Brent M. Pietrafese - Lawyer in Cleveland, OH

As a Partner with Calfee's Corporate and Capital Markets practice and a leader of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions group, Brent Pietrafese has a broad practice centering on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and general corporate representation of both public and private companies.

Brent helps clients consummate mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, and restructurings for a wide range of companies and industries. He has developed particular expertise in representing private equity firms, family offices and other financial investors in leveraged buyouts, investments and dispositions.

Brent's experience with private equity firms, family offices and investment funds helps him assist clients in capital formation matters, including venture and mezzanine capital and other private equity financing matters.

In addition, Brent provides day-to-day general corporate counseling to his clients and has extensive experience counseling clients on complex contract law matters, distributor and sales agent agreements, sales and purchasing contracts and related terms and conditions of sale and purchase.

Brent joined Calfee in 2003 and became partner in 2012.