GMS- Toolkit to Elevate Your Business

TOOLKIT TO ELEVATE YOUR BUSINESS
Are you looking to start or grow your business as we emerge from the pandemic? Are you considering changing your existing business from a sole proprietorship to an LLC or an S Corporation? At this presentation, Lavelle Law business attorneys will discuss how to choose the correct entity for your business, as well as how to structure the relationships among the entity and its owners through the careful use of shareholder and operating agreements. New and emerging businesses seeking to raise capital will learn how they can do so through certain private placements of their securities without the need to incur the time and expense of registering them with the SEC and the Illinois Securities Department. Join attorneys Ted McGinn, Samantha Bonamassa, and Steve Migala for this presentation, as they outline the tools needed to grow your business. 

Presenters-

Ted McGinn is the managing partner and a shareholder of Lavelle Law, a Schaumburg-based firm with over 30 attorneys representing more than a dozen practice groups serving the Chicagoland area. Mr. McGinn focuses his practice on business formations and capital structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and other transactions. Many of his clients operate in the health care industry including physicians, therapists, and nurses. Moreover, he provides guidance in areas of intellectual property including trademarks and copyrights. He also represents individuals and businesses in bankruptcy and other debtor relief and wind down strategies. Mr. McGinn serves on the Board of Directors for the Schaumburg Business Association, Faith Community Homes, and is a member of the Village of Palatine Zoning Board of Appeals. He is also a former adjust professor with The John Marshall Law School and a former chair of the Chicago Bar Association Asset Protection Committee. 


Samantha Bonamassa is an Of Counsel attorney at Lavelle Law.  She has worked with over 100 investment advisers, alternative asset managers (private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate funds, venture capital funds, etc.), broker-dealers, as well as other SEC, CFTC, and FINRA regulated organizations and individuals. Ms. Bonamassa assists clients with private placements and exempt offerings, investor suitability reviews and due diligence, compliance policies and procedures, anti-money laundering program development and testing, marketing material reviews, investment adviser registrations and regulatory filings, mock audits, annual reviews, etc. Ms. Bonamassa is an active member of several professional and networking organizations and serves as the Director of Events for Chicago Financial Women, an NFP organization that is committed to expanding the professional networks of Chicago-area women in the fields of finance and financial services.


Steve Migala is an experienced business attorney and one of the shareholders of Lavelle Law. Steve counsels business organizations in all stages of their life cycle, from start-up issues, contract negotiation and documentation, assets and equity sales/purchases, and mergers and joint ventures. He also represents banks and borrowers in commercial lending and workout matters. Steve's real estate practice includes representing sellers, buyers, landlords, and tenants with acquisitions, dispositions and leasing of real estate, as well as with related municipal zoning matters. He assists business owners with their succession planning and exit strategy, as well as their estate plans, probate, and trust administration. Steve is a former chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Corporation and Business Law Committee and is a Commissioner on the City of Elgin's Planning and Zoning Commission.