Business & Finance | Much Shelist, P.C.

Clients don’t want to be over-lawyered. They deserve smart, dedicated attorneys who provide practical solutions to complex legal issues – in other words, full-service advisors with a businesslike approach.

Attorneys in our Business & Finance practice represent a broad range of corporate clients, from public companies to privately held businesses, and from private equity funds to startups. We draw on our own experience as business owners and our broad network of business and financial contacts to serve our clients.

We help clients address ongoing business demands, including day-to-day operations and fiscal management, and work with them to identify and leverage emerging opportunities. As businesses mature, we provide guidance on appropriate exit strategies and succession planning. Our attorneys frequently act as general counsel and advisors to companies, advising on everything from routine matters to transformative business events.

Practice Leadership

Katherine Bonk Lewis

Principal

Co-chair of the firm's Business & Finance group, Katherine counsels family-owned and midsize businesses in a wide range of industries—including technology, retail, manufacturing and health...

Co-Chair

David M. Pilotto

Principal

Co-chair of the firm's Business & Finance group, Dave concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, finance transactions and general outside corporate counsel. Dave represents...

Co-Chair

Areas of Focus

Business Law & Structuring

Commercial Finance

Corporate Governance & Compliance

Mergers & Acquisitions

Private Equity

Securities & Corporate Finance

Tax Law & Planning

Attorneys

David A. Alman

Principal

David represents a diverse group of clients, including public and private companies and strategic and financial parties, in connection with mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial...

Joseph D. Ament

Principal

Joe is an accomplished tax and business lawyer, as well as a certified public accountant. He has extensive experience in financial, estate and income tax...

William N. Anspach Jr.

Principal

Bill has extensive experience in virtually all areas of employee benefits, including designing and implementing qualified plans, health and welfare plans, executive compensation plans and...

Gary L. Auerbach

Special Counsel

With more than 30 years of experience in private practice, Gary delivers knowledgeable, practical legal guidance in a broad range of corporate and commercial matters.

Steven P. Blonder

Principal

A member of the firm’s Management Committee, Steve is a valued legal and business counselor who focuses on complex business litigation. Steve has argued successfully...

Craig C. Bradley

Principal

Craig is Vice Chair of the firm’s Startups & Venture Capital practice and one of Chicago’s leading attorneys for emerging companies. He represents a broad...

Daniel R. Bronson

Principal

Dan has more than 30 years of experience representing property owners and developers in a variety of real estate investment activities and construction projects. He...

David T. Brown

Chairman

David is an accomplished attorney who counsels public companies and closely held businesses on complex matters, including strategic planning, talent development, acquisitions and dispositions, private...

Rabia P. Chaudhry

Associate

An experienced attorney in the firm’s Orange County, California office, Rabia counsels her clients on the full range of real estate transactions. Investors, property owners...

Brian J. Crump

Associate

Brian advises clients on business, venture and financing transactions while spending significant time working with startup and early-stage companies. He draws on his background in...

Steven L. DeGraff

Principal

Steve is an accomplished transactional attorney with more than 20 years of experience representing entrepreneurs, developers, owners and institutional lenders in a full range of...

Howard M. Denenberg

Principal

Howard is an experienced tax and business lawyer whose practice includes tax planning and transactional work for corporations and their shareholders. As a tax lawyer...

Jonna Eimer

Principal

Jonna is a trusted legal advisor with more than two decades of experience handling a wide range of health care and corporate matters. Hundreds of...

Nader R. Ghosheh

Principal

Vice chair of the firm's Real Estate group, Nader helps clients achieve business goals by maximizing the value of their real estate assets. He advises...

Gregory D. Grove

Principal

Greg serves as the Chair of the firm’s Startups & Venture Capital practice, with a focus on business transactions and counseling. He advises funds, strategic...

J. Eric Guth

Principal

Eric represents individuals, businesses and financial institutions in a broad range of debt, equity, lending and transactional matters. He also provides ongoing legal advice on...

Jeffrey A. Jung

Principal

Jeff is a corporate and transactional attorney who represents private and public corporations, financial institutions and investment banks in a wide variety of securities, finance...

Harlan D. Kahn

Principal

Harlan is a trusted legal advisor with more than 30 years of experience counseling clients on a wide variety of business matters. He handles corporate...

Rebecca Lederhausen Kanter

Associate

Rebecca drafts and reviews agreements, contracts, leases and other documents, and counsels clients on a range of corporate and real estate matters. In the litigation...

Jason L. LaBella

Special Counsel

Jason is a transactional attorney who has a broad real estate practice representing property owners, investors, developers, lenders and other real estate professionals. He counsels...

Katherine Bonk Lewis

Principal

Co-chair of the firm's Business & Finance group, Katherine counsels family-owned and midsize businesses in a wide range of industries—including technology, retail, manufacturing and health...

Urska (Ursha) P. Magajne

Principal

Ursha focuses her practice on corporate and business law. She has represented clients on a broad range of matters including complex mergers and acquisitions, joint...

Frances D. Meehan

Special Counsel

Fran focuses her practice on the health care industry, including legal and regulatory issues affecting nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, supportive-living facilities, hospices, home health agencies...

Marc W. O'Brien

Special Counsel

Marc utilizes his broad business and legal experience to represent clients in corporate transactions, financial and lending transactions, real estate transactions and commercial litigation. He...

David M. Pilotto

Principal

Co-chair of the firm's Business & Finance group, Dave concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, finance transactions and general outside corporate counsel. Dave represents...

Joel S. Polisky

Principal

Joel is a seasoned transactional lawyer who represents closely held businesses, often as general counsel, in connection with planning and implementing business strategies and a...

Jason M. Rosenthal

Principal

Jason is an accomplished business litigator, with significant experience representing corporate policyholders in a wide range of insurance coverage disputes. For five years, Jason served...

Mitchell S. Roth

Managing Partner

Mitchell is an accomplished attorney with more than 20 years of experience advising entrepreneurs, owners, investors and C-suite executives at large public and privately held...

Jeffrey C. Rubenstein

Principal

Jeffrey is an accomplished business lawyer with over 30 years of experience in tax, corporate and real estate matters. He represents businesses in the venture...

Adam K. Sacharoff

Principal

Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property & Technology practice, Adam counsels clients on patents, trademarks, and copyright matters, as well as a broad range of...

Michael B. Sadoff

Principal

Michael is an experienced transactional lawyer who advises owners, developers, builders, borrowers, lenders, landlords and tenants in a full spectrum of complex commercial real estate...

Madison C. Schmid

Associate

Madison counsels clients on corporate law matters. She drafts and reviews contracts, including separation, partnership agreements and other documents for a variety of sophisticated transactions...

David E. Schmidt

Principal

David represents business entities and professional investors in a variety of matters, including venture financing, traditional private equity financing and other alternative investments, mergers and...

Steven Schwartz

COO/CFO

Steve is an accomplished transactional attorney with over 35 years of experience. His corporate practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions; private offerings of debt and equity...

Katharine G. Shaw

Principal

Kathy capitalizes on more than 20 years of legal experience to provide counsel on employee benefits and executive compensation matters. She drafts employee benefit plans...

Michael B. Shaw

Principal

Mike draws on more than 20 years of business law experience to represent clients in a variety of corporate matters. He focuses his practice on...

Peter A. Shepard

Associate

Peter advises businesses and financial institutions in a variety of legal matters, including commercial financing, mergers, acquisitions and corporate governance.

Jonathan D. Sherman

Principal

Jon is a trusted legal advisor with more than 30 years of experience counseling publicly traded and privately owned companies in a wide range of...

Andrew M. Silver

Associate

Andrew handles matters related to all aspects of corporate law, with a focus on representing privately held and family-run entrepreneurial businesses. He has extensive experience...

Abraham J. Stern

Special Counsel

Abe is a business attorney with nearly three decades of experience advising clients on legal and business issues in a broad range of commercial and...

Glenn D. Taxman

Principal

Glenn maintains a diverse practice across the primary real estate disciplines of acquisitions, dispositions, development, leasing and financing. He has represented buyers, sellers, developers, borrowers...

Julia A. Turk

Principal

Julia represents clients in a variety of transactional matters, including federal, state and local income taxation and general corporate and partnership law. Julia is involved...

Paul E. Van Hoomissen

Principal

Paul represents Fortune 1000 companies and other clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts and other business matters. In the litigation area, he...

Christopher R. Walker

Associate

Christopher draws on his legal, business and technology experience to advise entrepreneurs, mid-sized companies, large corporations, private equity firms, institutional investors and financial institutions on...

Michael A. Zalay

Principal

Michael is an accomplished corporate attorney who represents clients in a variety of business matters. He is experienced in structuring and negotiating business transactions for...

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