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Lawrence R. Samuels
Partner 
77 West Wacker Drive
lsamuels@mcguirewoods.comSuite 4100 Chicago, Illinois 60601-1818 F: 312.920.6178    |
Mr. Samuels heads the firm's corporate services practice in the Chicago office. His practice focuses on: corporate mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; corporate compliance with securities laws and regulations, the rules of FINRA and the various stock exchanges, and all aspects of corporate governance and compliance; advising corporations, officers and directors with regard to shareholder derivative actions and securities class actions in federal and state courts; advising corporations and boards of directors with regard to internal investigations, SEC, DOJ and other government investigations and enforcement actions; and matters requiring independent counsel for boards or board committees.
- Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures including negotiated transactions involving publicly held and privately held businesses, contests for corporate control and related financings.
- International transactions including representing Japanese, British, French, Isle of Mann, Italian, German, Venezuelan, Panamanian and Australian companies with regard to their U.S. acquisitions, operations and investments; representing U.S. companies with regard to foreign acquisitions, investments and operations in Europe, Latin America and Asia; and representing foreign and U.S. companies with regard to international joint ventures.
- Corporate finance transactions including public offerings of debt and equity, private placements of debt and equity, credit agreements with financial institutions, and project finance and equipment finance transactions.
- Representing banks and other financial institutions in domestic and international financing transactions, work-outs and U.S. regulatory matters.
- Venture capital investments, management buy-outs and other leveraged buy-outs, including representing companies, management groups, and financial and strategic investors.
- Representing securities broker/dealers, investment banks, investment companies, investment advisors, commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors, traders and market makers in connection with securities, commodities and futures transactions and securities, commodities and futures regulatory requirements and exemptions.
- Representing hedge funds and other investment entities with regard to regulatory matters, capital raising and investment activities.
- Advising businesses with regard to international trade disputes, anti-money laundering rules, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance, antitrust compliance and insurance coverage issues.
- Commercial Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- International Transactions
- Securities & Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Securities Litigation
- Board of Directors, National Chamber Foundation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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EDUCATION Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, J.D., 1971 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, B.A., 1968 ADMITTED New York 1972 Illinois 1976 U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar) U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois |