Practice Expertise

  • Business Law
  • Commercial Contracting
  • Commercial Financial Services
  • Corporate Governance & Compliance

Areas of Practice

  • Business Law
  • Commercial Contracting
  • Commercial Financial Services
  • Corporate Governance & Compliance
  • Commercial Finance
  • Emerging Growth Companies and Venture Capital
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • General Corporate and Outside General ...
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Privately Held Businesses
  • Renewable Energy
  • Sports, Entertainment and Media Industry
  • View More

Profile

Start-to-finish business law guidance for privately held companies, PE, VC

Peter Spier provides a wide range of business law counsel to privately held companies, private equity funds and venture capital investors. He helps them structure and negotiate mergers and acquisitions (M&A), debt and equity financing, and complex contractual transactions. In addition, Peter advises clients on a wide range of day-to-day operational, compliance and strategic issues, including serving as outside general counsel.

Peter is sought ought by clients for his acumen as a highly responsive advisor, his deep and broad knowledge of the law and how it affects his clients’ businesses, and his ability to guide clients during every phase of a business’ life span.

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois

Education

  • Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Certificate, Quarles & Brady Leadership Program (2022)
  • Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (J.D.)
    • Dean's List
  • University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude)
    • Economics

Areas of Practice

  • Business Law
  • Commercial Contracting
  • Commercial Financial Services
  • Corporate Governance & Compliance
  • Commercial Finance
  • Emerging Growth Companies and Venture Capital
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • General Corporate and Outside General Counsel Services
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Privately Held Businesses
  • Renewable Energy
  • Sports, Entertainment and Media Industry

Professional Career



Articles

  • "Ahead of the Curve. A Look at Business & Legal Trends"
  • "Big Brother is Watching…Or Should Be: Employee E-Mail Misconduct May Be Costly for Business"
  • "Daily Fantasy Sports: A Legal Primer"
  • "Daily Fantasy Sports: Is it Legal or Illegal?"
  • "Gaming Law News"
  • "Illinois Video Gaming Act and Emergency Rules: What You Need to Know"
  • "Legalized Sports Betting in a Post-PASPA World - What You Need to Know"
  • "New EU Privacy Law Targets U.S. Businesses, Too"
  • "Retaining Management While Executing a Liquidity Event"
  • "Rumored DraftKings, FanDuel Merger Would be Uphill Battle"
  • "Sports Law Society Panel on Legalizing Sports Betting"
  • "Sports Law Symposium"
  • "The Fundamentals of Skill-Based Gaming Regulations: What You Need to Know"
  • "The Video Gaming Act"
  • "Understanding the Fundamentals of Fantasy Sports Legal Framework"
  • "Vegas Comes to the Corner Pub"
  • "Workplace Gambling: High Stakes Ethical Dilemmas"
  • Protecting Plant Medicines & Cannabis 201 - Opportunities For Tribal Cannabis in Wisconsin and Beyond

Seminar

  • Building a Winning Transaction Team
  • Building Your Winning Advisory Team
  • Business Law Training: Navigating a Successful Exit: Critical Actions and Considerations Before Putting Your Business Up for Sale
  • Business Law Training: Navigating a Successful Exit: How Business Owners Can Avoid Common Pitfalls and Close the Sale
  • Business Law Training: Navigating the New Normal: A Guide for In-House Counsel
  • Business Law Training: Supply Chain Issues in These Troubled Times
  • Legalized Sports Betting in a Post-PASPA World - What You Need to Know
  • Retaining Management While Executing a Liquidity Event
  • Sports Law Society Panel on Legalizing Sports Betting
  • Taking Your Family Business to Market
  • The State of Middle Market M&A

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