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Corporate Law - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
About this Practice AreaAmy L. Barnes is a shareholder in the firm’s Corporate Law and Tax practice where she advises clients on tax planning matters. Her practice focuses on structuring and negotiating mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations; designing and implementing executive compensation arrangements, including navigating tax limitations applicable to such arrangements; and assisting clients with various federal and state tax issues, including tax-free reorganizations, equity rollovers, restructurings a...
Randal J. Brotherhood has more than thirty years of experience representing businesses and their owners in a wide variety of industries and settings. He also devotes a substantial part of his practice to representing tax-exempt organizations, foundations and trade associations of all types and sizes, ranging from local charitable organizations to large national and international membership associations. Randy represents business clients both on a day-to-day general counsel basis and as a stra...
Overview As a shareholder in Reinhart’s Corporate Law and International Practices and member of the firm’s multidisciplinary Commercial and Competition Law Group, Catherine L. Davies has an extensive business law practice focused on international and domestic transactional matters. Cathy works closely with clients on purchase and sale transactions, joint ventures, distributor and sales representative agreements and other commercial issues. Cathy is also a member of the White Colla...
Jim is the firm’s Chairman Emeritus and a member of the Business Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups. Jim’s business law practice is diverse. He is experienced in successfully guiding clients through a wide variety of matters from forming and financing business entities to negotiating and documenting complex business transactions. He frequently represents buyers and sellers of businesses. Jim also has extensive experience working with clients on corporate governance m...
Peter J. Faust is the President and Managing Shareholder of the law firm of O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C., a 40-attorney firm headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Pete assists buyers, sellers, borrowers, lenders, and investors with a wide range of business law matters: including, mergers and acquisitions, formation and organization of new businesses, and contract negotiations. Pete has successfully closed hundreds of mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions inv...
Scott is a member of the firm’s Board of Directors, serves as Managing Shareholder of the Metro-Milwaukee offices, and chaired the Corporate and Business Law Team for eight years. He has been named a leading Wisconsin business transactions and corporate attorney by Law & Politics and Milwaukee Magazine for multiple years. Scott represents a wide variety of businesses and their owners, senior management, investors and lenders in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, business succes...
William Frazier is a member of Davis|Kuelthau’s Litigation Team practicing in the Milwaukee office. He focuses his practice on the corporate representation of public and privately-held companies, primarily involved in manufacturing, wholesale grocery, transportation and railroad industries, including extensive experience in corporate, management labor, litigation including defense of products liability, medical, architects and engineers errors and omissions and railroad FELA and crossin...
John is the Chair of the firm's Real Estate, Land Use and Construction Law Practice Group and a member of the Business Law Group. He counsels his clients in all areas of real estate development, construction law, and commercial and construction financing: including, property acquisitions and dispositions; commercial, industrial, retail and office leasing; zoning; and land use law; and creditors' rights. John provides both preventive and remedial legal counsel to financial institutions, real e...
Rob is a member of Davis|Kuelthau’s Real Estate Team practicing in the Milwaukee office. With over 10 years of experience, he represents a wide range of businesses including, property developers, lenders, investors, landlords and tenants. His practice includes assisting clients with acquiring, developing leasing, financing and selling a variety of retail, office, industrial and multi-family projects. In addition to representing traditional lenders, Rob has been closely involved with Wis...
Robert Henkle, Jr. is a shareholder and former co-chair of Reinhart’s Corporate Law Practice where he provides legal counsel to clients ranging from large, national-public companies to closely held, mid-sized businesses. He has substantial experience assisting clients with business related concerns from startup through acquisition, operation, financing, and the sale of a business and frequently works with food industry, transportation industry, and financial institution clients. Bob reg...
Troy A. Hilliard is a shareholder in Reinhart’s Corporate Law Practice and co-chair of the firm’s Commercial and Competition Law Group. He serves a wide range of manufacturing, service, and technology companies. With more than 20 years of legal experience, Troy assists clients in the negotiation of supply and distribution agreements, license agreements, and in other general corporate matters. In addition to a law degree, Troy has a business background which provides him with a uni...
Whether he is working with clients to create and administer an estate plan, solving complicated business problems, negotiating with the IRS, or helping to transition a family owned business to the next generation, Carl prides himself on being a trusted advisor to his clients. With a Master’s Degree in Taxation, Carl possesses unique skills to assist his clients in solving legal issues in a tax efficient manner. A clear thinker and easy to talk to, Carl distills complex legal issues into...
For over forty-five years, Dennis has advised business owners in all areas of contract and corporate law. He focuses primarily on assisting his clients with business succession planning, estate planning, contract and corporate law—with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, shareholder/partner disputes, and financial workouts for businesses. One of the founding members of the firm in 1973, Dennis has assisted hundreds of business owners and their companies in structuring successful bu...
Chris chairs the firm's Corporate and Business Law Team at Davis|Kuelthau. He is experienced in real estate, land use, zoning, construction, corporate regulatory, and environmental law. Chris understands how to approach the goals and challenges of businesses and institutions in ways that overcome those challenges and meet those goals in a cost effective manner. Chris also assists public (both municipal and utility) and private (both commercial and nonprofit) clients in all aspects of land reg...
Jerome M. Janzer is the CEO of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.. He is also co-chair of the firm's Real Estate Practice and a member of the Business Law Practice. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience, Jerry counsels and represents clients in a variety of industries including real estate, financial institutions, transportation, construction, manufacturing and printing. He advises his clients on every aspect of acquiring, growing and eventually selling a business including capitalization...
Tom Kammerait is a Shareholder and the Chair of the Business Succession Planning Section. Tom represents businesses on all aspects of their corporate and business needs including transactional matters, tax, general corporate, real estate, technology, and estate planning issues. Tom generates value by helping clients set priorities for enhancing the value of their businesses and identifying risk management strategies, on a tax-efficient basis. He is also a CPA, so his knowledge of accounting g...
JB is a Shareholder, a member of the firm’s Business Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups, and is a United States Air Force Veteran. JB works with and advises clients on a wide range of business law matters, including form of entity selection and initial capitalization, raising funs through private equity offerings, securities compliance and broker/dealer matters, mergers and acquisitions, contract preparation and negotiation, and software, technology, and IP matters. JB Ass...
Adam R. Konrad is a shareholder in Reinhart’s Corporate Law, International and Tax groups with a practice primarily focused on mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures; however, Adam also regularly provides guidance on commercial contracting and corporate / “outside general counsel” type matters. Adam devotes a significant part of his practice to advising German businesses in connection with their investment or expansion of operations in the United States. He speaks, reads,...
Beth Kushner is a Shareholder in the Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group. She specializes in complex litigation and has successfully handled a broad range of business and commercial disputes, shareholder disputes, construction matters, antitrust disputes, class actions of all sorts, fraud and RICO cases, employment cases and product liability claims. She has a particular expertise in cases that involve high exposure and difficult facts, and her clients appreciate her creative, pragm...
Bob Mathers is a Shareholder and Chair of the Tax Section. He is licensed to practice law in Florida, Arizona, Wisconsin and Minnesota. He provides legal and business advisory services to Midwest businesses and their owners with a focus on closely-held businesses, estate planning and private wealth services. He is a Certified Public Accountant and is AICPA Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) and is an AICPA Personal Financial Specialist (PFS). He leverages his prior experience as one of th...
Tom Myers is a Shareholder in the Business Practice Group. Tom focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, succession planning, executive compensation, ESOP transactions, business counseling, corporate finance and taxation. He represents manufacturers, distributors, large retailers, software companies, mezzanine lenders, private equity sponsors and financial institutions. Tom has served as lead attorney for both sellers and buyers of businesses and has many years of effective service in...
Nathan J. Neuberger is a shareholder in Reinhart’s Corporate Law Practice as well as a member of the firm’s Private Equity, Venture Capital and Corporate Finance group. Nate works with clients to facilitate a wide range of corporate sale and acquisition transactions including leveraged buyouts, strategic mergers and acquisitions, and recapitalizations. Nate represents a range of private equity sponsors located in Illinois, Wisconsin and other states, and he specializes in middle-m...
Thomas J. Nichols is a shareholder at Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols S.C. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Over the course of his 40-plus-year career, he has represented a great number of businesses in many different industries, as well as participated in the drafting and development of business and tax statutes and policy at both the state and federal levels.Thomas is well versed in both business entity law (e.g., corporations, LLCs and partnerships) and tax law (e.g., S corp, C corp, partner...
Timothy P. Reardon is a business lawyer working with a wide array of companies—global, national and regional—in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, construction, service, distribution, health care, real estate and professional associations. Business clients value Tim as a trusted advisor and legal strategist who draws on his vast knowledge and experience base to provide creative, cost-effective solutions for a wide array of complex business and legal issues. Tim is a...
Chad is a shareholder and member of the firm’s Business Law Practice Group. His practice focuses on working with privately held businesses and their owners, acting as corporate counsel to help them with the various legal issues they face in operating and expanding their business. As part of his practice, Chad has considerable experience in Mergers & Acquisitions and frequently works with businesses on ownership transition events. One area of concentration for Chad has been assisting...
Ann M. Rieger is a Past President of Davis|Kuelthau, s.c. and currently serves on its Board of Directors. She is a practicing attorney on the firm’s Corporate Team. With 29 years of experience, Ann concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, tax planning, tax exempt organizations, and business law. While her clients are typically business owners, professionals and senior executives who appreciate her thoughtful and creative approach to their often complicated personal, ta...
Dave Roettgers is a Shareholder focusing his practice on the purchase and sale of businesses, taxation, corporate finance and business law. He is a Certified Public Accountant and uses his prior experience at Arthur Andersen LLP where he provided tax planning and business advice for individual and business clients. Representative Matters and Experience Representation of families and owners in all types of business planning including the transition of the business to the next generation, finan...
Allen Salomon, a shareholder in the firm, concentrates his practice in the areas of business law and estate planning. Allen represents clients both locally and nationally in a broad range of this practice including estate plan development and implementation, gift and estate tax advice, probate and trust administration, business acquisition, formation and succession planning and representation in general corporate and real estate matters. He also serves on the board of directors of, or as an a...
Jason leads the firm’s Business Law Practice Group. He advises and represents individuals, businesses, and banks on a variety of corporate, banking, and business-related issues, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial loan transactions, corporate issues, contract negotiation and preparation, and business entity selection and formation. Jason Assists Clients With · Mergers and acquisitions · Complex commercial loan transactions for lenders and borrowers · Corp...
John Sikora is a Shareholder representing clients in tax planning, tax controversies and the buying and selling of businesses and real estate with a particular focus on corporate, partnership and other business matters. John is an adjunct professor of law at Marquette University Law School, where he has taught the tax practice and procedure and corporate income tax courses. John has also taught the taxation of partnerships and S corporations course to graduate accounting degree candidates at ...
Steve Szymanski is a Shareholder in the Business Practice Group where he Co-Chairs the Business and Corporate Law and the Mergers and Acquisitions Sections. Steve is a trusted advisor to his clients. Steve draws upon his background in tax, finance and the law to help his clients identify legal and business issues, and work with his clients and their advisors to provide practical and effective solutions. Steve represents privately and publicly held clients in all aspects of their corporate and...
Joe serves as President of Davis|Kuelthau, is a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and formerly chaired the firm’s Corporate and Business Law Team and Real Estate Team. He advises clients on complex sales and acquisitions of companies, real estate transactions and financings, and sophisticated tax planning. He routinely works with clients in structuring their investment entities and offerings as well as developing or acquiring real estate and business assets. Joe has successf...
Joseph E. Tierney, III has more than forty years of experience focused primarily on tax and corporate law for businesses, owner families and individuals. He has particular experience in the design and administration of plans for very large estates, including some whose accumulated assets have totaled in the eight- and nine-figures. He has also been lead counsel in the purchase and sale of numerous businesses and has extensive experience in entity selection and structuring. Because tax consequ...
John K. Tokarz is a business lawyer whose practice focuses on complex transactions. As a Certified Public Accountant who previously worked as an auditor for a Big Four accounting firm, John understands his clients’ businesses. From startups to publicly traded companies, he provides a full range of transactional and strategic support to clients with matters involving mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divestures, securities offerings and other significant corporate transactions. I...
Adam J. Tutaj is a shareholder of the firm, and concentrates his practice in the areas of business, tax and health law. Since joining the firm in 1999, he has developed his practice as “general counsel” to clients in a wide range of industries, including: manufacturing, physician group practices, real estate developers, and large 501(c)(3) medical specialty organizations having national and international scope. Adam is a frequent speaker and author on the issues of tax law, health...
Bill West is a Shareholder and Chairs the Business Section and Co-Chairs the Mergers & Acquisitions Section. Bill is a trusted advisor to his clients and they rely on his ability to achieve desired outcomes in a practical, timely and cost-effective manner – in other words, he gets things done. He has over 30 years of experience in corporate and business related transactions including: Mergers and acquisitions Complex corporate and commercial transactions Corporate governance and bus...
Scott T. Reigle is a shareholder and serves in Meissner Tierney’s litigation practice group. He represents clients in a variety of civil litigation matters in Wisconsin, California, and other jurisdictions across the country. His litigation practice focuses on general business litigation, complex insurance coverage disputes, business torts, contract disputes, e-commerce, intellectual property, employment-related matters, banking, secured lending, real estate, regulatory compliance. Scot...
Corporate Law Definition
Depending on the size of the market in which the lawyer practices and the size of the lawyer’s firm, he or she may be required to handle nearly all of a corporation’s legal matters. In larger firms, the Corporate lawyer with the principal client relationship will be expected to be familiar with all the issues the corporation is likely to confront, but may engage lawyers from other practice areas to assist in matters requiring special expertise, such as securities offerings, tax issues, and litigation.
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