyers Guild of Cleveland

Fun Stuff

•  Ballroom dancing

• Fencing (in my younger days!)

• Golf

• Rome and Renaissance history