Shannon Lawson

Practice Areas

Business Representation & Transactions

Capital Markets

Commercial Finance & Reorganization

Commercial Loan Documentation

Corporate Governance

Leasing & Equipment Finance

Mergers & Acquisitions

Private Equity

Securities Regulation & Compliance

Start-Ups & Growth Companies

Venture Capital

Workouts & Restructuring

Career

As an attorney in the firm’s Business Representation & Transactions Group, Shannon Lawson assists clients with all aspects of their commercial financing and equipment leasing needs. Shannon has successfully negotiated and structured numerous transactions—and has become the go-to source for clients when it comes to solving their complex legal issues within finance and leasing.

Shannon’s services include commercial finance, equipment leasing, and mergers and acquisitions. He has extensive experience with secured transactions, asset-based loans, syndicated credit facilities, equipment financing, law firm financing and third-party legal opinions.

Prior to law school, Shannon worked several years as an internal auditor for Ashland Inc., where he led an array of financial and operational audits. He also worked as an internal auditor for E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., a Fortune 100 company, and was a Corporate Accountant at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, now a part of Pfizer.

Professional Memberships

Greater Cincinnati Minority Counsel Program (GCMCP), Board Member and Secretary

Professional Leadership Network (PLN), Mentoring Committee Member

Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati (BLAC), Member

Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trustees

Cincinnati Bar Association, Board of Trustees Member