Bartlit Beck LLP is a Chicago and Denver-based law firm founded in 1993 [1] by Fred Bartlit, Jr. (born 1932[2]), Phil Beck (born 1951[3]), Skip Herman (born 1953[4]), James Palenchar, Don Scott (deceased),[5] and Mark Ferguson. The firm is a spin-off of Chicago-based law firm Kirkland and Ellis. The American Lawyer magazine named the firm its litigation boutique of the year for 2009.[6] In 2018, the firm named Jason Peltz as managing partner to replace founding partner Skip Herman.[7] In 2020, Benchmark Litigation named Bartlit Beck its trial firm of the year.[8] The firm is an Illinois limited liability partnership.[9]
Corporate practice
Bartlit Beck's corporate practice focuses on middle-market mergers and acquisitions (negotiated and hostile), securities offerings and compliance issues, corporate finance, fund formation, tax matters, and counselling on sensitive corporate governance matters.
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