Edwin D. (Ed) Mason

Edwin D. (Ed) Mason

Edwin D. Mason is a partner and co-chair of Foley's Chicago office Business Law Department. A member of the Transactional & Securities and Private Equity & Venture Capital Practices, he has over 25 years of experience representing clients in complex business transactions.

Mr. Mason's practice is focused principally in the areas of mergers, acquisitions, and public and private capital formation transactions. His clients include both public and privately held companies. He represents clients across a range of industries, including financial services, technology, and manufacturing.

In his mergers and acquisitions practice, Mr. Mason represents both buyers and sellers in transactions ranging in value up to and exceeding $1 billion. Transactions on which Mr. Mason has worked include mergers of public and private companies, stock and asset purchases, and joint ventures.

In his capital formation transaction practice, Mr. Mason has represented businesses from start-ups to public companies. This practice includes work on private offerings, venture capital, joint ventures, and public offerings.

Mr. Mason's practice also includes general business-law representation of a number of entrepreneurial clients, including counseling on corporate governance issues, establishment of equity incentive plans, and contract review and negotiation.

Mr. Mason received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 1980 and earned his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, at the University of Illinois in 1977. He has practiced in Chicago since 1980 and is involved in a number of civic and charitable organizations.