Corporate & Business Transactions

Strategic Business Counsel

The law impacts most every strategic and operational plan of a company. From companies with multinational operations to a small start-up organization, the challenges they face require timely and industry-specific counsel that stays focused on achieving their business goals.

The Schmiedeskamp team handles complex commercial business transactions, financing, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and real estate matters, and offers tax planning counsel and general business advisory services with experience that crosses multiple industries and jurisdictions.

Closely-Held and Family Business Specialty

The team at Schmiedeskamp has built its practice over the last 100 years by successfully helping closely-held and family-owned businesses with the unique challenges they face. Whether large or small, closely-held and family business entities require counsel with a specific skill set that also provides experienced and attentive counsel. Intra-and inter-generational issues among family members include compensation disputes, breaches of fiduciary duties, death and succession planning, integration of non-family members or professional management into the company structure, and difficulties in determining and optimizing appropriate company governance.

Acquisition of $51.5 million business for a large privately-held agribusiness
Public registration and national security exchange listing of a $1 billion-plus bank holding company with nine locations throughout the Midwest
Successful representation of animal feed companies in a multi-billion dollar price-fixing case against their suppliers
Disposition of a $300 million-plus agribusiness
Acquisitions of various tire and wheel-related businesses valued up to $42.5 million
Acquisitions of various banks and holding companies ranging from $3.5 million to $45 million
Acquisition of a $30 million-plus healthcare business
Acquisition and disposition of more than $500 million of real estate and business assets for private investment fund from start-up to maturity.
Helped establish nationally-recognized hunting, hospitality and recreational business

Case Study: Corporate & Business

Case Study: Creating A Sustainable and Adaptable Business Platform

By Chase Rehrig • April 30, 2018

A young entrepreneur had a vision of building a first-class hunting lodge on his grandfather’s farm to capitalize on the worldwide reputation of west-central Illinois for whitetail deer hunting.