He also spends substantial time on merger and acquisition transactions for large public companies and smaller privately held companies and has completed numerous multi-million dollar acquisitions and dispositions. He has represented purchasers and sellers of businesses in dozens of transactions, including the purchaser of a $160 million manufacturing business and the seller of a manufacturing business in a "roll-up" transaction. Pat has worked with a local university which is commercializing its technology, by representing a number of the start-up companies which license technology from the university for commercialization purposes. He also represents other technology companies in matters such as formation, capital raising, protecting technology, contracting and partnering arrangements.

Pat has performed general corporate and banking work including multibank credit facilities, bond financings, leasing, mergers and leveraged acquisitions (including both stock and asset purchases), debt restructuring and related financings. He has also acted as an outside general counsel to two Pittsburgh companies, one publicly held and one privately held, and by so doing has gained experience with legal and business problems typically addressed by corporate general counsel and the practical and cost-effective resolution of such problems.