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Office
2800 West Higgins Road
Suite 425
Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
P 847.843.7462
F 847.843.3355
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Practice
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Lawrence E.
Grelle
Partner
Mr. Grelle is a partner and co-chair of our Firm's Business
and Transactions practice group. He has been a member of Arnstein & Lehr since 1985. He has more than 25 years of
experience in business and real estate law, and tax and
estate planning. He has substantial experience counseling
mid-size and closely-held businesses as to corporate
structuring and transactions, including financing,
contractual arrangements, business ownership succession
planning and asset protection planning. His experience also
includes the formation and structuring of partnerships,
Subchapter S Corporations, limited liability companies and
other entity forms of conducting business. Recently, he
assisted a client with the acquisition of the assets of a
locally based, internationally recognized pet products
company. The transaction was initially closed with working
capital funding from a west coast asset-based lender and
seller interim funding, with the seller interim funding
being subsequently replaced with venture capital funding. He
also recently assisted a client with the acquisition of the
business of a New England-based U.S. subsidiary of a United
Kingdom surveillance company.
Professional Activities and Achievements
Mr. Grelle is a member of the American Bar Association and
its Business Law Committee; the Illinois State Bar
Association; Chicago Bar Association and its Corporations
and Real Estate Law Committees; Northwest Suburban Bar
Association; and Law Club of Chicago.
He has given many seminar presentations on estate planning
and business ownership succession planning for public and
private groups, institutions and professional organizations.
He has also participated as a panelist in various Illinois
Institute of Continuing Legal Education programs.
Education
University of Illinois (J.D., 1968; Graduated Order of the
Coif)
Northwestern University (B.S., 1965)
Arizona State
University
Bar Admissions
State of Illinois; U.S. District Court, Northern
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