Find Lawyers in Chicago, Illinois for Banking and Finance Law

Chuck Boehrer concentrates his practice in the representation of borrowers and leading commercial and investment banks in leveraged finance transactions. His extensive experience includes acting as lead bank counsel, as well as borrower’s counsel, for the structuring of credit facilities, including: complex international lending transactions; acquisition and going-private transactions; refinancings and repricings; and restructuring and workout transactions. Chuck has represented lenders...

Christopher Butler is a nationally recognized corporate partner who concentrates his practice in the area of debt financing transactions with an emphasis on acquisitions and highly leveraged financings. He represents private equity groups, private and public companies and lending institutions across a broad spectrum of industries. He also represents debtors in loan workouts and restructurings, including debtor-in-possession and exit financings. The transactions that Chris has led include majo...

Jill Ann Coleman’s critical understanding of the commercial lending process across all types of credit structures allows her to pursue business opportunities for her clients while minimizing the intrinsic risks of large, complicated loans. Jill’s finance clients include major corporations, public-private ventures, commercial banks and private funds. She is particularly distinguished for her representation of borrowers in complex commercial financing transactions, including both se...

Mr. del Hierro is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group of Kirkland & Ellis and heads our bank regulatory practice. He has more than 30 years of experience in representing banks and bank holding companies, thrifts and thrift holding companies, payments and fintech companies, investment banks and institutional lenders in connection with regulatory issues relating to capital formation transactions, mergers and acquisitions and complex financings. He has significant experience representi...

Rob Drobnak has significant experience in the structuring, negotiating and documentation of credit facilities for acquisitions, working capital and other general corporate purposes. Rob’s strong acumen around the entire life-cycles of finance transactions, including the negotiation, structuring and documentation of deals from inception to close, during growth and workout phases and in sale, foreclosure and other exit scenarios, helps clients to successfully navigate unexpected obstacles...

John has more than 40 years of experience advising hundreds of financial institutions and their boards on mergers and acquisitions, bank regulatory issues, corporate governance, and securities law matters. John is straight-forward, a good sounding board and strategic thinker, meticulous, and personable. John is the founder and co-chair of BFKN’s Financial Institutions Group and has advised hundreds of financial institutions on strategic, corporate governance and other matters. His exten...

Michael Jacobson represents issuers, lenders and investors in a wide variety of commercial finance matters. He regularly assists them with senior, first-lien, second-lien, unitranche and mezzanine financings and structures. Michael frequently handles cash flow and asset-based transactions, leveraged buyouts and buildups, recapitalizations, restructurings and workouts. He has extensive experience negotiating the complex intercreditor arrangements these deals can require. He also routinely repr...

Mark Kindelin is a veteran legal adviser in treasury management and payment products for the banking and financial services industry. He provides skilled legal counsel on the products and services financial institutions offer and on the complex laws that govern the industry. In addition, Mark provides broad corporate and transaction representation to businesses at all stages of growth, and he applies his many years of experience to support clients in realizing their commercial and transaction...

For more than two decades, private debt providers and banks have turned to Derek Ladgenski to advise on their most complicated and challenging debt financing deals. Derek helps his clients close complex financings quickly and efficiently, without surprises or delays, and builds their relationships and market presence along the way. Derek counsels lead arrangers, administrative agents and lenders on cash-flow acquisition and recapitalization financings, "take private" transactions and debt fin...

Recognized as a leading lawyer for commercial lending by The Legal 500 US and by Chambers USA , Scott Lyons represents finance companies, banks and other lenders who provide debt financing to support private equity-led leveraged buyouts of middle-market companies. With deep experience in the health care and tech industries, Scott's understanding of market terms and ability to execute quickly help his clients meet the intense time demands of their customers, win their next deal and strengthen ...

Stephanie S. McCann focuses her practice on corporate finance. She represents private equity groups, commercial lending institutions and major public and private companies in connection with the structuring, negotiation and documentation of domestic and international secured and unsecured financing transactions, including senior, mezzanine and subordinated debt transactions, acquisition financings, recapitalizations, loan workouts and restructurings. Stephanie is the chair of the Firm’s...

Ken is a senior member of Kirkland’s dynamic Asset Finance & Securitization Practice Group. According to Chambers 2021, sources consider Ken to be one of the "godfathers of the auto finance industry." Since 1990, he has handled securitizations and principal finance matters involving a variety of asset classes on behalf of originators, underwriters, platform agents, principal finance groups and conduit sponsors. Ken has been extremely active in ABS reform matters. He participated in ...

Stuart Shulruff has spent his entire career with the firm, concentrating his practice on the representation of lead arrangers in connection with their financing activities. Stuart regularly counsels administrative agents, lead arrangers and other investors in connection with syndicated senior secured cash flow and asset-based financings including mergers and acquisitions and going-private, leveraged buyout and recapitalization transactions. He also represents lead arrangers and asset managers...

Dennis is an innovative and creative thinker who helps clients find the best path to their desired goals. He has more than 35 years of experience over hundreds of transactions in the strategy, structure, and successful execution of mergers and acquisitions and other capital transactions. Dennis regularly advises clients on the mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions, the raising of additional capital through public and private offerings of equity and debt instruments, and other str...

Lee Discher is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on representing corporate borrowers, private equity sponsors, banks, and other financial institutions in connection with complex business transactions.

Joshua's practice is focused on representing a variety of financial institutions in connection with commercial lending facilities including representing secured, second lien and mezzanine lenders in cash flow and asset-based credit facilities. Joshua's practice spans a wide variety of deal sizes and types, from single-lender, lower middle-market credit facilities to representing agents in middle-market credit facilities and lenders buying into a broadly syndicated credit facility. Joshua keep...

Albert Ortiz helps administrative agents, private lending institutions, banks, corporate borrowers and private equity sponsors in connection with secured and unsecured cash flow and asset-based debt financings, including acquisition, leveraged buyout, recapitalization and restructuring transactions. Albert's practice spans a broad range of deal sizes and industries, including health care, sports, software and technology, franchise and manufacturing. Clients can rely on Albert to come to the t...

Anne Rolwes provides practical counsel to banks, finance companies, issuers, and public and private businesses in structuring, documenting and negotiating finance transactions, including acquisition financings, refinancings, restructurings, first and second lien credit facilities and mezzanine financing. She has experience providing counsel in cross-border and multicurrency financing transactions. Her experience spans a variety of industries, including the insurance, financial services, softw...

Daniel Schwimmer is a debt finance partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Dan's practice focuses on financing transactions, including the representation of private equity sponsors, investment funds, corporate borrowers and financial institutions in leveraged acquisition financings, secured and unsecured financings, refinancings, restructurings, dividend recapitalizations, senior, mezzanine and subordinated debt transactions and cross-border financings. Prior to joining Kir...

Patrick Valenti is an investment funds partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on structuring, negotiating, forming, marketing and operating private investment funds and related management companies, ranging from first-time sponsors to funds of over $5 billion across a wide range of strategies and structures. He has experience advising fund sponsors on a variety of operational and management issues, including firm governance, compensation, succession pl...