Schiff Hardin attorneys understand the unique pressures facing colleges, universities and other educational institutions in today's world. From the constant need to upgrade and improve facilities, to labor disputes and long-term financial planning, our attorneys have extensive experience helping our clients in all of their legal needs.
As trusted advisers and strong advocates for our educational institution clients, our first job is to listen and understand the complexities of the issues our clients face.
Our work with educational institution clients includes:
- Planned giving tax counsel
- Real estate donations
- Use of endowment funds for refinancing
- Litigation involving will bequests
- Investment advisers/hedge funds
- Labor and employment counseling and litigation
- Employee benefits
- Intellectual property - trademarks and copyrights
- Medical research-related litigation
- Intellectual property litigation involving faculty members
- Construction contracts
- Real estate transactions
- Zoning and land use
- Real estate tax exemptions
- Taxable and tax-exempt financings
- Revolving loan facilities
- Credit reimbursement agreements
- Procurement contracts
- Vendor litigation
- Creation and operation of an Internet/"trade name" bank
- New telecommunications system installation contracts
- Proprietary power plants
- Governmental relations
Additionally, attorneys at Schiff Hardin have represented numerous issuers, investment banks and commercial banks with respect to public financings for universities and other educational institutions.