Practice Areas & Industries: Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Practice/Industry Group Overview

At Jackson Walker, we have the experience and knowledge necessary to assist our clients with virtually any type of corporate transaction. Our experience spans the spectrum from emerging business agreements to IPOs and public company representation. Our approach is to treat the needs of each client as unique and to help our clients resolve issues in the most practical and efficient manner possible. We have great trust and respect for each member of our practice group, and we carry that trust and respect into each client relationship.

Our client-centric approach is guided by the perspective we have gained by the experience of some members of our practice group as general counsel or in-house lawyers for domestic and international corporations. Our client-side experience, combined with our extensive experience as outside counsel to a wide variety of clients, has provided us with the tools necessary to deliver our clients exceptional counsel.

Services Available

In the course of our practice, we routinely advise clients with:

• Entity formation and governance
• Corporate finance, including equity and preferred equity investments
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Private equity and hedge fund formation and portfolio investments
• Mezzanine debt and hybrid securities investments
• Cross-border and international transactions, including international joint ventures

Our experience enables us to assist diverse types of clients with wide-ranging needs in a variety of industries and stages of development. We represent corporations, partnerships and trusts. We represent clients that are privately held as well as those whose securities are traded on all major stock exchanges. And our clients are engaged in a broad array of industries, including:

• Energy and alternative energy production
• Health care
• Computer and technology businesses
• Telecommunications
• Insurance, finance and related services
• Restaurant and retail
• Manufacturing

Our clients can have confidence that, no matter the issue, we have the knowledge and experience to help them address it.

Spotlight Facts

JW's Corporate & Securities group includes attorneys:

• Who have practiced from coast to coast;
• Who have served as general counsel or in-house lawyers for both domestic and international corporations;
• Who have extensive experience in transactions from large complex public offerings to starting up new businesses;
• Who represent clients from large public companies to small private companies to investment funds and other nontraditional businesses; and
• Who address the needs of our clients on an individual basis, tailoring deal teams to customize representation around client preferences and priorities

Our focus on our clients has led to honors such as being listed on BTI's Honor Rolls of Best Performing Law Firms and Law Firms Best at Client Service.