My extensive experience and expertise in corporate law includes representing businesses and individuals in the following types of matters:
- The purchase and sale of many different types of businesses and assets.
- Commercial loan transactions with major lending institutions.
- Represented HA-LO Advertising Specialties, Inc., one of the largest advertising specialty companies in the world, and its principal, in a myriad of corporate matters.
- Formed, organized and advised many different types of businesses and business entities, including C, S, professional service and medical corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies.
- Business succession planning including buy-sell, shareholder and partnership agreements.
- Represented management of Samuel Bingham Company, a manufacture in the graphic arts industry, in a multi-million dollar leveraged buy-out and related asset-based financing, then acted as counsel for the company for over 15 years until its sale.
- Co-counsel for minority owners of the Chicago Sting soccer team, then represented the Chicago Power soccer team, including the purchase and sale of the franchise.
- Shareholder and partnership disputes.
- Prepared Owner/Contractor and Owner/Architect agreements for the construction of commercial projects.
- Represented The Italian U Boat, a franchisor with over 30 sub sandwich shop locations, and franchisees in various businesses.
- Stock purchase, employment, independent contractor, license, distributorship and sales representative agreements.
- Buy-sell agreements providing for the orderly transfer of ownership of a business upon the retirement, disability or death of a shareholder/owner.
