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  • Edward E Frizell
    Practice Area Chair
    T. 816.360.4158
  • Jacob W Bayer, Jr.
    Practice Area Vice Chair
    T. 816.374.0555

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Corporate Law

Polsinelli Shughart's Corporate Law Department consists of nearly 50 attorneys representing thousands of businesses throughout the United States and abroad.  As one of the fastest-growing law firms in the nation, Polsinelli Shughart has matured and prospered alongside its clients, and its attorneys understand first hand the challenges and rewards of growing from a start-up to a mature business.  As a result of our growth, we have established a broad practice capable of assisting clients in all manner of transactional and business needs; working in concert with attorneys from the firm's Tax, Corporate Finance, Securities and related practice groups.

Polsinelli Shughart's corporate attorneys make a concerted effort to understand each client's business and industry and the unique challenges implicit to them.  As a result, our attorneys are regularly asked to act as "outside general counsel" to clients, offering expert advice and counsel on the legal and business issues confronting clients daily.

Polsinelli Shughart attorneys build lasting relationships, helping develop and implement strategies to address whatever circumstance a client is facing, including:

The depth and diversity of our experience in the corporate law practice area allows us to successfully and creatively address virtually any issue your enterprise may face.

Notable Experience

Representative Work
  • Lead counsel in $45 million and $70 million multi-state railroad infrastructure construction projects financed through specialized multi-series bond financings utilizing unique transportation corporation entities.
  • Lead lending counsel in $200 million multi-currency loan transaction to a local corporation and its international subsidiaries in over 17 countries.
  • Lead local lending counsel in $430 million loan to a Missouri public utility secured by specialized utility assets in over 200 locations in over 35 counties.
  • Lead counsel in the purchase out of bankruptcy and financing of multiple manufacturing facilities in three states.
  • Lead counsel in the negotiation, documentation and closing of numerous business, acquisition, real estate, financing and lending transactions involving businesses, companies and assets in over 35 states.
  • Serving as outside general counsel for numerous clients, including an international agricultural products manufacturing company headquartered in Nebraska and with manufacturing facilities in four states, a non-profit senior living and health care community located in Kansas City and a Kansas City-based railroad terminal company owned by five major class-one railroads operating in the western United States (including representing this company for over 12 years and serving for over seven of these years as this company's formally-elected corporate Secretary and General Counsel).
Ownership Strategies
Start-up Strategies
Operating Strategies
Acquisition Strategies
Exit Strategies
Growth Strategies

News

June 30, 2010
Polsinelli Shughart Expands Corporate Capabilities With the Addition of Chicago Attorney James R. Asmussen
June 8, 2010
Governor Jay Nixon appoints Kenneth Suelthaus to Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission
June 8, 2010
Polsinelli Shughart Expands Corporate and Litigation Capabilities in Phoenix with the Addition of Ryan Berry and Kathryn Smetana
May 27, 2010
Polsinelli Shughart Chicago Lawyer Takes A Ride For Veterans
May 24, 2010
Polsinelli Shughart Expands Corporate Capabilities in Phoenix with the Addition of Attorney Phillip Guttilla
March 26, 2010
Success Drives Growth, Polsinelli Shughart Announces Major Expansion in Phoenix as 12 Attorneys Join Firm
March 9, 2010
St. Louis Small Business Monthly Names Polsinelli Shughart Attorney Paul Klug one of its “Top St. Louis Attorneys for 2010”
February 19, 2010
Polsinelli Shughart Attorney Jack Epps Co-Authors Book on Mergers and Acquisitions
February 10, 2010
Polsinelli Shughart Expands Corporate Capabilities in Phoenix with the Addition of Attorneys Charles Berry and Michael Patterson
January 7, 2010
Polsinelli Shughart Adds Corporate Attorney Nancy Pisaruk to Assist Client Needs from Concept to Market

Newsletters & E-Alerts

June 22, 2010
Senate Preserves Viability of Private Offering Exemption
In a move that brings a sigh of relief more audible from Main Street than Wall Street, the Senate approved a bipartisan amendment to its financial reform bill to preserve the viability of the registration exemption most frequently used to raise capital for early stage companies.
May 5, 2010
Pay Close Attention To Your PSLRA Meaningful Cautionary Statements
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA), codified in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) and implemented in part by Exchange Act Rule 3b-6, provides a safe harbor from private securities liability for written or oral forward-looking statements that meet the conditions of the Act. The key to obtaining the protections of the PSLRA is the provision of meaningful cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.
March 11, 2010
Disclosure Obligations of Kansas Private Nonprofit Organizations
In the current era of heightened awareness surrounding nonprofit governance, nonprofit boards and their directors are often called upon to consider and interpret the public disclosure obligations of their nonprofits.

Polsinelli Shughart Attorneys Bill Quick and Amy Hornbeck Abrams recently authored an article, which appears in the March 2010 issue of The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association and addresses factors affecting a nonprofit organization’s potential disclosure obligations through its Internal Revenue Service tax filings and application of the Kansas Sunshine Laws.
February 1, 2010
A Big Day for Corporate Governance: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a groundbreaking decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on January 21, 2010. In summary, the Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional the prohibition on corporations using their funds to pay for campaign advertisements regarding an issue or political candidate.1 Although the political and practical implications of this ruling to our society will be debated and analyzed for many years to come, the effect this will have on corporate America is immediate, specifically in regard to corporations and their boards, management, shareholders and corporate governance policies, practices and procedures.
December 1, 2009
Red Flag Rules Delayed to June 1, 2010
On October 30, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) delayed the enforcement date of the “Red Flag Rules” for the third time - until June 1, 2010. The Red Flag Rules require the implementation of a written compliance program to provide for the identification and detection of, and response to patterns, practices, or specific activities (red flags), that could indicate identity theft.
November 12, 2009
Identity Theft and Data Privacy Update

Recent legislative attempts to curb the growing scourge of identity theft may in fact impose additional costs and responsibilities on small business owners. This eblast explores three signifcant developments:

  • Red Flag Rules - Implementation of Regulations Delayed
  • New Federal Rules for Health Information
  • Missouri Data Breach Notification Statute Goes Into Effect
October 7, 2009
The Jig is Up: Reeling Smaller Reporting Companies into SOX Section 404(b) Compliance
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently deferred smaller reporting company compliance with the attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) for the fourth, and last, time. This is the fifth year that auditor attestations have been required for larger public company peers.
June 17, 2009
Client Advisory - Tax, Corporate Finance and Real Estate Finance
This e-Alert is prepared as a source of general information concerning recent legal developments. If you would like more information, please contact a member of our Corporate, Tax or Real Estate Finance groups. For a printable version of this Client Advisory, click here.
April 7, 2009
Like-Kind Exchange Enhanced Scrutiny
This eblast features a brief discussion on the new like-kind exchange considerations and links to an article on the subject co-authored by Polsinelli Shughart Shareholders Bill Quick and Virginia Gross.

Awards & Recognition

March 9, 2010
St. Louis Small Business Monthly Names Polsinelli Shughart Attorney Paul Klug one of its “Top St. Louis Attorneys for 2010”
October 27, 2009
69 Polsinelli Shughart Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers® 2009
Another award? We’ll take it. Polsinelli Shughart PC is excited to announce that 69 of our attorneys are included in the Super Lawyers® 2009 list for Missouri and Kansas. Attorneys from all the major offices of Polsinelli Shughart in Missouri and Kansas are represented among the honorees. Only five percent of attorneys in Missouri and Kansas receive this honor. In addition, Chairman Emeritus R. Lawrence Ward is featured in a Q & A editorial article “Brilliant Careers,” interviewed about his most interesting cases and advice for young lawyers.
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