Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Corporate Transactions

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Office Managing Partner - Denver

Mr. Odendahl has represented businesses in a variety of transactions and regulatory matters, including:

public and private acquirers and sellers in domestic, cross-border, and multi-jurisdictional international mergers and acquisitions private-equity funds and other financial buyers in investments and exits in food and agribusiness, consumer, business services, SaaS, energy services and products, managed healthcare, aerospace, and durable-goods manufacturers

Prior to his career as an attorney, Mr. Odendahl clerked for Chief Judge Mary M. Schroeder of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and served as a combat soldier in the Persian Gulf War. Mr. Odendahl was the Editor-in-Chief of the University of Illinois Law Review.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A, 2021-2022 Legal 500, M&A, 2020 Board Member and past Chair of DealMaker’s Forum, Association for Corporate Growth (Denver) Colorado Super Lawyers, recognized among "Colorado Rising Stars" for Mergers & Acquisitions, 2009–2012 Mr. Odendahl was the Editor-in-Chief of the University of Illinois Law Review and served as a paratrooper and noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army, where he was decorated for active combat duty in the Persian Gulf War (1990–1991). The September 24, 2007, issue of Law Week Colorado named Mr. Odendahl one of a select group of "up & coming" lawyers in Colorado. Best Lawyers' (M&A Law, 2023)