Corporate and Business Law

The Firm's business attorneys are skilled in virtually all areas of business practice and are prepared to meet the needs of all aspects of closely held family businesses. We are proficient in aspects of business governance, including formation, alliances, management, acquisition, owners issues, and liquidation and dissolution for corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies or sole proprietorships.

The Firms' attorneys prepare contracts and provide business advice in a variety of areas of corporate and business law, including:

  • Formation and Governance
  • Joint Ventures
  • Acquisitions and Mergers
  • Banking and Commercial Loans
  • Contracts - Employment, Vendor, Employee, IL, Leases
  • Finance
  • Sales and distributions
  • Partnership formation
  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Taxation - federal, state and local
  • Uniform Commercial Code

The professionals at the Firm understand that no two corporations, transactions or commercial matters are alike. Each situation requires thinking and planning. The Firm's corporate and business attorneys are experienced in handling complex matters.

The professionals at the Firm have represented acquiring and acquired corporations and other types of businesses, large transactions as well as smaller ones.

Our mergers and acquisitions work has involved transactions ranging from the tens of thousands to the tens of millions in dollar amounts and, include a large range of companies and industries including:

  • Land holding
  • Retail
  • Concrete
  • Software
  • Document/Printing
  • Hospitality
  • Salon/Spa
  • Utility
  • Technology
  • Communications
  • Insurance
  • Medical/Dental
  • Fitness
  • Professional Athletic Teams

Our corporate attorneys understand that no two transactions are alike, and our diverse practice provides clients with the benefit of experience needed for a particular transaction, such as:

  • State or federal tax
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Estate Planning
  • Litigation risk assessment
  • Real Estate
  • Finance
  • Securities

We can assist our transactional clients in negotiating and drafting acquisition and disposition agreements. We also assist clients in the due diligence process between the signing of the agreement and the closing of the transaction.

Our business attorneys, tax attorneys and CPA's have substantial experience in mergers and acquisitions and enables us to respond quickly and effectively to whatever is required in a particular transaction. We realize that the client's goal is to "close the deal," and we are prepared to provide the services needed to support this goal.