Experience

• Financial Client Expands Business
  Schiff Hardin represented Wintrust Mortgage Corporation in its asset acquisition of Professional Mortgage Partners, Inc., a mortgage banking company with ten branches throughout the greater Chicago area.
  


• State Tax Assessment of $8 Million Withdrawn
  Schiff Hardin saved a company's bankruptcy estate millions of dollars by getting the state of New York to withdraw a major tax assessment.
  


• Power Company Sale
  Schiff Hardin attorneys represented NiSource Inc. in the sale of Whiting Clean Energy, Inc. to BP Alternative Energy North America, Inc.
  


• Power Company Acquisition
  Schiff Hardin attorneys represented Northern Indiana Public Service Company in the purchase of Sugar Creek Power Company, LLC from a subsidiary of LS Power Fund.
  


• Real Estate Fund Formation
  A team of attorneys from several Schiff Hardin offices completed the formation of a $350 million discretionary real estate investment fund comprised of large institutional investors, private trusts and individuals.
  


• Schiff Hardin Assists Iron Data with Merger
  Schiff Hardin represented Iron Data, a developer and manager of proprietary data processing systems, in its acquisition of Versa Systems of Toronto, Canada.
  


• Consulting Merger for Griffin Strategic Advisors
  Attorneys from Schiff Hardin's Private Companies Group assisted Griffin Strategic Advisors, LLC, a comprehensive strategy and operations management consulting firm, in its acquisition by Acosta Sales and Marketing.
  


• Chicago-based Start-up EveryBlock.com Acquired by MSNBC.com
  Schiff Hardin attorneys counseled the on-line news start-up EveryBlock LLC in its acquisition by MSNBC.com.
  


• Emaar Properties
  Schiff Hardin successfully represented Emaar Properties, a Dubai-based developer, in closing its first U.S. acquisition — WL Homes LLC, one of America's largest privately-held house builders — for $1.05 billion.
  


• Dorel Industries Inc. and Cannondale Bicycle Corporation
  Schiff Hardin acted as lead counsel in a major transaction for a public company that made business news headlines all over North America.
  


• Broadcast Electronics, Inc.
  Schiff Hardin attorneys assisted Broadcast Electronics, Inc. in a restructuring of its senior debt and recapitalization of its equity ownership.