John F. Adams
Partner
In more than 200 complex corporate acquisitions and financings, John F. Adams has taken a leading role in investigating, evaluating, negotiating and documenting the transactions.
Mr. Adams has extensive experience investigating and evaluating the ongoing legal concerns of start-up and operating enterprises, and negotiating and documenting an allocation of the attendant risks among different parties:
- Existing contracts and applicable governmental regulations
- Corporate governance
- Tax
- Intellectual property
- Labor and employee benefits
- Employment claims and executive compensation arrangements
- Environmental matters
- Product liability and warranty exposure
- Antitrust
- Creditors' rights
- Insurance
- General litigation
- Real estate
- Partnerships, etc.
Mr. Adams' practice also includes transactions, investments and strategic partnerships involving international joint ventures, the development of derivatives markets, as well as public and private entities in emerging markets.
Awards and Honors
Leading Lawyer — Closely and Privately Held Business Law; Corporate Finance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Illinois Leading Lawyers Network
AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Education
University of Chicago Law School
(J.D.,
1977)
Queen's College, Oxford University
(Honors Degree,
1974)
Princeton University
(A.B.,
1972)
Clerkships
Honorable Hubert L. Will, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
(1976-1977)
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association
Chicago Council of Lawyers
