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Erik Kantz

Of Cousel at Arnstein & Lehr
Chicago, Illinois
Erik Kantz is vice-chair of the firm’s Business Group and focuses his practice on middle-market businesses and emerging companies. Mr. Kantz has practiced in both the business and litigation groups of the firm, and uses this unique perspective to deliver practical solutions for complex problems. He takes a business approach to the practice of law, helping clients design and implement strategies and organizational structures that promote growth, flexibility and creativity. As a result, Mr. Kantz serves as part-time general counsel to many clients.

Mr. Kantz primarily represents entrepreneurs, privately-held companies, lenders and private investors across several industries, including manufacturing, transportation, distribution, food and beverage, health care, financial and professional services, retail, franchising, construction and information technology and communications. He counsels these clients on a broad range of issues, including business organizations and joint ventures, financing and investment, mergers and acquisitions, banking, insurance, contract matters, regulatory compliance and corporate governance and executive management (with an emphasis on employee retention, risk management and succession planning). Mr. Kantz has significant experience representing buyers and sellers, as well as minority owners, management, lenders, intermediaries and other constituents, in the merger and acquisition process, and in organizing and structuring companies and ventures at all stages of investment and development. He also has substantial experience representing individuals (primarily physicians and other professionals) and non-profit associations with their business and legal needs.
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Erik Kantz is vice-chair of the firm’s Business Group and focuses his practice on middle-market businesses and emerging companies. Mr. Kantz has practiced in both the business and litigation groups of the firm, and uses this unique perspective to deliver practical solutions for complex problems. He takes a business approach to the practice of law, helping clients design and implement strategies and organizational structures that promote growth, flexibility and creativity. As a result, Mr. Kantz serves as part-time general counsel to many clients.

Mr. Kantz primarily represents entrepreneurs, privately-held companies, lenders and private investors across several industries, including manufacturing, transportation, distribution, food and beverage, health care, financial and professional services, retail, franchising, construction and information technology and communications. He counsels these clients on a broad range of issues, including business organizations and joint ventures, financing and investment, mergers and acquisitions, banking, insurance, contract matters, regulatory compliance and corporate governance and executive management (with an emphasis on employee retention, risk management and succession planning). Mr. Kantz has significant experience representing buyers and sellers, as well as minority owners, management, lenders, intermediaries and other constituents, in the merger and acquisition process, and in organizing and structuring companies and ventures at all stages of investment and development. He also has substantial experience representing individuals (primarily physicians and other professionals) and non-profit associations with their business and legal needs.

Mr. Kantz devotes a significant portion of his practice to owners and management involved in ownership and governance disputes. He works closely with the firm’s litigation group and outside professional advisors to create and implement strategies tailored the client’s specific needs relative to the other owners, executives and constituents in order to minimize (and in many cases avoid) the extraordinary economic and emotional costs of protracted litigation.

About Me

What topics have you lectured or presented on?
“Doing the Deal Right: Mitigating the Threat of Insolvency Before It’s Too Late,” Business Law Today (September 2016)

“Guiding the Private Company Board” and “Legal and Practical Considerations in Private Equity Acquisitions of Small and Lower Middle Market Companies,” meeting of the ABA’s Business Law Section in Las Vegas (spring 2012)

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Associations

Association Position
American Bar Association's Business Law Section Vice-Chair of Emerging Companies Sub-Committee
Chicago Bar Association Committee on Corporation and Business Law
American Marketing Association Member

Education

School Degree Graduation Year
DePaul University College of Law J.D. 2000
Illinois Wesleyan University B.A. 1994

Contact Information

Arnstein & Lehr

154 South Riverside Plaza
Suite 1200

Chicago, IL 60606