Alan D. Leib
Alan D. Leib
ALAN D. LEIB devotes his practice to serving closely held and middle-market businesses. Alan is involved in all aspects of business planning and has significant experience in a variety of commercial transactions including acquisitions and dispositions, management incentive plans, financing transactions, database and licensing transactions, supply chain transactions as well as providing ongoing legal consultation as a "part-time" general counsel.
Alan serves as counsel to numerous privately-held food and beverage companies including growers, manufacturers and distributors of fresh and packaged food products and food ingredients, manufacturers and distributors of food service equipment and supplies, hospitality and catering firms, restaurants and distributors of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, farmers and farmers markets, food and beverage transportation companies and private equity firms investing in food and beverage businesses. In addition to food law, Alan focuses on FDA related matters and holds his HACCP Certificate.
Along with over 15 years of law firm experience in Chicago, Alan was president of STATS, Inc., and during his tenure led the company's growth strategy which culminated in the successful sale to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in 2000. Alan stayed on to run STATS as a business unit of FOX Sports through 2003.
Alan graduated with highest honors with an accounting degree from the University of Illinois. He received his law degree from the University of Illinois and is a Certified Public Accountant. Alan has published several articles on various legal topics impacting closely held businesses including compensation planning, business succession planning and structuring investment banking engagements.
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Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member
- Chicago Bar Association, Member
Practice Groups
Industries Served
- Broadcast Media
- Food/Beverage Services & Hospitality
- Information Technology
- Manufacturing & Distribution
Publications
- Food Truck Regulations Drive Controversy, May 2012
- Are You Covered?, November 2011
- Top 10 Tips for Food Safety, August 2011
- Taxes: What To Expect in 2011, December 2010
- Investment Banker Customary Fees, June 2010
- Investment Banking Customary Terms, April 2010
- GC Advantage™ Provides A Cost-effective Integrated Legal Solution For Middle-Market Businesses, February 2010
- In Support of the Investment Banker, December 2009
- Management Equity Incentives in LLCs, May 2009
- Play Ball: Baseball Strategies that Empower Executives to Win the Human Resources Game, January 2009
- Transitioning the Ownership of a Closely Held Business Through a Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plan, July 1994
Presentations
News & Events
Cases
- Contact Information
- Direct
312-606-3216 - Email
aleib@hmblaw.com - vCard
- Direct
- Bar Admissions
- Illinois (1987)
- Education
- University of Illinois, J.D., 1987
- University of Illinois, B.S. in Accounting with high honors, 1984
- Licenses
- Certified Public Accountant, Illinois
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