Professional ProfileI am an attorney having had a 40-year career practicing law in Chicago. During the first ten years, I was an associate and then equity partner at the larger law firms in Chicago representing public companies, investment bankers and government entities in their acquisition, underwriting and issuance activities. For the past 30 years I have practiced through my firm Martin A. Schultz & Associates.My PracticeMartin A. Schultz & Associates is a specialized commercial transactions practice that provides general and transaction counsel to clients with respect to the below Practice Areas. My clients have included a family office, middle and lower market closely held and family-owned businesses, national and regional financial institutions, c-suite executives, entrepreneurs and a religious order. I have represented them in large and small, complex and routine transactions as explained in each Practice Area.Practice Areas•Private Equity and Venture Capital•Mergers and Acquisitions•Start-up, Early Stage and Expansion Financing•General corporate law and governance, entity formation and restructuring, taxation and regulatory compliance•Secured Commercial Lending•Structured Finance/Asset Securitization•Creditor Rights and Litigation•Commercial Real Estate acquisition, development, financing and leasingI work closely with ownership, boards of directors and executives on today-to-day matters such as corporate governance, fiduciary duties, executive engagement, creditor rights and dispute resolution as well as involvement in vetting opportunities, planning ventures, structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing their deals.I have facilitated a number of clients securing of acquisition funding such as in the case of the $90,000,000+ acquisition loan and working capital credit facility through J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. for a client’s purchase from Royal Dutch Shell of 124 Chicagoland Shell franchised gasoline stations and convenience stores.
Listed skills include Litigation, Mergers, Appeals, Intellectual Property, and 41 others.
