Bryan Fisher is a Senior Associate in PLG’s Corporate and Transactional practice, where he advises privately held companies, founders and stakeholders on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic business transactions. He has substantial experience independently managing transactions from their inception through closing and regularly serves as lead associate primarily on sell-side transactions.
Bryan is a member of a specialized practice group focused on M&A and complex reorganizations in the wealth management and financial services industry. In 2025 and 2026 alone, he advised clients on financial services transactions with an aggregate value exceeding $600 million.
In addition to his financial services practice, Brian advises clients across a broad range of industries on corporate and transactional matters. His experience includes serving as outside counsel to emerging growth companies, advising on capital raises and corporate structuring, and negotiating and drafting commercial agreements, including talent, media, sports, and entertainment agreements.
Representative Experience
Wealth Management and Financial Services
- Served as lead associate in the $115M sale of a financial services business.
- Served as lead associate in the $112.5M sale of a financial services business.
- Served as lead associate in the minority equity sale of a company with an enterprise valuation of $100M.
- Served as lead associate on a lift-out transaction involving a team of financial advisors valued at up to $75M in the financial services industry.
- Served as lead associate in the $27.9M sale of a financial services business.
- Served as lead associate in the $18.8M sale of a financial services business.
- Served as counsel to a financial services company in a series of buy-side transactions totaling more than $10M in the aggregate.
- Member of the deal team representing a wealth management firm in a $160M sale of equity to an independent financial services firm.
Other Industries
- Represented the issuer in a $5M friends and family capital raise for an early-stage company.
- Serve as ongoing counsel to a sports media company in the negotiation and drafting of various commercial contracts and digital media partnerships, and advise the client on day-to-day operational matters.
- Represented a digital media company in its spin-out from a prominent sports agency.
- Served as lead associate in the sale of a water filtration company valued at approximately $60M.
- Represented the seller in a $14M merger with a Canadian software company.
- Member of the deal team serving as U.S. counsel to a Dominican Republic company in the strategic recapitalization and merger of a manufacturing company's coatings division.
Publications and Speeches
- The Evolution of Data in Sports Betting and its Legal Ramifications on the Privacy and Protections of College Athletes, Cleveland State Law Review, 2021 http://www.clevstlrev.org/et_cetera/
Memberships and Affiliations
- Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, Associate Board Member; 2021-2023
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Education
Cleveland State University College of Law, J.D.
- cum laude
- Development Editor, Cleveland State Law Review
The Ohio State University, B.S.
Previous Experience
- Walter Haverfield, Associate
Areas of Practice
Admissions
- Ohio


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