Vance Liebman

Vance’s experience spans virtually to every legal situation, from managing an international merger in Paris to proving a murder in the Chicago suburbs. Vance was an early advocate of increasing efficiencies through a multi-disciplinary approach, in which his legal team can handle all of the aspects of a transaction, including securities, tax, real estate, environmental, labor, corporate, antitrust and employee benefits.

Representation of buyers and sellers of mid-size businesses in North America, including distressed businesses and companies with complex ownership arrangements.
Real estate development, leasing, financing, purchases and sales of industrial, office and commercial properties throughout North America including major Chicago office buildings.
Work with large and small companies on shareholder and partner disputes with success in resolution without litigation in almost every situation.
Complex estate plans dealing with family wealth, including tax strategies and solutions for sensitive intergenerational issues such as substance abuse, sibling rivalry, and children with special needs.
Work with inventors in commercializing inventions, enforcing patents and trademarks, raising money and dealing with investors.
Defense of clients from patent trolls with a business oriented viewpoint.
Defending and prosecuting commercial lawsuits with a view toward business-oriented solutions and the knowledge that winning can be worse than losing if it takes too long or costs too much.
Obtaining insurance proceeds for a murdered woman’s children by proving (after police failed) that a man murdered his wife for her insurance proceeds, including a landmark appeal that set the rules for establishing a murderer’s inability to inherit from a murder victim.