Todd Gustin

Todd Gustin is a partner in the firm’s Corporate and Transactional practice group. He advises companies and investors on the full spectrum of corporate transactions, with particular strength in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and private equity investments in the hospitality, healthcare, life sciences, technology, financial services, professional services, aviation, and education industries. He counsels clients at every stage of growth, from early-stage financings to complex cross-border acquisitions, helping them structure deals that advance both strategic and financial goals.  Todd advises boards and management teams on governance, compliance, and fiduciary responsibilities, ensuring that leadership decisions align with long-term business objectives.

Clients value Todd’s ability to combine practical business judgment with sophisticated legal analysis. Whether structuring a venture investment, closing a middle-market M&A transaction, or advising a board on governance matters, he provides clear, solutions-oriented guidance that helps clients move quickly and confidently in competitive markets.

Representative Experience

• Represented the leading international hospitality company in domestic and international franchise transactions in connection with the disposition of hundreds of franchised hotels.
• Represented a national operator of post-acute, short-term rehabilitation facilities, including in connection with its sale to a privately owned family investment firm.
• Represented one of the largest U.S.-based, family-owned, innovative food and agricultural products companies.
• Represented an acquiring bank in its acquisition of First Mariner Bank in a 363 bankruptcy sale from its holding company, First Mariner Bancorp.
• Assisted in the sale of a publishing business for $150 million to investors led by a national private equity firm.
• Assisted in the sale of a surgical monitoring business to investors led by a national private equity firm for an aggregate value of more than $40 million, including retention of a 25% equity stake.
• Represented the borrower in a music publishing transaction, including a $330 million equity investment and a senior subordinated financing of $70 million, in the context of a workout.
• Assisted in the sale of a healthcare research business to HealthStream, Inc., for an aggregate value of more than $13 million.
• Represented the purchaser in the acquisition of a calibration services division of General Electric Corporation and a related financing transaction.
• Represented a NASDAQ-listed, Fortune 250 provider of information technology, consulting, and business process services.
• Represented the purchaser in the acquisition of a distribution business for an aggregate value of $19 million, including earn-out.
• Represented the borrower in connection with the restructuring of its €32,000,000 credit facility with a European lender.