Business Transactions

Wildman Harrold’s Business Transactions Department focuses on solutions, not problems. We strive to develop solutions that are realistic and cost-effective. Viewing problems through our clients’ eyes, we develop a strategy with a business focus, collaborating with our clients, to produce the best outcome possible.

Our transactional attorneys are experienced in issues concerning corporate and securities law, corporate governance, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, government relations, real estate, restructuring and insolvency, private equity investments, federal and state taxation, executive compensation arrangements, employee benefits, and wealth planning.

We are skilled in offering legal and business solutions. Many of our attorneys are certified public accountants or MBAs or have significant outside business experience. Where appropriate, our attorneys draw on the skills of our antitrust, employment and labor, environmental, intellectual property, and litigation specialists. In this way, we bring the full resources of Wildman Harrold to bear on legal problems.

Our lawyers regularly negotiate with regulatory agencies, including the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Federal Trade Commissions, the Small Business Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor, and various other government agencies.

• Managing all mergers and acquisitions for a NYSE-listed company during the past two years
  
• Representing one of the country’s largest agricultural co-ops in all legal matters including corporate transactions
  
• Serving as corporate governance counsel to several of the country’s largest companies, boards of directors, and special committees
  
• Representing over 50 private equity funds on formation, governance, and transactions
  
• Representing local municipalities in public financing, redevelopment projects, and establishing partnerships with commercial developers and local companies