Harlan brings four decades of experience to clients, providing strategic legal and business counsel on a wide variety of matters at every stage of a deal. He handles corporate and real estate transactions of all kinds, including acquisitions and dispositions, ordinary course contract and lease negotiations, and the formation and startup of new businesses.

Harlan acts as outside general counsel for many of his clients in a multitude of industries, including manufacturing, fabrication and recycling, consumer packaged goods, marketing and communications, printing, financial services, as well as professional services such as medical and dental, management consulting, information technology, and human resources and staffing. 

Harlan has a particular concentration in the hospitality sector, representing numerous restaurants, chefs, retailers, and other high-profile clients in all aspects of their businesses. A major focus of Harlan’s practice is on hospitality transactions, most notably representing restaurant groups in management, consulting, and licensing relationships with owners of some of the most prominent hotels and office buildings in the country. Harlan has negotiated deals in cities throughout the United States, including Chicago, Illinois New York City, New York, Los Angeles, California, Boston, Massachusetts, Denver, Colorado, Austin, Texas, Miami, Florida, Orlando, Florida, Nashville, Tennessee, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Washington D.C.

Harlan is well-versed in private securities offerings to raise initial and late-stage capital, equity investments, succession planning, and asset protection. He also represents lenders and borrowers in the documentation of secured loans. Clients also call on Harlan for counsel regarding ancillary business issues such as employment and intellectual property matters. Additionally, he assists clients in the formation of shareholder, member, and partner relationships, as well as the resolution of related disputes.

Prior to joining Much, Harlan owned and managed a boutique corporate and real estate law firm for over 25 years with co-founder Dan Bronson. Their firm, Bronson & Kahn, consolidated with Much in June 2018.