Matters
- Counseled a financial institution in hundreds of commercial loan transactions over a 30-year period as it grew from a $4 billion to a $100+ billion institution.
- Provides transaction counsel and day-to-day legal guidance to a privately held trucking company conglomerate.
- Managed due diligence and negotiations on behalf of Europe based food processing conglomerate in its acquisition of a U.S. based natural sweetener processing company and plant facilities.
- Represents a number of regional banks in commercial loan documentation matters and a range of operational and regulatory considerations.
- Provides transaction counsel and day-to-day legal advice to a variety of privately held businesses, including food processing, paper recycling, commercial printing, and automotive services.
- Conducted and coordinated loan workout services for a large regional financial institution that required collateral recovery or debt restructure of more than 60 loans to auto dealers and recreational vehicle dealers throughout the Midwest and Southeast.
- Successfully coordinated multiple loan enforcement efforts involving a series of loans to a large commercial construction company and its affiliated industrial development company.
- Provides US domestic counsel to a range of foreign based companies with US business operations from automotive and industrial parts manufacturing to technology applications and food and beverage processing, as well as import/export endeavors utilizing the full depth of Polsinelli firm level services.
- Managed the growth and integration of the Chicago office of Polsinelli from 6 lawyers to just over 100 lawyers in an 11-year period from 2006 to 2017, as the firm also grew from 200 to over 700 lawyers in the same time frame.
- Maintains leadership and Board level roles in business organizations from Association for Corporate Growth/Chicago Chapter, Global Midwest Alliance and International Trade Club of Chicago.
