Business & Finance

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 start-ups. 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

Katherine Bonk Lewis

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

David M. Pilotto

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

Securities & Corporate Finance

Tax Law & Planning

Attorneys

David A. Alman

David A. Alman

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

Joseph D. Ament

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

William N. Anspach Jr.

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

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

Steven P. Blonder

Steve is a valued legal and business counselor in a wide range of matters. As a skilled advocate whose practice focuses on complex business litigation,...

Craig C. Bradley

Craig C. Bradley

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

Daniel R. Bronson

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

David T. Brown

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...

Brian J. Crump

Brian J. Crump

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

Steven L. DeGraff

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

Howard M. Denenberg

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 Daleiden Eimer

Jonna Daleiden Eimer

Jonna focuses her health care practice on representing physicians in all aspects of their practice. She represents numerous physicians and physician groups, counseling them in...

Nader R. Ghosheh

Nader R. Ghosheh

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

Gregory D. Grove

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

J. Eric Guth

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

Jeffrey A. Jung

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

Harlan D. Kahn

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

Rebecca Lederhausen Kanter

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

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

Katherine Bonk Lewis

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

Urska (Ursha) P. Magajne

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

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

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

David M. Pilotto

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

Joel S. Polisky

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...

Mitchell S. Roth

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

Jeffrey C. Rubenstein

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

Adam K. Sacharoff

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

Michael B. Sadoff

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...

David E. Schmidt

David E. Schmidt

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

Steven Schwartz

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;...

Michael B. Shaw

Michael B. Shaw

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

Peter A. Shepard

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

Jonathan D. Sherman

Jonathan D. Sherman

Jon is a trusted legal advisor and litigator with more than 30 years of experience counseling publicly traded and privately owned companies in numerous industries,...

Andrew M. Silver

Andrew M. Silver

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

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

Glenn D. Taxman

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

Julia A. Turk

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

Paul E. Van Hoomissen

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

Christopher R. Walker

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

Michael A. Zalay

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...

What's New in Business & Finance

8.27

Press Release

Much Welcomes Andrew Silver as Business & Finance Associate

Much is pleased to announce that Andrew Silver has joined the firm as an associate in the Business & Finance...

8.27

Article

What's Behind the Sleepless Nights of Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs?

Michael Shaw, principal in the firm's Business & Finance group, authored an article for Middle Market Growth that analyzed issues...

6.7

Media Mention

Axial Interviews Michael Shaw on How Sellers Can Minimize Risk During Exclusivity Periods

Michael Shaw, principal in the firm's Business & Finance group, was featured in an article for Axial about how sellers...