USA – ILLINOIS Trends and Developments Contributed by: Mitchell Roth, Michael Shaw, Andrew Silver and Peter Shepard Much Shelist, P.C. Much Shelist, P.C. is a firm of approximately 100 at - torneys who focus on business counselling, trans - actional law and litigation for businesses of all sizes. The firm has offices in Chicago, Illinois and Newport Beach, California. Clients include financial institu - tions, private equity groups, public and private com - panies, middle-market businesses, families and high net worth individuals. Much attorneys help private equity funds and their portfolio companies do what they do best: acquire, build and sell entrepreneurial businesses across the country. With more than half
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a trillion dollars invested by private equity companies in American businesses each year, Much helps make these investments successful. Because Much at - torneys intimately understand the needs of both the private equity firm and the entrepreneurial business, they are well positioned to negotiate and close deals on an efficient and value-added basis. The team of - fers services in platform acquisitions, add-on ac - quisitions, leveraged recapitalisations, management buyouts and more.
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Mitchell Roth serves as a trusted adviser to entrepreneurs, owners, investors and C-suite executives at large public and privately held companies, and he brings 30+ years of experience in business
Michael Shaw draws on more than 25 years of business law experience to represent clients in mergers and acquisitions, private equity
transactions and general business counselling. As the head of Much’s Private Equity and Add-On Acquisitions practices, Michael represents private equity funds and independent sponsors with respect to platform and add-on acquisitions and portfolio company matters, such as assisting with day-to-day legal issues. He also represents entrepreneurial business owners who are selling their companies or raising capital. Michael is a member of the firm’s management committee and previously served as chair of the Corporate & Finance group.
management and the negotiation of complex mergers and acquisitions. Mitchell has vast experience on both sides of a deal, focusing his work on middle-market corporate transactions, including M&A for numerous private equity firms. He also negotiates and structures joint ventures, syndications, commercial lending transactions, management buyouts and private placements valued in the billions of dollars. Mitchell served as Much’s managing partner for 11 years and currently serves as co-chairman.
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