Cases
Representative Matters: Securities
Issuer's counsel to Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation, Toronto ON, for a PIPE transaction in 2016 involving the sale of common stock, notes
warrants.
Issuer's Counsel to Pinnacle AMS, Seattle WA, in the proposed $500 million bond financing of U.S. military housing in Asia.
Fund counsel to 3(c)(1)
3(c)(7) funds in the private placement of fund interests to investors, including: NSC Biotech Venture I
Mature Alternative Energy Generation Infrastructure Fund
Tower Real Estate Fund I
ICA Real Estate Fund I
UCM Secured Asset Allocation Fund
UIB Capital Partners Fund
Issuer's counsel to a Chicago-based subsidiary of Dutch banking institution in issuance of over $1.5 billion of trust preferred securities.
Underwriter's counsel in public offerings for firms in the subprime auto financing, chemical
graphic arts industries.
Mergers
Acquisitions
Acquisition counsel to Skyline Global Partners, Chicago IL, in the acquisition of nutraceutical companies Captek Softgel International
Winning Laboratories, Cerritos CA.
Counsel to Great Lakes Advisors, Chicago IL, in its merger with the investment-management arm of Wintrust Financial Corporation, Chicago, IL.
Counsel to Middle Eastern private equity investors in $200 million purchase of Silicon Valley computer chip design
manufacturing company.
Counsel to Neuberger Berman Distressed Debt Fund, Chicago IL, regarding the purchase of a large condominium development at Charleston Harbor, SC.
Acquisition counsel to European strategic investor's stock purchase of holding company for luxury automobile dealerships in Eastern Europe.
Acquisition counsel to strategic investor in asset purchase of specialty chemical company in the United States.
Acquisition counsel to European strategic investor in tender offers for public shares of U.S. nutritional-supplements retailer
vitamin supplier.
Corporate
Special counsel to for-profit online education provider American College of Education, Indianapolis IN,
its parent Higher Ed Holdings, Dallas TX, in converting to benefit corporations in Illinois
Delaware, respectively.
Counsel to Neuberger Berman Distressed Debt Fund, Chicago IL, for trading of distressed loans under Loan Syndication
Traveling Association (LSTA) documents
settlement process.
Counsel to various art organizations, including The Floating Museum, Chicago IL,
INTUIT: The Center for Intuitive
Outsider Art, Chicago IL, on art law, copyright, governance
contractual arrangements with artists, vendors,
sponsors.
Special counsel to iconic Chicago music venue Aragon Ballroom in a minority investment in a recapitalization
minority investment by Live Nation, Beverly Hills CA.
Special counsel to Zions Bank, Salt Lake City UT, regarding private fund investments under the Volcker Rule.
Outside general counsel to ReliabilityFirst, Clevel
OH, a FERC-regulated regional electric transmission reliability council.
Outside general counsel to broker-dealer
merchant bank City Capital Advisers. Chicago IL, in SEC
FINRA compliance, corporate governance
investments.
Public Finance
Special securities counsel to the City of Chicago for investor roadshow presentations promoting the City's sale of $1.2 billion of general obligation bonds in 2017.
Disclosure counsel to the Chicago Transit Authority for the CTA's sale of $296 million of second lien sales tax receipts revenue bonds in 2017.
Special issuer's counsel to U.S. Virgin Isl
s Water
Power Authority for the financing of LED lighting
solar panel equipment for the U.S. Virgin Isl
s in 2016.
Underwriter's counsel to Piper Jaffray in sale of $96 million of university dormitory
facilities bonds in 2016, 2015
2014 by the South Dakota Board of Regents.
Underwriter's counsel to William Blair, Chicago IL, for the sale of senior
junior lien special service area bonds (Deercrest
Clubl
s subdivisions) by the Village of Antioch, Lake County, Illinois, in 2016.
Disclosure counsel to the City of Chicago for the City's sale of $1.9 billion of general obligation bonds in 2015
2014.
Underwriter's counsel to William Blair for the sale of student housing
academic facilities bonds for Spring Hill College in 2015 by the Building Authority of Mobile, Alabama.
Underwriter's counsel to Jefferies for the sale of $49 million of marine
infrastructure project bonds by the Virgin Isl
s Port Authority in 2014.
Counsel to Sant
er Bank in the restructuring
refinancing of over $500 million of senior living bonds
credit facilities for projects throughout the United States.
Investment Management
Outside general counsel to investment advisor firms, including: Gresham Partners, Chicago IL
Quantitative Investment Decisions, Naples FL
Chase Investment Council, Charlottesville VA
Midwest Asset Management, Madison WI
Irving Magee Investment Management, Philadelphia, PA
Special counsel to CNH Partners, Greenwich CT, regarding commercial loan fund structuring.
Fund counsel to NSC Biotech Venture Fund I, a private fund sponsored by National Securities Corporation, New York NY, for investment in biotech development companies.
Special counsel to Philadelphia International Partners, Philadelphia PA, for firm sale to Segall, Bryant & Hamill, Chicago IL.
Fund counsel to Mature Alternative Energy Generation Infrastructure Fund, a private fund sponsored by Crew Energy LLC, Cambridge MA, for wind energy investments.
Counsel to Institutional Financial Markets, Philadelphia PA, regarding Investment Company Act compliance.
Fund counsel to UCM Secured Asset Allocation Fund, a private fund sponsored by Semper Capital Management (formerly UCM Partners), New York NY, for investment in specialty finance loans.
Fund counsel to ICA Real Estate Fund I, a private funds sponsored by Innovative Capital Advisors, Chicago IL, for commercial
industrial real estate investments.
Special counsel to JPMorgan, Chicago IL, for capital commitment loans for private equity funds.
Counsel to Great Lakes Advisors, Chicago IL, in its merger with the investment-management arm of Wintrust Financial Corporation, Chicago IL.
