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Reviewed and summarized contracts and financial information to assist in the due diligence of potential mergers. Worked for Kirkland & Ellis, Dechert LLP, and Locke Lord

• Advised a captive private equity fund client in multiple aspects of its $5.8 billion real estate fund financing, including the drafting of investor letters, revising of subscription agreements, updating and populating fund acceptance pages for investors, and performing due diligence to determine whether certain economic sanctions would affect the fund, its general partner, or its adviser.• Recommended to a regional public transportation provider a course of action on its ability to exclude an electric utility provider lessee from accessing a grandfathered easement by preparing a memorandum of the potential consequences that included the state and municipal consequences.• Advised a commercial real estate owner-operator in its merger with a global real estate investor by analyzing lease agreements to determine the possibility of exposure to and extent of risk related to certain commercial properties.• Directed a team of attorneys in the due diligence and related financial analysis of the mortgage-servicing arm of a multinational banking and financial services corporation’s interest rate maintenance to ensure compliance with a 2012 National Mortgage Settlement.• Advised a registered investment advisor under SEC investigation by determining whether it had violated Sections 206 and 207 of the Investment Advisors Act and Section 15 of the Investment Company Act.• Represented a leading distributor of financial services products in determining whether it conducted a reasonable investigation into the legitimacy of its mutual fund offerings under the Investment Advisor and Investment Company Acts.• Represented a former Chief Executive Officer and Director of a NASDAQ-listed company in an SEC action involving allegations of improper revenue recognition.

I researched bankruptcy law and drafted portions of judicial opinions regarding various commercial bankruptcies and summarized recent bankruptcy decisions for publication in local and national bar association compilations.

I examined and analyzed Illinois House and Senate bills and drafted responses for the Department’s commissioner.

I built financial models that estimated present and future value of clients' intellectual property and other exhibits as supporting evidence for expert witness testimony during copyright and patent infringement litigation.