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MICHAEL WAGER
Vice-Chair & Chairman Elect
Cleveland-Cuyahoga Port Authority & Of Counsel
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
Cleveland, Ohio

Michael Wager focuses his practice on the representation of private and publicly held entities in matters of securities regulation, corporate finance, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic growth. He has particular expertise and experience in representing companies and investors in change of control transactions. Mr. Wager has served as counsel and adviser to, and director of, several private and public companies. In 1994, Mr. Wager earned the designation of “Dealmaker” from The American Lawyer magazine.

Mr. Wager is active in several civic and philanthropic organizations. He is the vice-chairman (and chair-elect) of the board of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority and a member of the board of the Northeast Ohio Development Fund LLC. He also serves as chair of the selection committee for the American Marshall Memorial Fellowship (an affiliate of the German Marshall Fund) and as a member of the advisory board of the National Leadership Council of the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals of Cleveland . In addition, he serves as a member of the executive committee of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland and remains active in national leadership on the Renaissance and Renewal Pillar of the United Jewish Communities and the Jewish Council on Public Affairs. Mr. Wager has previously served as a member of the board of the Gateway Economic Development Corporation of Greater Cleveland (owner of Jacobs Field and Quicken Loans Arena), the Cleveland Foundation’s Task Force on Economic Development and the Mayor’s Convention Center Task Force.

Mr. Wager has also served as the chairman of a Cleveland-based private equity firm. He frequently speaks on matters involving capital formation, securities regulation and change of control transactions.

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2007 CUSLI Annual Conference Comparative Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship in Canada and the United States was held April 13-14, 2007.

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