Alanna C. Guy

• Assisted multiple Ohio medical marijuana license holders with transferring their licenses to purchasing entities.
• Counsel on deal teams for real estate transactions including real estate development acquisitions and the restructuring of real estate and commercial lending transactions.
• Advised clients and drafted relevant documents relating to general corporate matters, including commercial agreements, equity incentive planning and corporate governance.
• Counseled clients and served on deal teams for a broad range of corporate transactions, from letter of intent stage through closing, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial financings, private equity and venture financing.
• Responsible on deal teams for conducting due diligence, drafting disclosure schedules and drafting ancillary deal documents, such as resolutions, officer’s certificates, bills of sale, assignments, etc.
• Performed research on several topics including health care transactions, including issues related to federal, state and local zoning ordinances; and matters relating to coronavirus’ impact on Force Majeure Clauses and the executive state “stay at home orders.”

Education

• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2018
• Centre College, B.A., Anthropology and Sociology, 2015

Admissions

• State of Ohio

Professional Affiliations

• FDCC Ladder Down, Cleveland Program—Class of 2021; LD Cleveland Executive Committee (2022)
• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association—Member (2018-Present)

Community Involvement

• Hathaway Brown Alumnae Council—Member (2019-Present); Chair, Alumnae Weekend (2022)
• • The Association for Corporate Growth—Co-Chair, ACG Cup Committee (2021-Present); YACG Membership Committee (2022-Present)
• Northern Ohio Italian American Foundation (NOIA)—Member (2018-Present)
• Hawken School—Middle School Basketball Head Coach (2017-2018); Varsity Basketball Volunteer (2018-2019)

• Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars list (2022)
• Barbara Tyler Award for Best Note (2017)
• Best Brief—Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition (2017)
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law — Legal Research and Writing (Spring 2016); Evidence (Fall 2016)

• "Commercial Real Estate Road Blocks in Cannabis Transactions," Frantz Ward Client Alert (May 2022)
• "Reading the Fine Print: Making Your Terms and Conditions Match Your Business Goals and Risks," Guest, Shoveling Smoke - A Frantz Ward Lawcast (April 2022)
• "Business Law Update: A Primer on Ohio's Revised LLC Act," Host, Shoveling Smoke - A Frantz Ward Lawcast (April 2022)
• "The Basics for Building Your Workforce," Host, Shoveling Smoke - A Frantz Ward Lawcast (October 2021)
• "You Came Up With a Great Business Idea During the Pandemic - Now What?" Podcast Guest, Shoveling Smoke - A Frantz Ward Lawcast (September 2021)
• "What to Think About Prior to Entering into an LOI for an Acquisition of an Ohio Medical Marijuana Company," Frantz Ward Client Alert (May 2021)
• “A Surging Drug Epidemic: Time for Congress to Enact a Mandate on Insurance Companies and Rehabilitation Facilities for Opioid and Opiate Addiction,” Cleveland Marshall’s Journal of Law and Health (May 2018)

• "When Closely Held Businesses Are Held Too Closely?" Association of Corporate Counsel, Cleveland, OH (August 2021)

• Mentioned in, "Guy, Proctor named FDCC Ladder Down Cleveland Class of 2021," Cleveland Jewish News (January 2021)